The Hazaras are largely Shi’ite and the Taliban are Sunni. The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad kills innumerable people worldwide. “Islamophobia” is a trumped-up propaganda term and kills no one. Yet which one gets far more international concern?
“Afghanistan: Intensifying Persecution Of Hazaras – Analysis,” by Sanchita Bhattacharya, Eurasia Review, June 18, 2024:
As reported on June 11, the Taliban instructed the Hazara residents of Nowabad, located in the 6th Security District of Ghazni city, the provincial capital of Ghazni, to submit their land ownership documents to the group. The Taliban issued eviction orders, claiming the area had been “usurped” by the residents.On March 6, 2023, the Taliban forced the Hazara residents of Pusht-e Asmidan village in Al Badr District, Sar-e Pul Province, to leave their homes and evacuate the village. They also imposed a fine of AFN 36 million on the residents of this village, as most of them are from the Hazara community.
Taliban established a “Commission for Prevention of Usurpation and Recovery of Government Lands” in 2023. This Commission, in various provinces, registers government lands under the name of “Emirate Lands”. Earlier, in October 2021, the Taliban forcibly expelled hundreds of Hazara families from provinces of Helmand, Balkh, Daikundi, Uruzgan, and Kandahar.
In addition to forced evictions, Hazaras have been targets of violent attacks. According to partial data collated by Institute for Conflict Management, at least 113 Hazaras have been killed and 25 injured, in 11 incidents since August 15, 2021 (data till June 16, 2024).
Some of the recent incidents include:
On April 29, 2024, a gunman stormed the Shia-Hazara Imam Zaman Mosque in the Guzara District of Herat Province and opened fire on worshippers killing six, including a child.On April 21, 2024, IS-KP claimed responsibility for a magnetic IED attack targeting a bus carrying mostly Hazara civilians near a security checkpoint in Kabul, killing one and injuring 10.
On January 11, 2024, two people were killed and 12 wounded in a grenade explosion outside a commercial center in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood, a Hazara enclave in Kabul city.
On 6 January, 2024, a minibus with civilians was attacked by the IS-KP in the Dasht-e-Barchi areas of Kabul, killing five people and injuring 15.
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report, Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan, released on January 22, 2024, targeted attacks against Hazaras persist in various parts of Afghanistan. In the months of October and November 2023, at least 5 separate attacks against Hazaras were planned and carried out. UNAMA’s Annual Report, 2023, however, is silent on the wider persecution of Hazaras in Afghanistan.
In addition to physical violence leading to death and severe injuries, Hazaras are also subjected to multiple forms of discrimination and restrictions, affecting a broad-spectrum of human rights….
Goofy says
If this Hazara Shi’ite gentleman is not outright selling pork sausages he is acting as if he were which is actually far worse because he is a deceiver!
It is only fair to relieve him of his wives (especially the youngest) and his other worldly property like US military equipment, including helicopters and tanks, land and crops.
If he does not accept that the righteous Sunnis will probably abrogate his life as it has anyhow been preordained from the beginning of time by Allah himself! And who would act against the will of Allah?
SC says
They cant even live with themselves. They have no chance of living with civilized people without continuous conflict.
Mike says
Mr. Spencer: WHO are YOU to say that the Hazaras are largely SHITE and that the Taliban are SUNNY??!!
Everyone knows that the Taliban are amongst the most dour, humourless sourpusses on the planet Earth! They wouldn’t know a good time if it fell like manna from Heaven on them!
As for the Hazaras, they cause far less shite than their Shi’a cousins in Iran and Lebanon, to say nothing of the Taliban, al-Qaeda or Daesh, for example.
They just want to keep to themselves and families, and to raise goats and crops, but the so-called “sunny” Taliban won’t leave them the FIG alone!
Really, Mr. Spencer, you don’t know what you’re talking about. You should ask questions of Jack Allan, rather than Jack Shite.
Moreover, you should concern yourself with YOUR country, rather than criticizing other countries, which you probably cannot even find on a map. You probably don’t even know that the capital of Indonesia is New Delhi!
ALRIGHT???!!!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Wonder whether Iran would get involved in this persecution of their fellow shi’a & join in a war against the Taliban, w/ whom they had water disputes several months ago? They absolutely should
Mike says
Perhaps! By the way, what is that stuff in the background of that image? It does look a bit like sausages, but maybe it’s some kind of rope?
WPM says
Maybe very large rows of dried figs strung together ? Maybe a mound of animal intestine outside of a slaughter house ? Anything is possible in a fourth world cave man world of Afghanistan .The coloring and texture does not look like rope .What ever it is the man in front of it seems proud to be photographic in front of his mound of crap the true ruler of his 5th rate village in a 4th rate world .
R_not says
I say – stand back and let them have at each other. Sorry but I don’t care.