HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/04/pakistan-reels-with-violence-against-shiites/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:22:54 -0400Pakistan reels with violence against Shiites<![CDATA[For at least a year now, Sunni extremist gunmen have been methodically attacking members of the Hazara community, a Persian-speaking Shiite minority that emigrated here from Afghanistan more than a century ago. The killers strike with chilling abandon, apparently fearless of the law: shop owners are gunned down at their counters, students as they play cricket, pilgrims dragged from buses and executed on the roadside. &#8230;]]>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:40:34 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/04/pakistan-reels-with-violence-against-shiites-n98016