Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100903/wl_time/08599201584900

In one of the more unfortunate developments attending the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, the country's religious minorities are being denied relief and aid - and being attacked by extremists belonging to the country's Sunni majority even as the faithful mark the holy month of Ramadan.

Thumping their chests as they wailed, thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday to mourn the victims of a triple suicide bombing that ripped through the city the night before. Two of the bombers struck Shi'ite worshippers as they were dispersing after a procession. The third bomber attacked a group clustered in a square. In all, 31 people were killed and more than 200 injured, sparking violent protests against the police for failing to protect them. The bombings came just hours after assailants opened fire on a procession of Shi'ites in the southern port city of Karachi, injuring seven people.

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At the same time, the federal government has failed to live up to its promises to amend or repeal the country's blasphemy laws. It also has displayed no willingness to strike down the anti-Ahmedi laws that sentence members of the sect to three years in prison for attempting to cast themselves as Muslims. The laws offer what is virtually state approval to those intent on attacking minorities. The attacks have also posed a reminder of the potent threat emanating from North Waziristan, the tribal area along the Afghan border where Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is based. Washington has long been urging the Pakistan army to take action in that region.
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In other words, "tolerate us, but we don't tolerate anyone else."
 
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The incredible failure of all religions

GROUPING... when we are all equals
 
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dahunan said:
The incredible failure of all religions

GROUPING... when we are all equals
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If we had no religion we would still be grouping in clans, tribes, by race, by differences, by political party, etc. Do you really think that would be better? Do you think there would be no wars, no hatred, no conflict, no differences, no suffering? Why don't you explain how your "GROUPING" would work.
 
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Lanyap said:
If we had no religion we would still be grouping in clans, tribes, by race, by differences, by political party, etc. Do you really think that would be better? Do you think there would be no wars, no hatred, no conflict, no differences, no suffering? Why don't you explain how your "GROUPING" would work.
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That's a red herring. These religious minorities wouldn't be persecuted and that would be a good thing. Of course there would be many other benefits to not having widespread superstition.
 
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Infohawk said:
That's a red herring. These religious minorities wouldn't be persecuted and that would be a good thing. Of course there would be many other benefits to not having widespread superstition.
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And there would be many downsides as well.
 
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Infohawk said:
No not really.
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But what would happen to our morals if we gave up religion? There would be
human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
 
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Infohawk said:
That's what Islam calls for.
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In Sharia Allah has given us the best possible way to organize human society. Islam calls for spreading sharia to all corners of the Earth. Monarchy is nowhere in the picture.
 
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religous people, they can go fuck off. shit I think we should give them a whole continet. once they all resettle.all the religion can go fuck off. They do nothing for humanity but enslave it.



















































































nuke the fucker after they all move in.
 
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ModestGamer said:
religous people, they can go fuck off. shit I think we should give them a whole continet. once they all resettle.all the religion can go fuck off. They do nothing for humanity but enslave it.

nuke the fucker after they all move in.
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Hey, little more tolerance please.

You'll be stoning apostates and adulterers (including rape victims) in no time.
 
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mk said:
Hey, little more tolerance please.

You'll be stoning apostates and adulterers (including rape victims) in no time.
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I am totally intolerant of religous people. Its my right to be this way. Take your religion and shove it up your ass and whoever else belive with ya.

Religion. A disease that needs to be cured with force if nessacary.
 
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Pakistan is a piece of shit country full of racist/sexist/fundamentalist assholes? We knew that decades ago. They're not going to change just because God tried to wipe them out (again).
 
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Infohawk said:
That's a red herring. These religious minorities wouldn't be persecuted and that would be a good thing. Of course there would be many other benefits to not having widespread superstition.
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I was referring specifically to his statement "The incredible failure of all religions". I agree that these particular religious minorities wouldn't be persecuted and that would be a good thing without religion but other superstitions would replace religion. People who don't believe in religion, currently about 16% of the world population, believe everything will be better without religion without really knowing how humans would react. Based on history, do you think the world was a great place to live before religion became widespread?
 
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Lanyap said:
Based on history, do you think the world was a great place to live before religion became widespread?
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Superstition has been around forever. I'm not sure there was a time before religion. And the only issue we have to worry about is whether we would be better off now. We aren't time travelers.
 
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