The Sunni/Shi’te jihad has killed far more people than the trumped-up propaganda term “Islamophobia.” Yet no one seems particularly concerned about it as a human rights issue. Perhaps too much concern about it would in itself be “Islamophobic.”
“32 killed, 68 injured as blast hits Afghan mosque in Kandahar,” Reuters, October 15, 2021:
A large explosion tore through a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, killing at least 32 people and wounding 68, officials said, the second massive attack in a week targeting worshippers from the minority sect.
A local reporter in Kandahar told Reuters that eyewitnesses had described three suicide attackers, one of whom blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque with the two others detonating their devices inside the building.
“The situation is very bad. Mirwais hospital is messaging and calling on young people to give blood,” he said, referring to a local hospital where dead and injured had been taken.
Photographs and mobile phone footage posted by journalists on social media showed many people apparently dead or seriously wounded on the bloody floor of the Imam Bargah mosque.
A health official gave figures of 32 dead and 73 wounded and said the final total could be higher. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosti of the ruling Taliban movement said authorities were collecting details. The blast took place just days after an attack claimed by Islamic State militants, which killed scores of Shi’ite worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz. The full death toll from that attack has been estimated as high as 80.
Sunni Muslim fighters of Islamic State have repeatedly targeted Shi’ites in the past. The Taliban are also strict Sunni Muslims but have pledged to protect all ethnic and sectarian groups since sweeping into power in August as U.S. forces withdrew.
The embassy of Iran, Afghanistan’s neighbor and the region’s largest Shi’ite power, condemned the attack.
“We hope Taliban leaders take decisive action against these wicked terrorist incidents,” it said in a tweet….
The local affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State Khorasan after an ancient name for the region covering Afghanistan, has stepped up attacks following the Taliban victory over the Western-backed government in Kabul in August….
Buraq says
Sunni Islam is essentially Shiiaphobic!
DavidR says
No sh’it?
roberta says
If I could get in contact with the family of the bomber, I’d send them money.
Infidel says
Do it the other way – if shi’a were to bomb sunni mosques. Sunnis are the majority, so the sooner they eviscerate the shi’a, they’ll then be free to turn their attention elsewhere. Instead, strengthen the shi’a and encourage something like Hizb e Wahdat to do such attacks on sunnis throughout that country, so that both Taliban and IS-K find their hands full
Wellington says
Seconded.
b.a. freeman says
actually, some unthinking, uneducated leftist (or maybe a hard-core leftist who really understands the implications of his monstrous political beliefs) is now likely to point to the comments on this page without the context, of which most of us here are aware, of the unending litany of monstrous murders committed by “pious” muslims specifically because the victims are not muslim, thus making us appear as monstrous ourselves. let me supply the context.
*EVERY* *SINGLE* *DAY*, it is possible to hunt down multiple murders done by “pious” muslims explicitly because the victims were not muslim themselves, or in this case, considered apostates or unbelievers, or even because they are not “muslim enough.” perhaps U, mr. or ms. leftist, can tolerate reading lists of murder victims killed for such a poisonous reason, but none of us here (with the rare exception of leftist and muslim trolls) can easily stomach it. we are tired of uneducated people saying that islam is a “religion of peace” WITHOUT EVEN HAVING EXAMINED IT THEMSELVES. how do U *K*N*O*W* that islam is peaceful if U know nothing about it?
let me explain something to U, leftist. If an expert in quantum chromodynamics tells U something about his field, U either have to take his word for it, or U must dedicate *years* to learning enough about the field to be able to determine the validity of his statements for yourself. religion, OTOH, is something that is supposed to be accessible to the man in the street without excessive effort, so U should be able to study the scriptures for yourself and make your own decisions about it WITHOUT years of study. in order to speed up the process, U should probably consult both those who despise the religion and those who are enthusiastic believers; where there is agreement, U learn without further study, and whenever there is disagreement, U should consult the scriptures themselves, then see if the side going against the scriptures can explain themselves without pulling apple pies out of their a**eholes. it’s a pretty simple process, but FWIW, the part that i missed in the beginning was assuming that i already knew a lot about islam. as it happened, i knew virtually NOTHING about islam, because the few times islam was mentioned in my schooling were NOT about the beliefs of the “religion,” but about the generalized results of its advances (with no mention of its beliefs). thus, i suggest that U approach the subject assuming that U know nothing.
finally, knowing that U are human in spite of your leftist beliefs, i know that U have no intention of converting to islam, and that U have a job and a life (not something we non-leftists are allowed to have), so U don’t have a lot of time to devote to learning about a religion which U already believe is as innocuous as hinduism, buddhism, or christianity; furthermore, it is likely that U believe that all religions are stupid diversions of the attention of the masses, so there is even less incentive to learn, since the Smart People who explain everything to U have already examined these religions and tell U that they are all stupid. it’s easier to just continue to hold your current beliefs, since the Smart People are probably correct, and because religions are explained by leftist theory, which is always correct. however, wouldn’t it be nice to learn just a little bit about islam so that U could defend these poor defenseless brown people (everybody knows that islam is a *RACE*, right?) when lying right-wingers like us attack them? it doesn’t take a lot of effort, and if U spent as much time over a few months as U do tweeting and reading leftist propaganda, U would be able to do just that without having to consult anybody else, since U would now have first-hand knowledge of the subject.
of course, U could just blow me off and continue in your beliefs with NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROOF one way or the other, but isn’t that intellectually lazy? if U can spend as much time learning about islam as U already spend defending poor defenseless (brown) muslims, why not do so? U would expand the number of people who are capable of doing so, and be more likely to end the reign of terror of islamophobes who spend all day calling muslims names after the muslims commit murder. isn’t it better to spend a *little* bit of time learning more about the truth so that U can defend it?
b.a. freeman says
actually, some unthinking, uneducated leftist (or maybe a rare hard-core leftist who really understands the implications of his monstrous political beliefs) is now likely to point to the comments on this page without the context, of which most of us here are aware, of the unending litany of monstrous murders committed by “pious” muslims specifically because the victims are not muslim, thus making us appear as monstrous ourselves. let me supply the context.
*EVERY* *SINGLE* *DAY*, it is possible to hunt down multiple murders done by “pious” muslims explicitly because the victims were not muslim themselves, or in this case, considered apostates or unbelievers, or even because they are not “muslim enough.” perhaps U, mr. or ms. leftist, can tolerate reading lists of murder victims killed for such a poisonous reason, but none of us here (with the rare exception of leftist and muslim trolls) can easily stomach it. we are tired of uneducated people saying that islam is a “religion of peace” WITHOUT EVEN HAVING EXAMINED IT THEMSELVES. how do U *K*N*O*W* that islam is peaceful if U know nothing about it?
let me explain something to U, leftist. If an expert in quantum chromodynamics tells U something about his field, U either have to take his word for it, or U must dedicate *years* to learning enough about the field to be able to determine the validity of his statements for yourself. religion, OTOH, is something that is supposed to be accessible to the man in the street without excessive effort, so U should be able to study the scriptures for yourself and make your own decisions about it WITHOUT years of study. in order to speed up the process, U should probably consult both those who despise the religion and those who are enthusiastic believers; where there is agreement, U learn without further study, and whenever there is disagreement, U should consult the scriptures themselves, then see if the side going against the scriptures can explain themselves without pulling apple pies out of their a**eholes. it’s a pretty simple process, but FWIW, the part that i missed in the beginning was assuming that i already knew a lot about islam. as it happened, i knew virtually NOTHING about islam, because the few times islam was mentioned in my schooling were NOT about the beliefs of the “religion,” but about the generalized results of its advances (with no mention of its beliefs). thus, i suggest that U approach the subject assuming that U know nothing.
finally, knowing that U are human in spite of your leftist beliefs, i know that U have no intention of converting to islam, and that U have a job and a life (not something we non-leftists are allowed to have), so U don’t have a lot of time to devote to learning about a religion which U already believe is as innocuous as hinduism, buddhism, or christianity; furthermore, it is likely that U believe that all religions are stupid diversions of the attention of the masses, so there is even less incentive to learn, since the Smart People who explain everything to U have already examined these religions and tell U that they are all stupid. it’s easier to just continue to hold your current beliefs, since the Smart People are probably correct, and because religions are explained by leftist theory, which is always correct. however, wouldn’t it be nice to learn just a little bit about islam so that U could defend these poor defenseless brown people (everybody knows that islam is a *RACE*, right?) when lying right-wingers like us attack them? it doesn’t take a lot of effort, and if U spent as much time over a few months as U do tweeting and reading leftist propaganda, U would be able to do just that without having to consult anybody else, since U would now have first-hand knowledge of the subject.
of course, U could just blow me off and continue in your beliefs with NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF PROOF one way or the other, but isn’t that intellectually lazy? if U can spend as much time learning about islam as U already spend defending poor defenseless (brown) muslims, why not do so? U would expand the number of people who are capable of doing so, and be more likely to end the reign of terror of islamophobes who spend all day calling muslims names after the muslims commit murder. isn’t it better to spend a *little* bit of time learning more about the truth so that U can defend it?
b.a. freeman says
sorry about the comment duplication; it took me about five tries before the server told me that i had submitted a duplicate comment. i have posted before and not had the comment show up immediately, and when i went back, the comment was not there. i have learned to use an editor to submit comments, and to keep trying until it show up.
again, sorry for the duplication.
somehistory says
It happens to everyone now and then, so don’t worry about it. The adults here all understand. 🙂
tom parry says
In this sight we have intelligently thought out points of view, not an idiotic ranting. Please maybe go to some left wing antifa site
PMK says
I thought there was no humor in Islam. I had to laugh when I saw the response of the number one state sponsor of terror: “We hope Taliban leaders take decisive action against these wicked terrorist incidents,”
Practitioners of a religion that glories in acts of terror are condemning ‘wicked terrorist incidents”? Iranians are funny.
Infidel says
It’s almost as if Iran doesn’t know that such attacks can only happen w/ the tacit approval of the Taliban
Wellington says
The immense sickness which is Islam, whether Sunni or Shiite, is never ending.
Islam’s origins are rooted in deep, creepy and violent “proclivities,” whether Sunni or Shiite, and sustained I might add by the extremely perverse Islamic texts (Koran, hadiths and sira) and which is one of many reasons why no reasonable and informed person should have any respect for Mo’s creed, whichever warped version is proffered.
No redeeming rot. Islam is rooted from its inception in rot. No way around this.
somehistory says
I have been reading “Empire of the Summer Moon.” It is heavy reading and I cannot stomach too much at one sitting.
One or two points: Many view the Comanche as a “noble and heroic” tribe of Native Americans.
The Comanches wanted a particular bit of territory where the millions of buffalo roamed and proceeded to drive out the other tribes who were “native” to that land…lot of land, as it turned out. They murdered as many of these other Indians as possible, nearly wiping out the Pueblo and the Apache. They killed in very cruel ways, even babies newly born.
One tribe they fought, fought back and the Comanches always retaliated for any Comanche death….most of the time endeavoring to outdo the horror that was inflicted on their member.
mozlums….all reading the same book of filth, all worshipping the same false ‘god,’ and venerating and doing obeisance to the same false ‘prophet,’ fight among themselves, murdering each other, and attempting to outdo the horrors inflicted by other mozlums
on the members of their ‘sect.’
They are copying as closely as possible, the evil, demonic example of their false prophet, the mass-murdering, raper of children. fatty sack of feculent maggot remains, sex-mad, thieving slave trader, lying, filthy son of satan the devil. After all, he commanded them to do so, because satan, his ‘god,’ told him to.
Now, Comanches did not have a ‘religion.’ Some Native American tribes did/do have a certain belief in a Creator or “Great Spirit.” The Comanches didn’t feel they had to answer to anyone and did as they pleased.
mozlums….do pretend to have “faith.” They pretend that they must “answer” to someone greater and that someone is telling them to murder others who also believe in the same “someone.”
This fact alone, proves that mozlums serve and worship satan and are his “children, carrying out his desires.”
Who else would tell his children to slaughter everyone, including his other “children”?
Walter Sieruk says
his time it’s Sunni Muslims murdering Shi’ite Muslims. Other times it’s Shi’ite Muslim murder Sunny Muslims.
Oh the murderous bloodshed delusion and folly of it all.
Therefore with Islam so much in the news and in such great power in some countries it’s a good thing to understand and define what Islam really is .Of the many ways Islam may be described, one of them is that a religion of denial. Meaning that Islam denies that Jesus is the Son of God. As in the Son of God Who is God the Father.
Furthermore, Islam denies the Jesus is God the Son. In addition, Islam denies that Jesus is God. Before going over these three denials of Islam it first should the stated the Bible instructs the way to tell if a prophet or religious teacher is really from and of God or not is do the teachings and doctrines of that prophet of teacher really fit in accord what is found in the Bible ? For if that prophet or teachers and teachers doctrines that are in contradiction to the Bible then that prophet is a false prophet and that religious teacher is a false teacher and thus in doctrinal error and darkness.
Likewise if a religion had teachings and doctrines that are in contradiction that is religion is in error also part of the world of darkness and is therefore a false religion. As the Bible instructs in Isaiah 8:20. “To the law of the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” [K.J.V.] With this clearly stated, three things should be known.
First, that Islam denial that Jesus is the Son of God is in great contradiction to the teaching of the Bible . Which reveals the Jesus is the Son of God? As seen in ,for example Matthew 3:16,17. 16:15,16. Luke 1:35. John 3:16-18, 36. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. 5:12,13. Second, that Islam denies that Jesus is God the Son is in strong contradiction to the Bible. As found in Hebrews 1:6-8. With emphasis on verse 8. Third, Islam’s denial that Jesus is God is in great contrast to the doctrine and teaching of the Bible. That Jesus is God may be found in ,for example, John 1:1;3. Colossians 1:15-17. 2:9. Romans 9:5 Second Peter 1:1. Titus 2:13. First John 5:20.
Moreover, to further discover that the Bible teachings that Jesus is God all a person has to do is to compare the Old Testament with New Testament to see that Jesus is God. As in comparing Isaiah 45:22,23. with Philippians 2:5-11. Also by comparing Psalm 89:8,9. with Mathew 8:23-27. will reveal that Jesus is God.
Likewise, by comparing Psalm 62:5-7 . with First Corinthians 10:4. shows the Deity of Jesus. Even by comparing the News Testament books together will show that Jesus is God. As in comparing Romans 14:12. with John 5:22. will show Jesus to be God. The list can go on but this should be enough, for all who are willing to see the truth , that Jesus is, indeed, the Son of God. That Jesus is God the Son and that Jesus is God.
The imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam will try to “explain’ this all away by making the claim that the Bible had been corrupted by Christians ,through time, and that’s way the Bible reads as it does. This claim, very much, underestimate the Power of God to protect and preserve His Word ,through time , and to keep in intact and away from the corruption of men. In conclusion, in light and information of the Bible in can be seen that Islam is a awful and terrible doctrinal error concerning it teaching about the Nature of Jesus and therefore Islam is part of the world of darkness. So Islam with its strong contradictions to the Bible is a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. So all dear Muslims are thus invited to leave the false religion of Islam and come the and receive the Jesus of the Bible who is the only way to heaven ,John 14:6. and the True Light of the world. John 8:12.
In addition to all this there is the Christian internet site which replies to the many different claims made by the apologists for Islam. It’s http://www.answering-islam.org
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
I bet the Shi’ite leadership in Iran wishes the ‘Great Satan’ were back in charge if only to keep an eye on their bretheren in Afghanistan. These Taliban warlords are turning out to be subpar in running a government. I can’t wait to see what another month of ‘leadership’ by these homicidal hillbillies brings forth.
Kashyap says
Religious freedom advocated by tolerant humans is feeding the dreaded brutal beasts who call themselves Islamists. In 21st. century how civilized humans can tolerate a faith that always indulges in destroying living humans. The sane world should shed political motives & resolve to direct these Islamists to migrate their theocratic states. In those states let them practice any brutal dictates given by their Mullas. If some Muslims remain in secular states they have to follow a common civil code & lead civic life. Will this happen with UNO being toothless?
Giacomo Latta says
May the Sunnis have much success in getting rid of the group of false muslims that are the Shiites. May the Shiites have much success in getting rid of the group of false muslims that are the Sunnis.
Lenny Leaps In says
So demon possessed Sunni ISIS thugs suicide bombed a Shiite mosque, destroyed with 32 worshippers killed. Iran is a Shiite Muslim State. OK Iran – what are you going to do about this??