From 2016, ISIS replaced Lashkar-e-Jhangvi as the deadliest anti-Hazara terrorist group. In 2020, Hazaras were accused of spreading COVID as the “Shi’a virus.”
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Hazaras in Pakistan. 4. The Third Wave of Anti-Hazara Terrorist Attacks, 2010–2015
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists Usman Saifullah Kurd and Dawood Badini waged a war of extermination against the Hazaras of Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 3. The Deadly Attacks of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Founded in 1996, LeJ emerged as the most radical anti-Shi’a groups, and the only one able to launch a terrorism campaign against the Hazaras in Balochistan.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 2. The Rise of Anti-Shiite Extremism
From the late 1970s, sectarian violence targeted Pakistani Shiites, due to both domestic and international factors.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 1. Fleeing Afghanistan
The Afghani Hazaras are Shiite, and were repeatedly persecuted by Sunni extremists, leading to four waves of refugees who went to Pakistan.
Dalí: Against and For Religion
Originally anticlerical, the Salvador Dalí eventually turned to a personal view of religion and religious freedom.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 7. The Crisis and Revival of the Anti-Cult Movement
In the 1990s, anti-cultists lost crucial court cases in the United States. They survived thanks to the support of some governments and several media.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 6. The Anti-Cult Ideology
Offering the accounts of “apostates” as evidence, anti-cultists insist that “cults” are not “genuine” religions and they gain converts through “brainwashing.”
The Anti-Cult Movement. 5. Anti-Cultism Beyond the West
In Japan and South Korea, deprogramming continued for decades. In Russia and China, anti-cultism was sponsored and organized by the state.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 4. Anti-Cultism Goes to Europe
The suicides and homicides of the Order of the Solar Temple in the 1990s were used to justify a witch hunt against hundreds of groups. Scholars reacted.