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Pakistani Americans (Urdu: پاکستانی امریکی) are citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry from Pakistan, or more simply, Pakistanis in America. They can be from different ethnic groups in Pakistan like Punjabi or Muhajir .
[91] [92] [93] Since 2008 thousands of Shia have been killed by Sunni extremists according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and violent clashes between the two sects are common. [94] A subset of Shia in Pakistan are the Hazara ethnic group—which are distinct from other Shi’a due to their language and facial features.
It is the oldest Shia mosque in the United States and the largest in North America [11] [12] [13] (founded in 1963). [1] The institution known as "heart of Shiism" in the United States. [14] [15] North American Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities (NASIMCO) is a religious-cultural organization for Shia followers in the North of America.
Shiite Muslims constitute about 15 per cent of Pakistan’s 240 million population, of which the majority are Sunni Muslims. The country has a longstanding history of sectarian tensions between ...
Some of the worst Shia-Sunni sectarian strife has occurred before (under Saddam regime responsible for at least 400,000 Shia deaths) and after the American invasion of Iraq. [33] According to one estimate, as of early 2008, 1,121 Sunni suicide bombers have blown themselves up in Shia-majority Iraq. [ 34 ]
It was reasoned that since the Shia majority Iran was a hotspot of Covid-19 cases at that time, then Shia-majority areas should also be secluded and quarantined. [99] Moreover, public institutions like the Civil Hospital and the State Bank of Pakistan, unofficially asked its employees belonging to the Hazara Shias community to not to come to ...
Pakistan was founded on the basis of securing a sovereign homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent to live in self-determination. [20] The idea of Pakistan had received overwhelming popular support among British Indian Muslims, especially those in the Presidencies and provinces of British India where Muslims were in a minority such as U.P. [21]
Its primary focus is the raising awareness of crises, conflicts and persecution of Shia Muslims in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, advocating for Shia Muslim rights and providing aid to those affected, including refugees and bereaved families. In the United States, the foundation promotes understanding and acceptance of the Shia ...