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...history of bloody massacres each time Mazar-i-Sharif has changed hands in recent years gives them every incentive to fight to the last man. On the other hand, the Taliban forces were considered outside occupiers by the city's residents, most of whom are ethnic Hazaris whose Shia brand of Islam is held in contempt by the Sunni Taliban - and the Alliance had expected plenty of help from a fifth column of supporters inside the city once the bullets started flying...
...growing beards and joining the jihad against India over the disputed territory of Kashmir, often to the dismay of their secular-leaning families. Others sign up for local wars: more than 100 Pakistanis have been killed in sectarian attacks since the beginning of this year. In recent months, minority Shia professionals, especially doctors, have been targeted for assassination. Doctors are among the best educated and most successful Shia professionals in Pakistan, and their murders are particularly intimidating. In July, the chairman of Pakistan State Oil, a respected Shia executive, was gunned down in broad daylight in Karachi...
...stay here all night and all tomorrow morning." Police had closed the streets to traffic for blocks around the victory party, which filled the air with confetti, firecrackers and the occasional outburst of song. "I'm going to sleep well for the first time in 50 years," said Shih Shia-shu, 70, a pensioner wearing a Chen...
...Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, also gave $1.5 million in 1979 to establish the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the GSD. In 1987, he contributed to funding for GSD's Center for Urban Development Studies at the Harvard Design School...
...also unjustified. The Lebanese people are not leading the fight against Israeli occupation. In fact, Hezbollah, the group leading this noble resistance, is an element foreign to Lebanon. According to CIA and U.S. Navy profiles of this terrorist organization, Hezbollah is an Iranian- and Syrian-sponsored group of fundamentalist Shia Muslims that has carried out horrific attacks on civilians of the world. Hezbollah is widely believed to be behind the 1983 truck bombing that killed 241 Americans in Beirut. It was also responsible for the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. Contrary to the claim...