Advancing Peace, Inclusion, and Intercultural Dialogue for Sustainable Communities
On November 4, 2014, a horrifying incident unfolded in Chak No: 59, Tehsil Kot Radha Kishan, District Kasur, near Lahore, Pakistan. A young Christian couple, Shahzad and Shama, became victims of a brutal act of violence fueled by religious extremism. The couple, who had four young children—three sons and a daughter, all under the age...
The Hazara community, a distinct ethnic group identifiable by their Mongoloid features, has been subjected to relentless sectarian violence for generations, particularly in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Pakistan, the Sunni Muslim extremist militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is widely believed to be behind many of the attacks targeting the Hazara people. The Hazaras, who predominantly practice Shia...