Hazara community history, facts, massacre all you need to know
Who are Hazara?
Hindi word Hazara means thousand Hazara are Persian speaking community that lived in Afghanistan. In the tenure of taliban, Hazara community was brutally killed and massacred. After their brutal genocide they were forced to move to the different parts of the world like Iran, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Europe etc. Almost 900000 Hazara are living in Pakistan this time.
Aur the Hazara Mongols?
Some people believe that Hazara are descendant of mongol forefather Genghis Khan and the mongol soldiers who are separated from the region in the 13th century. The reason behind this is there Persian dialect which sets them apart from Afghans who speak Pashto language. They are living in Asia that's why they are more Asian than Arabic and historically they were persecuted by Pashtuns like taliban.
Hazara in Pakistan:
Hazara in Afghanistan are third largest ethnic group and significant numbers are living in Pakistan too. In Pakistan they are living in KPK previously known as North West frontier province. Hazara are famous for their poetry and music. They are followers of Ismaili sect also known as Shia community.
Hazara genocide :
Hazara genocide started in 19th century during the tenure of taliban in Afghanistan. This wave was known as Pashtunization. Since then Hazara started to migrate to the other parts of the world. It is believed that Hazara genocide started in the reign of Abdul Rehman Khan. Thousands of Hazara were killed and enslaved. During the talibanization in Afghanistan they also face the same situation.
Hazara in Quetta, Pakistan :
Most of the Hazara community is living in Quetta district of Balochistan province. Their genocide in Quetta started in 2011 with left almost 1300 dead and 1500 injured. Since then they have faced worst circumstances like this.
List of Hazara genocide in Quetta :
1: On 4 July, 2003, 53 Hazara were martyred and 65 were injured when they were offering Jumma prayer in the imambargah. Three armed men entered in imambargah and one of them blew him up. It was start of a series killing of Hazara in Quetta.
2: On 2 March, 2004 they also faced another attack during the Ashura procession in which 42 persons were martyred and 100were injured.
3 : On 3 September, 2010 in a bomb blast 73 people were martyred and 160 injured during quds day procession.
4 : On May 6, 2011 in Hazara Town shootings, 8 were martyred and 15 were wounded.
5 : On 20 September, 2011 mustong bus shooting incident took place. It took 26 lives of Hazara Shia muslim community. Later the death toll reached to 28 when two more were martyred in car who were going for the rescue of bus people.
6 : On 10 January, 2013 totally 120 innocent people were martyred and hundreds injured when a suicide attempt was made by a terrorist who walked into the snooker club and blasted him. Later when the people were busy in carrying the bodies of their loved ones, a bomb was detonated placed in an ambulance.
7: On 16 February, 2013 again Hazara Shia community faced another doomsday when 73 innocents were martyred and 180 injured in a bomb blast at Kirani road near Hazara town.
8 : On 13 April, 2019 in a suicide attack in vegetable market, 24 people of Hazara shia community were martyred and many injured. Islamic State and Pakistan Taliban accepted that they carried out this attack.
Latest Attack:
When people were busy in post celebrations of new year 2021, Hazara community was busy in mourn and carrying their dead bodies.
On 2 January, 2021 Hazara community labourers were working in a coal mine in Machh district Balochistan, Pakistan when 11 peoples were kidnapped by Islamic State terrorist group and were persecuted there near the mine.
One of them was Tameer Nau college student Mushtaq Hussain who used to fulfil his college dues by doing work in coal mine. He was a brilliant student who got 3rd position in his intermediate exams by securing 1053 marks out of 1100 in Balochistan board.
Since then Hazara shia community is in protest for their safety. Several roads are blocked in Karachi as protesters are on the roads.
Four days passed but until now Hazara Shia are on the road with their dead bodies. They have refused to bury until they get the justice.
Prime minister of Pakistan Imran khan has condemned this brutal inhuman act of terrorism.
Many political persons visited the protest place, recently PMLN leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif daughter of Nawaz Sharif and PPPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also visited the greived Hazaras in their difficult time but Prime minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan hasn't yet.
Why Hazara Shia are continuously persecuted?
This all started when sects came into being in Islam. Main reason behind this is shia-sunni sectism. Taliban and other militant groups urged peoples that they would get heaven if they killed peoples of other sect and vice versa. Which is a false belief and should be stopped because 1400 years ago Holy prophet (saw) said
" Whosoever kills a human being without (any reason like) man slaughter, or corruption on earth, it is as though he had killed all mankind and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity ".
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