Shabana Syed: Sunni Shia Conflict and the Continuum

of an ideology: Sectarian conflict is not only tearing Muslim countries apart, like Iraq and Pakistan, but also brewing under the surface in London and European cities. Sunni and Shia groups view each other suspiciously across a widening gap of misunderstanding, propagated by Saudi financed British Sunni Mosques and madras's attempt to label Shias as kafirs or heretics. On the surface, there is a form of coexistence, but when the owner of a media group, with the ability to influence thousands of states "the biggest threat to world peace is Iran and Shias" it becomes a worrying fact. It's even more worrying when many Muslims, suffering discrimination and treated as the enemy within, cannot comprehend that Shia Sunni bloodshed is one of the many aims of the unending war on terror, unleashed against Islam and Muslims after 9/11. The west has reduced occupation forces in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, as they watch the rise of sectarian bloodshed which is a far worse weapon, fueled by CIA and Mossad mercenary groups and drone attacks. Daniel Mabsout writes in 'A world called Israel', "Now the Sunnis are mobilized against Shi'as in a conflict that had no precedent in the history between Sunnis and Shias in a conflict that had no precedent in the history between Sunnis and Shi'as. The Sunnis are mobilized by the world Order to defend Israel under the cover of sectarianism and anti Shi'ism. The war we witness between the two groups, is but a sparkle of what is happening actually and daily on the ground." The attacks against Hazara Shias in Quetta, Pakistan early January killed nearly a 100 part of systematic campaign against the community, whose particular look and the fact they speak Farsi, has made them easy targets for Sunni terrorists, like Lashkar e Jhangvi, known to have CIA and Mossad links. Ali Dayan Hassan of Human Rights Watch warned: "Last year was the bloodiest year for Pakistan's Shia community in living memory, and if this latest attack is any indication, 2013 has started on an even more dismal note." Last year, Dr Ismail Salami in his article "who's behind the Shia Massacres in Pakistan" wrote" more than 250 Shias' eyes were cut out of their sockets. Many of them died while their faces had been smashed with stones or sprayed with acid. The Wahhabi attackers were void of any mercy, the criminals are now free and keep on partaking in their feast of blood."