Kalia_Test Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32843510 At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, a doctor has told the BBC. The emergency doctor at Qatif Central Hospital said at least 70 had been injured, "some very critically". Witnesses reported a huge blast at the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh, in Qatif governorate. It is the first such incident in Saudi Arabia amid rising tension in the wider region between Sunni and Shia Muslims. It is unclear who was behind the attack. Some source are putting casualty numbers to more than 30 . RIP to the departed :(( These attacks on Shias have spread a lot recently. We recently had 40 Shias massacred in Karachi and now this. Where is the world heading to :((
velu Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 india and iran are the only two palces which are safe for shias
Kalia_Test Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 india and iran are the only two palces which are safe for shias Absolutely...My Shia muslim friends thank almighty everyday that they live in India when they read news about such incidents from ME and Pakistan,etc... TBF - Maybe Indonesia and Malaysia are safe too...Dont know much about relative population of Shias/Sunnis there...
swatpulla Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Islamic republics are proving to be a disgrace to this world. Their idea of religion will fail them in the long run.
Raghav_12 Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 india and iran are the only two palces which are safe for shias Overall too, India would be one of the safest place (having significant population) for Muslims on the earth. Any Idea, what percentage of Indian muslim population are Shias?
velu Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Overall too, India would be one of the safest place (having significant population) for Muslims on the earth. Any Idea, what percentage of Indian muslim population are Shias? few gujjus and good amount of kashmiris i guess.. few of my mallu/tamil muslim friends dont care/bother abt this sunni/shia thing .. interesting thing is muhammed ali zinnah is a shia
panther Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Overall too, India would be one of the safest place (having significant population) for Muslims on the earth. Any Idea, what percentage of Indian muslim population are Shias? less than 10%.
velu Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 less than 10%. Dr.Google India is home to around 175 million people of Islamic faith. Although the majority of the country's Islamic population are Sunni, Shia Muslims are estimated to make up between 40 million and 50 million.Jun 27, 2014
panther Posted May 22, 2015 Posted May 22, 2015 Dr.Google pew has a more detailed report they estimate shia population of India between 10-15%. http://www.pewforum.org/2009/10/07/mapping-the-global-muslim-population/
Number Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 I think its close to 20%. Muharram is celebrated as big as any other festival in north Indian cities, in which I think sunnis strictly don't participate.
Kalia_Test Posted May 23, 2015 Author Posted May 23, 2015 I think its close to 20%. Muharram is celebrated as big as any other festival in north Indian cities, in which I think sunnis strictly don't participate. I don't think Muharram is a "festival". It is actually a day of mourning where Shias hurt themselves with whips and other stuff in remembrance of one of their Imams who was killed in Karbala...This practice is their way of saying sorry to their Imam that they could not save him on that day. This is from my limited knowledge. Others can correct me.
Number Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 I don't think Muharram is a "festival". It is actually a day of mourning where Shias hurt themselves with whips and other stuff in remembrance of one of their Imams who was killed in Karbala...This practice is their way of saying sorry to their Imam that they could not save him on that day. This is from my limited knowledge. Others can correct me. Yes, that's right.
Clarke Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 ISIS claimed the bombing. Hope the middle east cracks down on them.
Book_Worm Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 There has been no particular census conducted in India with regards to sects, but Indian sources claimed the Shia population in mid 2005–2006 was between 25% and 31% of the entire Muslim population of India which accounts them in numbers between 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 plus of the 157 million Indian Muslim ... Shia Islam in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_India
Book_Worm Posted May 23, 2015 Posted May 23, 2015 A rough estimate puts the Shia population of Indian controlled Jammu and Kashmir state at around one million, 10 percent of the total population. Shias are a majority in the northern areas of Gilgit-Baltistan currently under Pakistani federal control. Ninety- eight percent in Baltistan and 60 percent in Gilgit and adjoining areas are Shia even though successive governments in Islamabad have attempted to alter the demographic composition of the region to suit their long term political interests. In Jammu and Kashmir, the community is chiefly concentrated in Srinagar, central district of Budgam, Baramulla, parts of Bandipur and Ladakh region. Very few Shia Muslim habitations can be found in southern parts of Kashmir and they virtually do not exist in the Chinab valley where as in other frontier and mountainous belts situated on the approach roads to Kashmir, the community was virtually decimated by the marauding Moghal and Pathan invaders during 16th -18th century. http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas
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