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India-Pakistan
Ismaili holy site torched
2006-12-01
PESHAWAR: Unknown miscreants burnt down a holy site belonging to the Ismaili community in Chitral district, which has seen sectarian violence in the past, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on November 25 when an Ismaili place of worship was reduced to ashes in Rech village, Torkhow tehsil, 170 kilometres away from Chitral city. “We are investigating the incident,” DSP Headquarters Sultan Bacha told Daily Times over the phone from Chitral. Police have not arrested anyone yet and Bacha declined to say whether the incident was linked to past sectarian violence. Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect, has spent billions of rupees on community development projects across the district and continues to invest in the development of the area.
Posted by:Fred

#4  The former name of the Ismailis is the Assassins. But at one time they departed from their evil ways.
Posted by: JFM   2006-12-01 15:01  

#3  Miscreants: Why do they hate us?
Posted by: Excalibur   2006-12-01 09:09  

#2  Not even worth roasting marshmellos. Here is the Wikipedia on Ismaili
Posted by: Icerigger   2006-12-01 08:52  

#1  the Ismailis are a sect of Shiite that is less into violence than the mainstream Shiite

Here's a surprise: they are considered heretics by other Shia
Posted by: mhw   2006-12-01 08:42  

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