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Pakistan: Sufi Shrine Attacked

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 @ 20:05 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Pakistan
Topics:: Religion, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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Talibans have blown up a Sufi shrine in Peshawar. Let us build Pakistan explains why they attack the shrines. Hasan Mubarak at Lahore Metblogs questions whether Sufism can be the savior from the current situation.

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