Systematic Massacres of Shia Muslims in Pakistan (Reasons, Aims, Players)

The massacres of Shia Muslims in Pakistan, committed systematically by extremist fundamentalist groups like ‘Sepah Sahabe’, ‘Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’, ‘Jaish-e-Mohammad’, ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’, and other anti-Shia groups, are resulted from the growth of sectarian terrorism in the country. Also, the reasons include US and other western countries supports, pro-western regional regimes’ sponsorship, like Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan’s passive policies. Therefore, the systematic massacres of Shia Muslims in Pakistan have a political nature. This can be analyzed in frameworks of Sectarian Terrorism, Organized Terrorism, and Religious Terrorism. The main objective of these massacres is to bring Muslims into conflict; Sunni Muslims, supported by Saudi Arabia, and Shia Muslims, supported by the I.R. of Iran. The situation favors the American strategy of ‘constructive chaos.’