Persecution of Hazara people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A girl, in Bamyan, holding a placard against Hazara genocide in Pakistan. Persecution of Hazara people refers to systematic discrimination, ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Shia. Hazara people, who are primarily from the central highland region of Hazaristan in Afghanistan. Significant populations of Hazara people are also found in Quetta, Pakistan and Mashad, Iran as part of the Hazara and Afghan diaspora. The persecution of Hazara people dates back to the 1.
Babur from Kabulistan. The Hazara people have also been the victims of massacre by Taliban and al- Qaeda. Although the situation of Hazaras has not yet improved in Afghanistan even after ousting of Taliban government from power in 2. Hazara people have been persecuted in neighboring Pakistan, by sunni extremists groups in recent years. The discrimination against this Shia ethnic group has subsisted for centuries by Mughals. Others claim that Hazaras began leaving their hometown Hazarajat due to poverty and in search of employment mostly in the 2. In 1. 93. 3, Abdul Khaliq, a Hazara student assassinated Afghan King Nadir Khan.
In February 1. 99. Islamic State of Afghanistan government and the Saudi- backed Sunni Wahhabi. Ittihad- i Islami militia led by Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.
Christian Science Monitor 24 Nov. 2010), the situation of the Hazaras in Afghanistan has improved (MAR 31 Dec. 2006; LA Times 16 Dec. AFGHANISTAN'S HAZARAS. The Hazaras are one of Afghanistan's largest ethnic minorities; Until the 1970s. The 2004 Afghanistan Constitution ( PDF).
AFGHANISTAN’S ETHNIC DIVIDES. International Journal of Middle East Studies > Volume 31 > Issue 02 > Sayed Askar Mousavi, The Hazaras of Afghanistan: An. The resolution of the full-text PDF is. While Afghan women in many areas of the country are still struggling to gain basic rights in the aftermath of the Taliban, Hazara women are achieving greater advances. Hazara people are historically the most restrained Islamic Repubilc of Afghanistan. Please provide information on the treatment or protection of illegal Afghan Hazara.
Ittihad- i Islami during that time was allied to the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani. The military operation was conducted in order to seize control of the Afshar district in west Kabul where the Shia Hezb- e Wahdat militia (and allied to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Sunni Hezb- i Islami backed by Pakistan) was based and from where it was shelling civilian areas in northern Kabul. The operation also intended to capture Wahdat leader Abdul Ali Mazari. The Afshar district, situated on the slopes of Mount Afshar west of Kabul, is a densely populated district.
The Hazara People of Afghanistan A century of persecution Compiled by Hussain Razaiat & Fr Tony Pearson August 2002 The Hazara People of Afghanistan.
Refugee Review Tribunal. RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE. Research Response Number: AFG17439. THE INQUIRY INTO THE HAZARA MONGOLS OF AFGHANISTAN. Hazaras, whom the writer. Afghanistan, lies on the fringes.
The area is predominantly inhabited by Shia Hazara people. The Afshar military operation escalated into what became known as the Afshar massacre when the Saudi backed Wahhabi militia of Ittihad- e- Islami went on a rampage through Afshar, killing, raping, looting and burning houses. Two out of nine Islamic State sub- commanders, Anwar Dangar (later joined the Taliban) and Mullah Izzat, were also reported as leading troops that carried out abuses. The Islamic State government in collaboration with the then enemy militia of Hezb- e Wahdat as well as in cooperation with Afshar civilians established a commission to investigate the crimes that had taken place in Afshar.
The commission found that around 7. Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's men. These abducted victims were most likely killed or died in captivity. Human rights organizations reported that the dead were lying on the streets for weeks before Taliban allowed their burial due to stench and fear of epidemic. It is ironic that Hazara civilians were killed to avenge the massacres ordered by Uzbek commander Abdul Malik Pahlawan. Robatak Pass. A mass murder was carried out there by Taliban in May 2. Twenty- six of the victims were Ismaili Hazara from Baghalan province.
Their remains were found to the northeast of the pass, in a neighborhood known as Hazara Mazari, on the border between Baghlan and Samngan provinces. The victims were detained four months before their execution by Taliban troops between January 5 and January 1. This started on January 8 and lasted for four days; it took the lives of 1. Taliban apprehended about 3. They were grouped to various assemblage points where they were shot dead in public view. Around 7. 3 women, children and elderly were taking shelter in a local mosque when Taliban fired rockets at the mosque.
The Taliban took responsibility for the attack. Their throats were cut with metal wire. Many Hazaras were enlisted in the British Indian Army during the first Anglo- Afghan War (1. The mass- migration and permanent settlements started in the 1. Emir Abdul Rahman Khan started persecuting the Hazaras of Afghanistan. Although sectarian violence in Pakistan, home to an estimated 2.
Shia Muslim population, started during the reign of military dictator General Zia- ul- Haq in the 1. Balochistan had remained peaceful until the turn of the century in 2. Peace activist Ali Raza said in 2. The victims include high- profile community members, laborers, women and children. No one has yet been arrested for these murders. The Hazara diaspora all over the world, namely in Australia, Western Europe, North America as well as the Hazara in Afghanistan, have protested against these killings and against the silence of international community.
They are headed mainly to Australia & other Western Countries, where thousands of them have taken shelter and successfully relocated after obtaining refugee status. To get there, they complete an illegal and treacherous journey across Southeast Asia through air, land and sea that has already left hundreds of them dead. Among the dead were social workers & intellectuals. They are bullied by an older Pashtun who expresses scorn for the Hazara people and rapes Hassan.
In the book In The Sea There Are Crocodiles, Eniatollah Akbari, a Hazara boy, details his journey to escape persecution in Afghanistan. References. Packard Humanities Institute. Retrieved December 1. Retrieved April 3, 2. National Geographic - Geo. Pedia. Retrieved April 1.
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Project MUSE - The Hazaras of Afghanistan and their Shi. It argues that the Hazaras’ Shi. A critical analysis of these prejudices and interpretations reveals that nineteenth and twentieth century orientalists and scholars from Afghanistan have not systematically and thoroughly studied the Hazaras’ Shi. Instead, they often sought to underpin their hypotheses and theories without examining their validity. Their accounts also reveal that they tend to interpret Shi.
Therefore, the field needs a fresh review of the existing accounts, and a systematic study and interpretation of the available and relevant data.