Three Hindus were injured in an
acid attack during a religious festival in Pakistan’s southern port city
Karachi on Monday, according to police.
“People were throwing colors on each
other at a ceremony to celebrate [Hindu religious festival] Holi
in Model Colony area, when one of the participants threw acid-mixed
color on the crowd and sped away,” said Pir Mohammad Shah, a city police
chief.
We can hardly doubt the motivation behind
this attack on Minority Hindus in Pakistan. As per the Standing
Committee on Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas, it is strictly
prohibited for Muslims to take part, celebrate the festivals of Kuffar
(Hindus). It reads:
It is not permissible for the Muslim to join the kuffaar in their festivals and to express joy and happiness on these occasions, or to take the day off work, whether the occasion is religious or secular, because this is a kind of imitating the enemies of Allaah, which is forbidden, and a kind of co-operating with them in falsehood. It was proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” [Fatwa no. 2540]
Muslims in Karachi believe that the attacker was a Hindu, ironically the
acid-throwing incident follows the burning of a Hindu temple and a
community office in the southern Larkana district on Sunday, by angry
mobs protesting the alleged burning of a Quran by a Hindu.
Pakistan is a Muslim-majority
country where Hindus are the second largest minority after the
Christians. They make up 2 percent of the 180 million population.
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