Understanding Genocide: Is Shia Muslim community facing ‘Genocidal Campaign’? By Abbas Zaidi

Genocide, as I have indicated above, is a matter of one group’s power over another. The unchallenged power of the Deobandi groups is possible only if the Deobandis have the backing of elements in the state institutions, especially in the Pakistan Army, which is the de facto ruling elite of the country. Apart from the elements in the army, the main backers have been Salafi Takfiri elements in Saudi Arabia and the Takfiri lobbies in Right Wing religious or center right parties like Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Sharif Group), PMLQ, JI JUIF-F etc. Research on the Deobandi nexus with these actors can be carried out to find out how national/local and international elements have contributed to making Pakistan a land of genocides.