Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.

Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids. Karachi, Pakistan. 27/02/2010.

Muslims are celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi in Karachi, Pakistan 2010. This year the festival of the “third Eid” of Islam was observed with unprecedented exuberance. Eid Miladun Nabi, the Birthday of the Holy Prophet PBUH, has always been the most important of the three Eids, but in this season of Taliban violence, it appears that the people are using it to send a message to the extremists destroying Pakistan’s culture in the name of Islam.
In April 2006, the Eid Milad gathering of the Sunni Tehreek at Nishtar Park Karachi was blown up by a suicide-bomber who had come from the tribal areas. Out of the 1500 that had gathered, 57 died while over a hundred were injured. In 2009, the Sunni Tehreek took out 40 Eid Milad processions in Karachi, as if sending a message to its killers.
The Nishtar Park massacre was quickly linked to the Barelvi-Deobandi war in Khyber Agency earlier in the month and it was noted that the Deobandi warlord in Bara, Mufti Munir Shakir, had been condemned in the “wall-chalkings” that appeared in Karachi. Statements against Mufti Shakir from the Barelvi ulema had appeared in the press in Punjab too. What clearly came to the fore was an all-Pakistan moderate Barelvi reaction to the tightening of the faith under the leadership of a sectarian school of thought nurtured by the state under the pretext of jihad.