A Religion of Peace

From Fox News:

Armed men opened fire on Shiite Muslim worshippers during a religious procession in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and wounding more than 100, authorities said.

Soon after, a Sunni Muslim mosque, a television network office and several shops were set afire as Shiites rioted in parts of the city, and a shootout occurred near the scene of the initial attack, police said.

The violence occurred hours after a series of coordinated blasts in Iraq struck major Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, killing at least 125 religious pilgrims.

Meanwhile, two people — one Shiite and one Sunni — were killed and 40 other people wounded in a clash between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Phalia, a town in Punjab province, about 100 miles east of Islamabad. The shootout happened during a Shiite procession and people from the two sides then set several houses on fire.

(A) Sunni mosque was partially destroyed by fire. There also was an exchange of gunfire between Shiite Muslims and unidentified rivals.

(A) reporter for the private GEO television network, said six unidentified people entered the GEO office there and set it afire. Last week, the network televised a talk show that allegedly aired offensive comments against Shiites.

Quetta was the site of one of the deadliest acts of sectarian violence in years in Pakistan. Attackers armed with machine-guns and grenades stormed a Shiite Muslim mosque there in July, killing 50 worshippers inside.