Pakistan Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi

[muriel_volestrangler]

One of Pakistan's most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, has been shot dead in the southern city of Karachi.

Two gunmen fired on his car in the busy Liaqatabad area, police said. Sabri died on his way to hospital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Sabri was a leading exponent of Sufi devotional music, known as Qawwali.

Sufism, a tolerant, mystical practice of Islam, has millions of followers in Pakistan - but in recent years has come under attack from hard-line Islamists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36597498

[edhopper]

1. We don't have all the facts

how can we KNOW this was about religion?

[rug]

3. Indeed.

How do you know?

[edhopper]

4. we never can

and even if it clearly is a religion motivated crime, we can always explain it away with "other factors".

[rug]

5. Or, you can evaluate facts as they emerge rather than prejudge.

[edhopper]

6. and even then

we can deny religion had something to do with it.

i guess it was just a West Coast/East coast rivalry.

[rug]

7. Has anyone denied religion had "something" to do with it?

I know lots and lots of people say religion had everything to do with it. But that would be as stupid as saying religion had nothing to do with it.

Facts lead to nuance.

[trotsky]

2. Sad.

Yet another victim of religious extremism.

[cleanhippie]

8. I'm sure this had nothing to do with religion.