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Religious discrimination in Pakistan is a serious issue. Christians, Hindus and Ahmadi Muslims among other many other religious groups in Pakistan are routinely discriminated against. They are at times refused jobs, loans, housing and other similar things simply because of their choice of religious faith. Christian Churches and Ahmadi mosques and their worshippers are often attacked. In 1999 the United Nations Human Rights Council approved the first resolution against defamation of religions. However these resolutions have been severely criticized by the United States, various European nations and freedom of religion groups as these resolutions contained language which could be used to discriminate against minority religions, and in March 2010 the UN refused to enact the most recent resolution. In 2011 religious intolerance was reported to be at its height, hundreds of minorities, women, journalists and liberals were being killed by Islamist fundamentalist extremists, while the Government remained mostly a silent spectator, often only making statements which condemned the ruthless acts of violence by the extremists but taking no real concrete action against them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Report 2012: Pakistan - Human Rights Watch )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The page you are looking for is not available at this URL. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan: The State of Human Rights in 2011 )〕 ==Violence against minorities== Attacks on religious minorities in Pakistan have claimed hundreds of lives of religious minorities, such as Pakistani Ahmadis, Hindus, Sufis and Christians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Violence Towards Religious Communities in Pakistan )〕 The July 2010 Lahore bombings killed 50 people and wounded 200 others in two suicide bombings on the Sufi shrine, Data Durbar Complex in Lahore. The May 2010 Lahore attacks left 94 dead and more than 120 injured in nearly simultaneous attacks against two mosques of the minority Ahmadiyya Community Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, as well as their Punjab wing, claimed responsibility for the attacks and were also blamed by the Pakistani police. In 2012 Jundallah militants stopped buses and massacred 18 men travelling on buses. All but one of the victims were Shia Muslim, while others on the buses were spared. On March 15, 2014, a crowd of Muslims burnt a Hindu temple and a dharmashala in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, after unverified allegations of a Hindu youth desecrating a copy of the Quran.〔( Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy ), ''Reuters, March 16, 2014''〕〔(Mob sets fire to Hindu community center in Pak over ‘blasphemy’ ), ''Firstpost, March 15, 2014''〕〔(Pakistan mob sets ablaze Hindu temple over desecration of Koran ), ''Economic Times, April 16, 2014''〕〔(Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over alleged blasphemy ), ''Indian Express, March 16, 2014''〕 On 22 September 2013, a twin suicide bomb attack took place at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 127 people were killed and over 250 injured.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GHRD: Article )〕 On 15 March 2015, two blasts took place at Roman Catholic Church and Christ Church during Sunday service at Youhanabad town of Lahore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two blasts at Lahore churches claim 15 lives - PAKISTAN - geo.tv )〕 At least 15 people were killed and seventy were wounded in the attacks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=15 killed in Taliban attack on Lahore churches )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Worshippers killed in Pakistan church bombings )〕 Attacks on minorities in the country have led to condemnation of policies that are discriminatory to religious minorities in Pakistan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pakistan: USCIRF condemns attack on Ahmadi community; Calls for repeal of blasphemy law )〕 Following the 2010 Lahore massacre, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said "Members of this religious community have faced continuous threats, discrimination and violent attacks in Pakistan. There is a real risk that similar violence might happen again unless advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence is adequately addressed. The Government must take every step to ensure the security of members of all religious minorities and their places of worship so as to prevent any recurrence of today’s dreadful incident." Ban's spokesperson expressed condemnation and extended his condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government.〔(UN News Centre )〕 The United States ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, issued an unusually strong statement saying Pakistan had witnessed an increase in "provocative statements that promote intolerance and are an incitement to extremist violence."〔 An editorial published in ''Dawn'' condemned the attacks, commenting that "Bigotry in this country has been decades in the making and is expressed in a variety of ways. Violence by individuals or groups against those who hold divergent views may be the most despicable manifestation of such prejudice but it is by no means the only one. Religious minorities in Pakistan have not only been shunted to the margins of society but also face outright persecution on a regular basis." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religious discrimination in Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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