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Sectarian violence in Pakistan refers to attacks against people and places in Pakistan motivated by antagonism toward the target's sect, usually a religious group. Targets in Pakistan include the Sunni, Shia, and the small Ahmadi, Hindu and Christian religious groups. As many as 4,000 people are estimated to have been killed in Shia-Sunni sectarian fighting in Pakistan between 1987–2007.〔("Shiite-Sunni conflict rises in Pakistan," by David Montero, February 02, 2007 )〕 And since 2008 "thousands of Shia" have been killed by Sunni extremists according to the human rights group Human Rights Watch.〔 One significant aspect of the attacks on Shi'a in Pakistan is that militants often target Shi’a worshipping places (Imambargah) during prayers in order to maximize fatalities and to "emphasize the religious dimensions of their attack".〔 Human Rights Watch also states that in 2011 and 2012 Pakistan minority groups Hindus, Ahmadi, and Christians "faced unprecedented insecurity and persecution in the country".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-pakistan )〕 Attacks on Sufi shrines by Salafi have also been reported.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sunni Ittehad Council: Sunni Barelvi activism against Deobandi-Wahhabi terrorism in Pakistan – by Aarish U. Khan )〕〔 Among those blamed for the sectarian violence in the country are mainly Sunni militant groups, such as the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (affiliates of Al-Qaeda), Jundallah (affiliates of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Lashkar-e-Jhangvi "has claimed responsibility for most attacks" on Shia according to Human Rights Watch. Sunni militant groups are also blamed for attacks on fellow Sunnis, Barelvis and Sufis.〔 These attacks sometimes result in tit-for-tat reprisal attacks by the victims. ==Religions and sects== ;Shia and Sunni Estimates of the size of the two largest religious groups in Pakistan vary. According to Library of Congress, Pew Research Center, Oxford University, the CIA Factbook and other experts, adherents of Shi'a Islam in Pakistan make up 20–25% of the population of Pakistan〔〔.〕 while the remaining 70–75%〔〔〔 are Sunni. This makes Pakistan the country with the second largest Shia community after Iran by number of adherents. (Globally, Shia Islam constitutes 10–15%〔〔〔 of the total Muslims, while the remaining 85%–90% practice Sunni Islam.) ;Other groups An estimated 2.3% of the population are Ahmadis, who are officially designated non-Muslims by a 1974 constitutional amendment, although they consider themselves Muslims.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=International Religious Freedom Report 2008: Pakistan )〕 Non-Muslim religions include Hinduism and Christianity, each with 2,800,000 (1.6%) adherents as of 2005. The Bahá'í Faith claims 30,000, followed by Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis, each claiming 20,000 adherents, and a very small community of Jains. 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「Sectarianism in Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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