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Suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad's outskirts kills at least 31
npr ^ | February 6, 2026

Posted on 02/06/2026 1:47:16 PM PST by BenLurkin

ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others, officials said, a rare bombing in Pakistan's capital as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country.

Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in critical condition.

Rescuers and witnesses described a harrowing scene, with bodies and wounded lying on the mosque's carpeted floor. Hussain Shah said he was praying in the mosque courtyard when he heard a sudden, loud explosion.

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Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif wrote on X that preliminary findings suggest the suicide bomber had been on the move to and from Afghanistan. Asif said the mosque's security guards tried to intercept the suspect, who opened fire at them and then detonated his explosives among the worshippers.

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1 posted on 02/06/2026 1:47:16 PM PST by BenLurkin
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I wonder if anyone said Holy Shiite before he pressed the button?


2 posted on 02/06/2026 1:48:21 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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To: InsidiousMongo

First you say it, then you do it.


3 posted on 02/06/2026 1:48:54 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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mooselimbs killing mooselimbs when infidels are not available.


4 posted on 02/06/2026 1:49:41 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: BenLurkin

Shiite fire.


5 posted on 02/06/2026 1:50:44 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: BenLurkin

Sunni day, sweepin’ the clouds away...


6 posted on 02/06/2026 1:51:18 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s in Pakistan in case people wonder.

Heard first hand from a college student assistant that in India the Hindus and Muslims are visceral enemies. She said Muslims pleaded “Just let us have the land for Pakistan and we’ll never bother you again in India.”

Then “Just let us have land for Bangladesh and we’ll never bother you in India again.” Concert For Bangladesh with George Harrison and rock stars raised millions.

Once after a US terrorist incident I told her Americans are angry.

She laughed.

“That’s not angry. In India a few months ago some Muslims stopped a bus and trapped everyone inside and set fire to it, burning them alive. The next few hours Indians looked for any Muslim such as driving by in a car. They pulled them out and beat them, tore off arms or burned them with gas. That is angry.”


7 posted on 02/06/2026 1:54:26 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: chajin

Today’s weather in Mecca is always Sunni and Shiitey


8 posted on 02/06/2026 1:54:54 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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To: US_MilitaryRules

mooselimbs killing mooselimbs when infidels are not available.
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They wouldn’t be known as the death cult otherwise - yet they want you to believe they are a ‘religion’ of peace.


9 posted on 02/06/2026 2:01:01 PM PST by iontheball (, )
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To: BenLurkin

I LOVE the name of that city! ISLAMABAD is perfect!


10 posted on 02/06/2026 2:03:30 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: InsidiousMongo

Yes but it sounds like Allahu Akbar!


11 posted on 02/06/2026 2:09:29 PM PST by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?)
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To: BenLurkin

Kinda early for Ramalamadingdong, so probably Buddists.


12 posted on 02/06/2026 2:23:44 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: BenLurkin

A suicide bomber practicing for when goes to a Christian church ?


13 posted on 02/06/2026 2:24:24 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: BenLurkin

They need a bigger bomb next time.


14 posted on 02/06/2026 2:34:34 PM PST by Bikkuri
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I've said for many years that if the muzzies ever take over, the real bloodshed would start.
The Shia and the Sunnis hate each other.
15 posted on 02/06/2026 2:48:53 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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The Shia and the Sunnis hate each other.


....and everybody hates the Jews!


16 posted on 02/06/2026 2:50:01 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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A suicide bomber practicing for when goes to a Christian church ?

Already happened to the family of a guy I worked with except not a suicide, the scum threw grenades.

Return of Bodies of Americans Killed in Pakistan

17 posted on 02/06/2026 2:52:51 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: dfwgator

Professor? Tom Lehrer, 1965.

Funny stuff!


18 posted on 02/06/2026 3:00:01 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: BenLurkin
"Pakistan's capital as its Western-allied government"

A lie.

19 posted on 02/06/2026 3:04:04 PM PST by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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Police asked a witness on the phone if it was a Sunni place.

“No”

“Oh, Shiite. There go my weekend plans.”


20 posted on 02/06/2026 3:08:13 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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