ISLAMABAD
– Global Extremism Monitor has made new revelations regarding the ongoingsectarian violence in the World.
Ninety five per cent of sectarian violence all over the world in 2017 wasfocused on the Shia community, according to a report released by GlobalExtremism Monitor.
The report was published by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change onThursday and called on the world to fully engage in a battle of ideas withthe extremists to halt the spread of violence.
According to the study, Pakistan was on a list of countries most affectedby violent religious extremism despite lying outside the major conflictzones.
Over 1,489 people were killed by groups that claimed to fight in the nameof religion all over the country in 2017, the report reveals. This figureincludes as many as 247 civilians who were killed in sectarian terroristattacks in Pakistan in 2017.
Other key findings highlighted in the report underlined that religiousextremist groups were fast transforming into transnational actors, whichcarried out sustained campaigns against the civilian population andweakened state governments.[image: Flourish logo]A Flourish data visualisationlink
Global Extremism Monitor also underlined that sectarianism was the foundingideology of the deadliest and most active terror groups. In addition tothese warnings, the report noted that extremist groups used executions andsuicide bombings as a terror tactic and exploited religious doctrines onthe nature of war in this regard.