Shia Rights Watch mapping responsible parties of anti-Shia violence

From January till July 2015 According to Shia Rights Watch reports there have been a total of 2,959 Shia killed and 3,662 wounded in various bombings, attacks, and shootings in the seven months beginning January 1st and going until the end of July 2015.

Since the beginning of 2015, Shia Rights Watch has collected data on incidences of anti-shi’ism around the world. Additional incidences of mosques being vandalized or demolished, citizenship being revoked, hate speeches, employment discrimination, and abductions have also been reported.

Of these events, various parties have declared responsibility for attacks that have claimed a total of 1,209 lives and left 1,281 wounded. Governments, as well as terror groups, have been responsible for many attacks and were named as responsible parties in instances of citizenship removal, illegal incarcerations, and violent suppression of peaceful attacks.

The so-called Islamic State has claimed thirty of the attacks that have occurred this year and are responsible for over 1,016 of the deaths recorded to date.