{"id":8300,"date":"2019-11-26T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/8300-shia-muslims-still-fear-crackdown-after-ashura-detentions\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:34:37","slug":"shia-muslims-still-fear-crackdown-after-ashura-detentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/8300-shia-muslims-still-fear-crackdown-after-ashura-detentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Shia Muslims still fear crackdown after Ashura detentions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Dozens of Shia Muslims have been rounded up recently in the Sunni Muslim-majority country of Malaysia, including several foreigners, fuelling fears that religious authorities are stepping up a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Shia Muslims have been rounded up recently in the Sunni Muslim-majority country of Malaysia, including several foreigners, fuelling fears that religious authorities are stepping up a crackdown on adherents of the minority sect.<\/p>\n<p>Around the world, Shia Muslims \u2013 who are far outnumbered by Sunnis, and follow some different doctrines and rituals \u2013 say they face discrimination from authorities and others who accuse them of being deviants.<\/p>\n<p>About 60% of Malaysia\u2019s 32 million people are Muslim and the country is also home to substantial minorities of Hindus and Christians, and the different communities have largely co-existed harmoniously.<\/p>\n<p>Critics however say that a traditionally moderate brand of Islam is being eroded as vocal conservatives gain ground, and the small Shia community \u2013 whose teachings have been banned in Malaysia for over two decades \u2013 complain of ever greater pressure.<\/p>\n<p>In September religious enforcement officers and police raided a series of clandestine gatherings by Shia Muslims commemorating Ashura, which marks the seventh-century killing of Prophet Mohammed\u2019s grandson.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIt sparked fear among the worshippers, the women and children began crying,\u201d he told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Shia attacks are on the rise in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of Shia Muslims have been rounded up recently in the Sunni Muslim-majority country of Malaysia, including several foreigners, fuelling fears that religious authorities are stepping up a Dozens of Shia Muslims have been rounded up recently in the Sunni Muslim-majority country of Malaysia, including several foreigners, fuelling fears that religious authorities are stepping up &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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