DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | Suicide attack on Ashura procession kills 30 in Karachi

A suicide bomber on Monday targeted Pakistan’s largest procession of Shiite Muslims on their holiest day, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more in defiance of a major security crackdown. [Read more]

May Allah grant all those unjustly and wrongly killed in such despicable attacks the station of martyrs in Paradise. May He grant strength to their families to deal with this loss. May sectarian harmony return to Pakistan and all Muslim lands and communities. May we uphold the example of our Beloved Prophet of Mercy (peace and blessings be upon him, his family, and companions), and deal with others with mercy and gentleness–rather than anger and vehemence. - Faraz Rabbani