Hazaras
By: Makenzi Kirol
Who are the Hazaras?
• The Hazaras’ are an “Afghan ethnic minority
group said to be decedents of Genghis Khan’s
army.” They speak Persian and most Hazarans
are part of the Shi'a Muslim belief. This
causes controversy since most Muslims are
Sunni’s.
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/glossaryfj/g/
GlosHazara.htm
Hazara People
Difference between religions
• Shi’a Muslims believe that unless you are a
direct descended from the prophet
Muhammad, you should not be allowed to
rule the country.
• Sunni Muslims believe that you don’t have to
be a descendent from Muhammad, you need
to be able to be a strong leader and rule the
country with great intentions.
http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_su
nni.htm
Religions
Massacre
• The Hazaras were targeted by the Taliban after they
tried to sweep across Afghanistan trying to take it over.
The Hazaras refused to stand down to them. This was
a battle of religion, the Hazaras being Shi’a and the
Taliban being Sunni’s all looking to be the ruler. At first
the Hazaras were winning, but the Taliban did not want
this to be their greatest defeat. They came back and
starting killing everything in sight without warning,
including women, children, donkeys, etc. The streets of
Afghanistan were covered in blood and dead bodies
and “No one was allowed to bury any of the corpses
for the first 6 days.”
http://middleeast.about.com/b/2009/05/27/f
orgotten-massacre-the-hazara-ofafghanistan.htm
“Forgotten Massacre”
History
• The third largest ethnicity group in
Afghanistan and facing persecution from the
Pushtuns, Tajiks, and other groups. They are
discriminated against because they are Shi'a
and not Sunni Muslims. The Hazaras are
easily distinguished by their Asian traits. Story
has it that the Hazaras are descendents of
Genghis Khan who invaded what was know as
Afghanistan today in the 13th century.
History
• Hazarans are known for settling deeper in the
valleys but with having on going conflicts, it
drove them up the rugged mountains. They
now “Live in the mountainous central
highlands, called Hazarajat, an undeveloped
rural area that includes four provinces.”
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/
Hazara_People
Hazarajat
Politics
• Hazaras are getting an upper hand on their
government after centuries of being “abused and
repressed” by their rulers. “With the help of recent
parliamentary elections they could win themselves a
political voice that could change their fate”. After years
of the Pushtuns brutally hurting the Hazarans
whenever they were going up against the repression
and the Taliban's who kept up with the abuse and were
the ones “keeping up with the game” by physically
hurting and killing mass amounts of Hazarans are now
getting closer and closer to being treated equally and
not the odd man out.
http://www.hazarapeople.com/2010/11/09/th
e-hazaras-of-afghanistan/
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