Jan 16, 2013
May 17,1988 The Gilgit Massacre
After the first incident which sparked the Shiite genocide in 1963 there were killings spread out throughout the year but in 1988 a massacre took place in the city, Gilgit. The reason for this massacre was the disagreement on the date Ramadan started. Ramadan is a month in the Islamic calendar. During this month Muslims fast all 29 or 30 days. Shiites go off the moon sighting in their local areas whereas Sunnis do it differently. On the last day of Ramadan Sunni activists mostly from the northern provinces along with the help from local Sunnis invaded the Shiite area, attacked and killed over 800 Shiite civilians.
-Thousands protest the Giligit Massacre.