SecurityCode: Pakistan’s Shia killings in Kurram reveals nation on edge of religion-driven implosion

For the past week, Pakistan’s Kurram area has descended into a savage civil war, following the massacre of Shia by jihadists. The problem isn’t just about terrorism, though. For decades, as Pakistan reinvented itself as a religion-based Islamic state, religious chauvinism was encouraged. The story shows what happens when countries choose to build themselves around religion, instead of inclusive national identity.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/pakistan-shia-killings-collapse-nationhood-islamic-state-knows-only-war/2371252/