Islam's bloody civil war -- outside of Iraq

BBC:

At least 40 people have been killed in a bomb blast at a huge gathering to mark the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi.

Dozens more were injured when the bomb went off under the wooden stage where senior religious leaders were sitting.

Eyewitnesses said the explosion happened as tens of thousands of people were taking part in evening prayers.

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Karachi has a history of sectarian and ethnic violence, but this is the first time in decades that a religious gathering celebrating the Prophet's birthday has been targeted, the BBC's Zaffar Abbas in Pakistan says.

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