AUCKLAND, New Zealand: The International Shia Cultural and Human Rights Organization (ISCHRO) in New Zealand condemned the recent brutal bombing by extremists in Karbala that resulted in the martyrdom of several innocent people.

The bombing took place near the Shrine of Imam Husain (a.s.), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (s.w.), who is highly revered by Muslims.

The bombing at the Karbala Shrine is only one example of the type of terrorist activities that has taken the lives of thousands of innocents in Iraq since the fall of Saddam.

ISCHRO, therefore, extended its condemnation to include all such bombings, shootings, beheadings and other related murders and abuse of innocent people in Iraq.

ISCHRO expressed its disappointment in the current Iraqi government for failing to stop such terrorist activities aimed at taking the lives of innocent Iraqi citizens. It urged the Iraqi government to take serious step to deal with terrorism in Iraq.

Furthermore, ISCHRO called on the leaders of the other communities to openly and publicly condemn such attacks, not to use such terrorist activities as a bargaining chip for political purposes and use their influence in their communities to prevent the killing of innocent Iraqi people.