This study examines how Shiite Muslims in Pakistan construct resistance and solidarity in response to collective violence. Using discursive psychology within a constructionist social-psychological frame, it analyses 14 semi-structured interviews and 255 social media posts collected between November 2024 and January 2025. The analysis identifies discursive practices such as category entitlement, footing shifts, corroboration and extreme case formulation through which participants perform moral accountability, communal identity and defiance. Resistance emerges through ordinary discourse that reclaims voice, while solidarity is enacted through shared religious and moral language. The findings demonstrate how language operates as social practice, transforming grief into collective agency. The study advances discursive psychology by showing how discourse functions as a medium for moral repair and social reconstruction in contexts of sectarian violence.
Hashmi et al. (2026) studied this question.