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Monday, May 2, 2011

Pakistan: Hundreds Of Muslims Attack Christian Village Over False Blasphemy Charges

From Jihad Watch:


Pakistan: Hundreds of Muslims attack Christian village over false blasphemy charges







Instead of handwringing about "Islamophobia," the UN and the governments of the West should be working toward a ban on Islamic blasphemy laws, on human rights grounds. But that, of course, will never happen as long as the Organization of the Islamic Conference remains in the driver's seat at the UN and no one has the guts to challenge it.



"Punjab, Muslims attack a Christian village," by Jibran Khan for Asia News, April 16 (thanks to C. Cantoni):



Gurjarnwala (AsiaNews) - Hundreds of Muslims attacked the Christian village of Khokarki this morning a few miles from the city of Gujranwala (Punjab), forcing its inhabitants to flee. According to AsiaNews sources, anonymous for security reasons, the attack took place following a dispute between Christian Mushtag gill and some local Muslims, who had accused the man and his son of blasphemy.

Mushtaq, 60, and his son, are accused of having desecrated the Koran. The police arrested them yesterday, after complaints of some Muslims who claim to have found torn pages of the Qu’ran in a bag hidden near the home of two Christians....



On 5 April in Chak Jhumra (Faisalab, Punjab), another Christian, Arif Masih, was arrested by police for allegedly ripping pages of the Qur’an. The Muslim community in the village took the defences of man, who is the victim of a personal vendetta for a matter related to land.



According to data from the National Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Church (NCJP), between 1986 to August 2009 at least 964 people were charged with desecrating the Qur’an or defaming the Prophet Muhammad. Among these, 479 were Muslims, 119 Christians, 340 Ahmadis, 14 Hindus and 10 from other religions. It also provides a pretext for attacks, personal vendettas or extra-judicial killings: 33 in all, carried out by individuals or angry crowds.





Posted by Robert on April 16, 2011 8:55 AM

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