Hundreds of Muslims Attack About 100 Christian Homes in Punjab
Submitted by Qaiser Felix on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 02:34
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Kasur (AsiaNews) – A mob of some 600 people attacked about a hundred Christian homes in Bahmani, a village in Kasur district in Punjab. The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church in Pakistan reported the incident, saying that the violence caused major damages to a number of homes. The attackers also stole valuables (gold, jewelry and cash).
The incident occurred last Tuesday. A cleric in a local mosque accused the Christians of blasphemy inciting his fellow Muslims to attack the Christians. However, according to the NCJP, the real reason for the attack lies elsewhere – in events that occurred a day earlier.
Speaking to AsiaNews, NCJP member Irfan Barkat said the trouble began a week ago Monday when two men, one Christian, the other Muslim, quarreled. The Muslim, Muhammad
Riaz, was riding his bicycle and found himself on the path of Sardar Mashi, a 38-year-old Christian who was driving his tractor. When Mashi asked Riaz to move to let him pass, the latter refused and this turned into a quarrel between the two men. Later, the Muslim turned to his local Muslim religious leader, saying the Christian had blasphemed. .
The following night, Muslims stormed the Christian section of the village, targeting about a hundred houses, setting some on fire with petrol bombs. A mob of about 600 Muslims attacked Christians with sticks and acid, torching cars and motorcycles parked in the streets as well as electricity meters.
Yesterday, a committee made up of six Christians and Muslims met to deal with the issue and find a way to pacify relations between the two communities. They set themselves a four-day deadline for a solution, Irfan Barkat said.
Incidents like the one in Bahmani are frequent in Punjab province. Usually, violence by Muslims is justified by blaming would-be victims of blasphemy.
According to the NCJP, a total of 892 people have been charged with blasphemy since 1986.
Under Section 295 B of Pakistan’s Criminal Code, insulting Muhammad or Islam, or desecrating the Koran, is punishable by life in prison or death.
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Qaiser Felix is the Secretary General of the National Journalists’ Forum (NJF), Pakistan, a forum of professional Christian journalists working in secular and religious media.
>Under Section 295 B of
>Under Section 295 B of Pakistan’s Criminal Code, insulting
> Muhammad or Islam, or desecrating the Koran, is punishable by life
> in prison or death.
Hafiz Mohammed Saeed killed 100's of people in mumbai but Pakistan cant touch him. But if someone thinks Mohammed was a paedophile (which is true) he is punishable by death. That is justice in Pak
These pious, Allah-fearing
These pious, Allah-fearing Muslims are only following the noble, sunna practices of their demented Prophet of War. Oops I meant of Peace. He looted and pillaged at will. If he did it, so must they!
Such a sick cult of hate! They even want to impose it on all of us, willingly or unwillingly. They then wonder why Islam is so hated throughout the sane world. They even have the nerve to call it jealousy on our part.
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Well...well. Why i'm not
Well...well. Why i'm not surprise this kind of event happened? With the magic word called "blasphemy" any muslim can attack anyone regardless of race, nation, or religion! The true blasphemy is islam itself. Islam is a blasphemy to humanity.
All others should attack
All others should attack muslims , kill them (even the children should not be spared) , rape muslimas , enslave them , this is the only way to get rid of Evil Islam .
The whole world is one family . :)
I am a peace loving guy ( I hate violence) :))
Arp, you must be really crazy
Arp, you must be really crazy so say such a dumb thing. Why should we do all those things, when we have technology available and entire nations can be wiped out by the press of a button.
The cancer of Pakistan is
The cancer of Pakistan is feeding by USA,sending billions of dollars of aids money.British and other Euoropean nations doing the same.Millions of Paki immigrants building mosques and Islamic centers in Western lands and spew hate and voilance against their hosts on daily basis.If all the Western nation boycatt this cancer and cut down all the money and resources, this cancer probably would died by its own long time ago.West should ban Paki and other Islamic immigration as soon as possible.
May be we should
May be we should ARP..LOOOOOL,
while we still hold the power, we make all muslim to push the turbine in power plants with dogs tied down behind them,
hey, what do you know, not only get rid of nuisance in society but also more clean energy
muslim family from different brother
I wonder why londonpirit and
I wonder why londonpirit and Jackass haven't posted on this article? Cowards.
# 8. No need to surprise,
# 8. No need to surprise, that's exactly what a mentality of muslim like. Even big mouth has it limits. You see, when reality happens mouth fades away.