Security forces patrolled the streets of the eastern Pakistan city of Gojra on Sunday, one day after seven people were killed and 20 injured when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, authorities said.
Police said Muslims were enraged over an alleged desecration of pages in the Quran at a Christian wedding last Saturday, and held a rally to protest such an act.
The Quran is the Muslim sacred text.
Shehbaz Bhatti, federal minister for minorities, told CNN that four women, two men and a child, all Christians, were either killed when their houses were burned or were shot to death. More...
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Just recently, JULY 29, 2009, I had published my article "WHO IS? ON FIRST!" http://tombstone001.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-is-on-first.html, Which may also be considered a follow up to my article, "Beyond a Stupid God and the Immortal Man, http://tombstone001.blogspot.com/2006/09/beyond-stupid-god-and-immortal-man.html
ReplyDeleteof September, 5, 2006, both articles deal with falsehoods of peoples beliefs in their own salvation at the expense of religious freedom and equality. It is not to defend any faith, and most certainly to excuse or make light of the obnoxious acts of murder committed in the name of any God, whosoever. It must, however, be expected of Muslim and all other religious and political authorities to speak out loud and even in religious terms against religious violence. We, the Humanity, must demand of our own political and religious leaders leaders to declare an end to religious violence and a full and honest accounting for such deeds and full prosecutions of the perpetrators.