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200 detained in religious riot...
Police briefly detained about 200 Muslim demonstrators Saturday after they gathered to demand the arrest of thieves who stole a pair of shoes believed to have belonged to Islam's prophet, Mohammed.Horrors! Not the Prophet's shoes! The sacred shoes were stolen in July from a 400-year-old mosque in the central city of Lahore, but no arrests have been made. "Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Be on the lookout for a pair of 1400-year-old curly-toed shoes! That is all!" Around 1,000 supporters of the Front for the Dignity of the Prophet gathered at the shrine of a saint in Lahore to begin a march to the governor's residence. But police broke up the crowd and briefly detained 200 of the protesters. A brief standoff followed until the police promised to release the protesters and allow them to review the police investigation into the stolen shoes. I remember visiting the Cathedral of Aachen, which is one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe. There I beheld the armbone of St. Somebody-or-Other, and St. Joseph's trousers are tucked away for special occasions. In the Sainte Chapelle cathedral in Paris, it is rumored that among the sacred relics is the Lord's diaper. The difference is that we had a Rennaissance and in Lahore they didn't. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-19 |
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