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| Nothing rises from these ashes |
| 2014-04-07 |
| [Dawn] While the court was quick to convict Sawan Masih for blasphemy, the case against the men who burned down Joseph colony is proceeding at a snail's pace. It started with an accusation and ended in arson; on March 9, 2013, two churches and around 200 houses in Lahore's Joseph Colony were set ablaze by a mob of hundreds of people over an alleged act of blasphemy committed by one Sawan Masih. Masih, a billiard centre owner, was accused by his friend Imran Shahid of derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!). Soon afterwards a mob surrounded the locality, where the police had already enforced an evacuation the previous night, and burnt all the houses except for five or six which somehow did not catch fire. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... |
| Posted by:Fred |