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India-Pakistan
Police charge 23 men over church attacks in Pakistan
2006-02-21
Police have charged 23 people with setting fire to two Christian churches during protests in Sukkur over desecration of the holy Quran.
That's the way Islamists pay honor to God, of course...
About 400 people attacked and damaged the churches, one of them in a convent school, in the city on Sunday. “We have arrested 23 people on charges of attacking the churches and have registered cases against them,” said local police chief Akbar Arain on Monday. “All these people were arrested last night. The situation remained peaceful and under control today.”
"We'll let 'em go for lack of evidence in a few days. Nothing to worry about."
A man accused of burning pages from the holy Quran was also in police custody, said Arain.
"He's gonna be there for a really long time. Prob'ly forever."
He said the man, a Muslim who converted from Christianity a few years ago, had burned the pages and tried to blame his father-in-law, a Christian with whom he had a property dispute.
Gosh. That's never happened before, has it?
Meanwhile, officials said that police and paramilitary soldiers were patrolling Sukkur after the riots. Troops are guarding churches and other installations while authorities have increased security in Christian-dominated areas, they added. Traders went on strike in protest at the sacrilege, closing shops, markets and commercial districts, while the government shut all schools for security reasons. Three provincial ministers rushed to Sukkur and met with Muslim and Christian leaders to calm the situation. “I am sure that after meeting the leaders of both communities the situation will return to normal,” said Sindh government spokesman Salahuddin Haider.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Wait, this is odd. "He said the man, a Muslim who converted from Christianity a few years ago, had burned the pages and tried to blame his father-in-law, a Christian with whom he had a property dispute."
Am I understand to this to mean that they accepted the word of an infidel (his father-in-law) over a Muslim? Or do they worry about an inverse of Moriscos?
Posted by: James   2006-02-21 14:12  

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