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| Over 1,500 Christians protest after Bible burned |
| 2006-04-05 |
| MULTAN: More than 1,500 Christians protested in Tibba Shomali in Mian Chunnu tehsil against the burning of the Bible and other sacred texts by four Muslims on Tuesday. The men were caught while burning the Bible, calendars carrying the picture of Jesus Christ and other Christian booklets. “We caught four people – Hafiz Islam, Hafiz Abid, Rana Abdul Ghaffar and Rana Abdul Jabbar – burning our sacred books and literature on a heap of garbage on Tuesday evening,” Pakistan Christian Writers Guild President AD Sahil said. Union Council Naib Nazim Ch Shamoon Kaiser said: “Two chapters of the Holy Bible, calendars carrying portraits of Jesus Christ and booklets containing religious literature were reduced to ashes.” He said that a mob of Christians tried to attack them, but the elders intervened to save their lives. While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 He said that a mob of Christians tried to attack them, but the elders intervened to save their lives. While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands. Well, Hell could freeze over and a similar incident with the religions reversed with village elders and Moslem leaders condemning attacks and asking people not to take law in their own hands... Well??? OK Hell hasn't frozen over yet. Never mind. Besides good Christians don't burn Korans anyway. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-04-05 16:04 |
| #11 one of the biggest mistakes that is made about Christians is re: the concept of forgiveness. You have to factor in the concept of repentance before you can understand forgiveness. Some think that being a Christian means you stand by idly and watch your friends and family get thrown to the lions. Not. Read the Bible and see that the God of Abraham is, by no means, a cuddly teddy bear. He has soldiers and armies and when he's pissed, the results are not pretty. Christ addressed soldiers. It's a mistake to think that being a Christian means you won't fight against evil. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-05 16:01 |
| #10 Most everyone missing the point. If the Christians don't protest this publicly, the muzzies will consider them "fair game" and start doing worse. In this part of the world the rule are different. The beginning of a really ugly persecution starts with incidents like these going unchecked. This isn't a Harvard student protest of some sort, and it's not about overreaction. It's about the muzzies encroaching and forcing their religio-facist rules on others. And BTW, these people may not be able to get replacements like we can. Last thing--in the muzzie world, symbolism is everything. Burning Bibles is the same as burning Christians, and if they could get away with it, they would. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2006-04-05 15:44 |
| #9 Took the words out of my mouth, 2b. Still, it's hard to apply the Golden Rule when, as far as I can tell, Islam's version of the Golden rule is "Take the Kuffir's gold." While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands. Best way to prevent that is for the State to get off its ass and ENFORCE the law. Most attempts to take "the law into your own hands" start as someone respecting the law enough to enforce it when the State does not. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-04-05 14:46 |
| #8 lol Sorry! I was just using sarcasm |
| Posted by: Omeck Grereper4454 2006-04-05 13:42 |
| #7 If you think we are upset about the Bible burning, you are wrong. I'm a Christian, and I say burn away. Yawn. We'll send them another one for free. Bravo, 2b. Quite obviously, the strength of your convictions relies upon something far more eternal than a mere book, however beloved that tome might be. Like the flag burning issue, the right to freedom of expression is much more worthy of preservation than the integrity of a piece of colored fabric or printed paper. The village elders did well to set an example that, I'm sure, the local Muslims will have a much more difficult time following. The only outrage should be over how Islam routinely applies such a double standard to the conduct of its own followers. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-05 11:53 |
| #6 This is the Muslim world reaping what is has sown. They want to riot over the disposition of a handful of pulp; OK, they'll get riots over it. They just shouldn't bitch when they're on the receiving end. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-04-05 07:41 |
| #5 it's a book - get over it. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-04-05 05:32 |
| #4 oh fck it, just buy another bible but for gods sake don't lower yourselves to the level of the Koranimals! I found it interesting with the cartoon riots that the MSN refused flatly to call them riots and instead termed them as 'protests' - now i thought when a protest turned violent it becomes a riot, yet somehow MSN never once used the word riot. Just like the french 'protests' that turned in riots in Paris and journalists were saying ' riot police fight running battles with protesters' - i'm like what the fck, so they have riot police using full force but its not a riot but merely a mild mannered protest???? how long can they keep playing these silly word games with us, its getting as bad as the whole 'freedom fighter' and 'insurgent' crap they spew. example - 'insurgents today blew up a school' and you think WTF insurgents or terrorists! Sickening stuff. |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-04-05 04:51 |
| #3 Omeck - your comment shows you don't quite grasp how truly free westerners view this event. If you think we are upset about the Bible burning, you are wrong. I'm a Christian, and I say burn away. Yawn. We'll send them another one for free. What we do find interesting, is the double standard given these events by the those who profess to value free speech and the press. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-05 04:25 |
| #2 Freedom of speech!! lol |
| Posted by: Omeck Grereper4454 2006-04-05 04:13 |
| #1 I'm sure CNN will be all over that. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-05 04:07 |