Christians Attacked In Pakistan

[Tiberios]

Pakistan Christians die in unrest



Six Christians have been killed in religious unrest in Pakistan's central Punjab, after days of tension sparked by the rumoured desecration of a Koran.

The four women, a man and a child died as Muslim militants set fire to Christian houses in the town of Gojra, officials said.
TV footage showed burning houses and streets strewn with debris as people fired at each other from rooftops.
Officials said the rumours which led to the unrest were false.


Minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti said was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that a Christian neighbourhood had been attacked by a mob "misled by Muslim extremists".

Mr Bhatti accused police of negligence, saying he had himself visited Gojra on Friday and asked for protection for the Christians.
Pakistan's small Christian minority has periodically been targeted since Pakistan became a US ally in the so-called War on Terror.
In May 2007, Christians in the north-west of the country sought government protection following threats of bomb attacks if they did not become Muslims.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8179823.stm

It seems the Iraqi Christians aren't the only ones attacked at the moment.

Any thoughts?

[Gromovnik]

I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with islam...

[Douchebag]

I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with islam...

blasphemy!

[antares24]

I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with islam...

seconded.

what i love is the stupidity for which 6 people lost their lives. The rumour that a Koran was desecrated....not even the proof that a stupid book was desecrated, but just a rumour. MEh

[Chukada1]

I'm sure this doesn't have anything to do with islam...

Christians kill Muslims following warning by Nigerian Archbishop.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/ne...3nigeria.shtml

It doesnt.

seconded.

what i love is the stupidity for which 6 people lost their lives. The rumour that a Koran was desecrated....not even the proof that a stupid book was desecrated, but just a rumour. MEh

LOL HAHAHAHA 6 PEOPLE DIED OMG OMG OMG SO FUNNY I CANT STOP LAUGHING HAHAHAHA IM A DOUCHE LOL LOLOLOLLOLOLO INNOCENT SLAUGHTER HAHAA.

[Phier]

Christians kill Muslims following warning by Nigerian Archbishop.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/ne...3nigeria.shtml

It doesnt.

You had to go back to 06?

This is being done every single day in the peaceful and totally non-religious motivated muslim world.

[Chukada1]

You had to go back to 06?

This is being done every single day in the peaceful and totally non-religious motivated muslim world.

Pakistan is a totally non-religious motivated muslim country?

This is being done every single day in the WORLD that has POVERTY by EVERYONE. Just because it happened in 2006, doesnt make it ok. It was one of the first links that popped up in google.

[ImperatorXVIII]

Christians kill Muslims following warning by Nigerian Archbishop.

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/ne...3nigeria.shtml

It doesnt.

It doesn't you say? To quote somehing out of the article you linked.

"Christian mobs with machetes and guns roamed the streets of the mainly Christian city of Onitsha, in the south-east, in retaliation for Muslim violence in the north earlier this week which killed dozens of people, destroyed churches and left thousands homeless."

[Каие]

Disgusting, and tragic. I hate demagogues.

[Viking Prince]

I have already deleted 1/2 the posts as off topic. I would certainly hate to post warnings if this were to continue.

VP

[Babur]

disgusting, in Orissa,India last year Christians were also persecuted but by Hindu extremists.

[Barry Goldwater]

Disgusting. This is why religious extremism must be roasted, castrated and thrown into the garbage can of history.

[Babur]

Disgusting. This is why religious extremism must be roasted, castrated and thrown into the garbage can of history.

yeah all religious extremists are equally bad.

[BlackPirate]

yeah all religious extremists are equally bad.

i will correct it and say all extremists are equally bad

[Tiberios]

i will correct it and say all extremists are equally bad

totally agree.

Anyway it's sad to see relgious extremists all over the world coinducting so much senseless violence so often in the news.

[C-Rob]

Tragic Fail.

disgusting, in Orissa,India last year Christians were also persecuted but by Hindu extremists.

hindu extremist... wait... what? Why? How?

I love the hypocrisy that extremists swim in all day.

[removeduser_052420]

This is disgusting... I remember back in the 1960's and 1970's when nobody in Pakistan cared about Religion, and religious extremism was almost nonexistent. But anyways, the Government must punish those who committed these crimes, to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

[Digbert]

yeah all religious extremists are equally bad.

The first clever thing I have heard all week

[Babur]

The first clever thing I have heard all week

well I had not seen it posted in this forum lol

[Kanaric]

because too many people who post here are mindless dittoheads or slavish apologists, or simply tired of the same arguments that pop up with every religion thread. It gets old after a while.