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Thousands took to the streets over accusations that two Christian men had desecrated the Quran. Source link

Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan have set fire to churches and vandalised homes belonging to Christians over claims that two men had desecrated the Quran, police say.The attacks took place in Jaranwala in the province of eastern Punjab.Police said at least four churches had been set on fire, while ...

A rampaging mob set alight several churches and scores of homes on Wednesday in a predominantly Christian area of the Pakistani city of Faisalabad. Officials said the attack, in Jaranwala town, was triggered by a group of Muslim religious extremists who accused a local Christian family of desecrating the ...

Hundreds of people armed with batons and sticks attack churches in Jaranwala after the holy Quran was allegedly desecrated.Islamabad, Pakistan – Armed mobs have attacked at least two churches in Punjab province’s Jaranwala town accusing two Christian residents of blasphemy. Videos on social media showed hundreds of people armed ...

Images on social media showed smoke rising from the church buildings and people setting fire to furniture that had been dragged from them. Published Date - 05:42 PM, Wed - 16 August 23 New Delhi: A number of churches were vandalised in the ...

Lahore, Aug 16: Several churches were vandalised in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday over blasphemy allegations, officials said.The Salvation Army Church, United Presbyterian Church, Allied Foundation Church and Shehroonwala Church situated in the Isa Nagri area in the Jaranwala district of Faisalabad were ransacked, Imran Bhatti, the pastor of ...

Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in Iraq. The protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran that followed weekly ...

Lawiza Buda rocks on the sand, wailing with grief for her husband, Usman Buda, murdered by a mob in a marketplace after being accused of blasphemy. “Ya Allah! Ya Allah!” Lawiza screams. Two friends attempt to comfort her, but their own sorrow takes hold and they too burst into ...

Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard them being disrespectful of the Prophet Muhammad.Among Muslim-majority countries, Pakistan has the strictest blasphemy laws. People jailed under these laws ...

LAHORE: Succumbing to the demands of a radical Islamist party, the Pakistan government has agreed to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges in addition to the other sections of the country's penal code.The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) ended its 25-day-long march protest at Sarai Alamgir, Gujrat district, some 200 km ...