Posted on 08/03/2009 11:38:52 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of a town in eastern Pakistan yesterday after Muslim radicals burned to death eight members of a Christian family, raising fears of violence spreading to other areas.
Hundreds of armed supporters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Islamic militant group, burned dozens of Christian homes in Gojra over the weekend after allegations that a copy of the Koran had been defiled.
The mob opened fire indiscriminately, threw gas bombs and looted houses as thousands of frightened Christians ran for safety. “They were shouting anti-Christian slogans and attacked our houses,” Rafiq Masih, a resident of the predominantly Christian colony, said. Residents said that police stood aside while the mob went on the rampage. “We kept begging for protection, but police did not take action,” Masih said.
Police and local officials said that at least eight people, including four women and a child, were killed in the fires. Two others died of gunshot wounds. Residents said that the casualties were much higher; one claimed that the number of dead could be in the dozens as many bodies were still buried under the rubble. Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities, said that 40 Christian homes were torched in rioting. He said there was no truth to allegations that a Koran had been defiled, and accused the police of ignoring his appeal to provide protection to Christians.
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Celebrate diversity.
Pagans do what pagans do. They learned well from ancient Rome.
Demonic forces are strong in that part of the world. Whey we let the disease spread is beyond my understanding.
Islam: The religion of peace and tolerance. s/
The religion of peace. What is interesting to keep in mind is that the president of the United States bowed before the saudi king, who is the keeper of the faith in the moon god of arabia, the pagan religion of these murderers.
Satanists. RIP.
“We need a new word for these “people”......barbarians just doesn’t cut it anymore.”
How about No good, murdering, scumbag, MUSLIMS. ....did he say “MUSLIMS”? YES I DID!!!!!! And please insert “pig lovers” wherever you like.
Coming to America soon, where it will be pronounced “righteous fury by a victim minority”
Another heartwarming story about the religion of peace.
/sarc
I keep wondering when we are going to lower the boom on the Pakistan Army to quit worrying about India and concentrate on their internal threats.
demons
The religion of peace strikes again.
Oh, this is so horrible. Words fail.
Koran = bad toilet paper.
That is one reason why I’ve said that we need to get our troops out of there now. We’ve done what we intended. Carpet bomb the mountains in Afganistan and pull out of there and Iraq. It’s time they take care of themselves. Especially Afganistan. Those people will never be any more than they are today.
I’d like to see a second frame for that cartoon where he notices a practical joker lit the fuse.
You got that right.
I used to work with some who was islamic and always had to bite my tongue whenever she went on about how great islam was.....because she was the type who would have gone directly to HR with the slightest complaint and I know they would have backed her. So I didn’t say a word.....and neither did anyone else, though everyone thought the same thing.
You should have told her that she should follow her religion and come to work with a bag over her head.
At what point is it proper to utter “assumption of risk” in these facts?
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