Hindu temple set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy

yahoo.com ^ | Syed Raza Hassan

[BenLurkin]

"Our Dharamshala (community centre) has been gutted and the temple has been partially damaged. All the statues have been destroyed by the attackers," Kalpana Devi, chairperson of the local Hindu committee, told Reuters.

Hundreds of students from local Islamic seminaries attacked the temple holding batons, one witness, Javed Shah, said. Police arrived quickly to protect Kumar from the angry crowd.

"They acted smartly and took him out after making him put on a police uniform to save him from the wrath of the crowd," said Shah.

"It took nearly 20 minutes to break down the doors (of the temple) before they entered the compound and set it on fire. They also set fire to the temple before ransacking it."

Sindh province, where the attack took place, is home to most of Pakistan's small Hindu community which numbers about two million among a population of about 180 million.

[BenLurkin]

I used to think that Bush the Younger deserved a Peace Prize for stepping in and preventing nuclear war between India and Pakistan. Now, I'm not so sure.

[fhayek]

Religion of Peace. Would someone just show me one example?

[dhs12345]

Brought to you from the Religion of Peace.

Muslims hate the Jews, Hindus, Christians and other Muslims and infidels in general.

Hey, maybe instead of being the bullied maybe they ARE the bullies?

[Iron Munro]

Muslims are the HIV virus that is killing the civilized human race.

[NormsRevenge]

Islam is a scourge that civilized folk could do without.. yet they invite it.

[null and void]

Captain Nemo hated war...

[MUDDOG]

alleged that Sangeet Kumar, 42, had torn out pages of Islam's holy book and tossed them down on the street from the roof of his home

Making a hole-y Koran.

[factoryrat]

Muslims hate EVERYONE, except for the particular muslim sect that they belong to. Imagine Catholics killing Baptists over trivial differences in the following of scripture, and you have a good idea of how islam works. Divide and conquer for control is how islam works. It's the religion of slavery.

[null and void]

Yes, but the Catholics got over it. I’m not sure the basic tenents of islam will allow any of the murderous sects to get over it.

[dhs12345]

Religion of slavery. Exactly. Well said!

[Mrs. Don-o]

Muslims Protecting Christians in Egypt (LINK)

[NY Cajun]

Why are there even Hindus living in Pakistan when India is right next door?

[TheOldLady]

That was my first thought. India ceded Pakistan for mozlims to live and worship there so that they could both live in peace.

But so long as there are mozlims, the can be no peace.

[BuffaloJack]

Why is there a Hindu temple in Pakistan?
I thought The Partition was back in 1947. The Hindus migrated to India and the Muslims migrated to Pakistan.

[Maurya]

Britain was responsible for partitioning the subcontinent, not India.

[TheOldLady]

Thank you for the correction.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.