Because a copy of the Koran, which is revered as sacred by Muslims and by those who support Islam, was burned in Sweden, there has been unrelenting weeping and violence in subsequent months. However, Arab mobs only receive a small amount of attention when they burn down churches. A Biblical family was charged with blasphemy on Wednesday, and a raging mob in eastern Pakistan set several churches on fire, according to officials.
According to local police, hundreds of people stormed the mostly Christian area of Faisalabad city while carrying sticks and rocks.
Social media images depicted people setting furniture that had been dragged from church buildings on fire and smoke rising from them. Blasphemy, a common pretext in autocratic theocracies, was used by Muslims as the attack’s justification. The howling mobs immediately gathered after it was claimed that someone had burned or red-pencilled a Koran. The Jaranwala incident caused great pain and distress for both priests and regular people, according to Bishop Azad Marshall, President Bishop of the Church of Pakistan. He wrote on X, previously known as Twitter,” A church building is being burned as I type this message.” Christians who were falsely accused of breaking the Holy Quran were tortured and harassed, and Bibles were desecrated.
On Wednesday, blasphemy allegations led to the vandalization of various churches in Pakistan’s Faisalabad. According to a pastor for Pakistan-based Dawn News, the extremists ransacked three churches in the Jaranwala tehsil’s Isa Nagri neighborhood: Salvation Army Church, United Presbyterian Church and Allied Foundation Church. The home of a Christian cleaner who was charged with blasphemy was even destroyed, according to Imran Bhatti, the Jaranwala tehsil’s pastor.
Usman Anwar, the chief of the Punjab police, claimed that the area had been cordoned off while the police were negotiating with the protesters.
According to the official, police had been activated throughout the province and efforts were being made to contain the situation by interacting with peace committees. He added that the area’s assistant commissioner, a Christian, had likewise come under fire from the protesters. Dawn was informed by Anwar that the associate commissioner had been removed. Nevertheless, the Christian leaders claimed that the police watched in silence. A autocratic Muslim state, Pakistan. Its Islamist theocracy’s weapons are the police. Religious communities in Pakistan have endured discrimination despite the country’s 1947 founding goal of becoming a tolerant and equitable nation.
The percentage of minorities in Pakistan has decreased from 23 % since the country’s independence in 1947, according to Naveed Walter, president of Human Rights Focus Pakistan, last month.
” This was due to a number of factors. Pakistan’s declaration as an Islamist nation was one of the primary causes. Islam was to be a state religion, according to Article 2 of the constitution, which was adopted in 1973. The President must always be a Muslim, according to Article 41 ( 2 ). The Prime Minister must often be a Muslim, according to Article 91. When the dictator Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq changed the constitution in accordance with Sharia law in the 1980s, there were numerous amendments made, according to Naveed Walter.
According to the individual rights activist, the nation’s blasphemy law was enacted to discriminate against religious minorities. Since its introduction, Pakistan has seen a significant number of fatalities and incarcerations. Islam actually operates in this way. Under the strain of Islamic immigration, it is now taking place in Europe. And America will receive it.
A rampaging mob set a number of churches on fire in eastern Pakistan, on Wednesday, after a Christian family had been accused of blasphemy.
AFP reported that hundreds of people armed only with sticks and stones stormed a predominantly Christian area of Faisalabad.
The usual pretext used by totalitarian theocracies to justify attacks is blasphemy. The mobs gathered after someone allegedly red-penciled or burned a Koran. Bishop Azad Marshall, the President Bishop of the Church of Pakistan said that priests and the general public were deeply affected by the Jaranwala event. “A church is burning as I type this message,” he said on X, formerly Twitter. “Bibles were desecrated, and Christians were tortured and harassed after being falsely accused of violating Holy Quran.”
On Wednesday, several churches in Pakistan’s Faisalabad were vandalized over blasphemy accusations. According to a pastor, the extremists ransacked three churches in the Isa Nagri region of Jaranwala tehsil – the Salvation Army Church and the United Presbyterian Church. Imran Bhatti is the pastor for Jaranwala Tehsil. He said that the house was demolished of a Christian cleaner accused of blasphemy.
Usman Anwar, the Punjab police chief, said that the police were in negotiations with the protesters. The area had also been cordoned.
The official stated that police were deployed across the province and peace committees were being engaged to try and contain the situation. He said that the protesters turned against the Christian assistant commissioner in the area. Anwar told Dawn that the assistant commissioner had been evacuated. Pakistan is an Islamic totalitarian country. The Christian leaders, on the other hand, claimed that the police were silent spectators. The police are the arms of its Islamic theocracy.
Last month, Naveed, the President Human Rights Focus Pakistan, said that the population in Pakistan of minorities has decreased from 23 to 3 percent since 1947.
“There are many reasons for this.” One of the most important reasons was that Pakistan was declared to be an Islamic country. When the constitution was created in 1973, Article 2 stated that Islam would be the state religion. In Article 41 (2), it was stated that the President must always be a Muslim. In Article 91, it was reiterated that the Prime Minister must always be a Muslim. In the 1980s, the dictator Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq amended the constitution according to Sharia Law”, said Naveed.
Human rights activist claimed that the blasphemy laws were introduced in the country as a means to target religious minority. Since its introduction, a large number of people in Pakistan have been killed. This is already happening in Europe due to the pressure of islamic migration. It’s coming to America.
