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JARANWALA, Pakistan (BP) – An outlawed extremist Muslim group has been charged with inciting destructive riots in Pakistan after two Christian brothers were falsely accused of blasphemy there.
Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) clerics shouted inflammatory slogans from Mosque loudspeakers after the brothers were accused of defacing a Quran, Reuters reported Aug. 21, citing police and community members as sources.
Rioters burned 20 churches, vandalized 80 homes, burned belongings and desecrated a Christian cemetery, many news outlets reported. No deaths were reported.
“Better to die if you don’t care about Islam,” police accused one cleric of saying, global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) said Aug. 19.
“That cleric should have understood that when you gather people in such a charged environment … in a country in which people were already very sensitive about (blasphemy) it is like adding fuel to fire,” AFP quoted police….
JARANWALA, Pakistan (BP) – An outlawed extremist Muslim group has been charged with inciting destructive riots in Pakistan after two Christian brothers were falsely accused of blasphemy there.
Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) clerics shouted inflammatory slogans from Mosque loudspeakers after the brothers were accused of defacing a Quran, Reuters reported Aug. 21, citing police and community members as sources.
Rioters burned 20 churches, vandalized 80 homes, burned belongings and desecrated a Christian cemetery, many news outlets reported. No deaths were reported.
“Better to die if you don’t care about Islam,” police accused one cleric of saying, global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) said Aug. 19.
“That cleric should have understood that when you gather people in such a charged environment … in a country in which people were already very sensitive about (blasphemy) it is like adding fuel to fire,” AFP quoted police….