{"id":2002703,"date":"2023-08-16T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-and-multiple-christian-homes-over-alleged-quran-desecration\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:03:48","slug":"muslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-and-multiple-christian-homes-over-alleged-quran-desecration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-and-multiple-christian-homes-over-alleged-quran-desecration\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim mob attacks churches and Christian homes over alleged Quran desecration."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmuslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-and-multiple-christian-homes-over-alleged-quran-desecration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Angry Muslims Attack Churches and Christian \u200dHomes Over Alleged Quran Desecration<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, a violent rampage\u200d erupted in eastern Pakistan as angry \u2063Muslims targeted a Christian area, \u200cleaving a trail of destruction\u200c in their wake. The mob set\u200d fire to a \u200cchurch \u200cand caused damage to two others, \u2063while also demolishing a man&#8217;s house. The\u200b attacks took\u2062 place in Jaranwala, a district in Punjab\u200c province, after some\u2064 Muslims accused \u2063a local Christian, Raja Amir, and his friend of tearing out \u2063pages from a Quran and defacing them\u200d with insulting remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-manager-fired-for-not-letting-black-men-in-bathroom-awarded-over-25-million\/\" title=\"Starbucks manager fired for denying bathroom access to black men receives M+ settlement.\">incident sparked outrage<\/a>\u2063 among \u2064the local Muslim community, leading to a mob gathering and launching attacks on multiple churches and Christian homes. Furniture \u200band household items were burned,\u200b and some members of the Christian community were \u2063forced to flee their homes to escape\u200b the violence. Fortunately, there were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Police eventually intervened, using force \u2062to disperse the \u200dattackers with\u200b the\u2062 assistance of Muslim clerics and elders.\u200d Authorities have also initiated raids to apprehend all those involved in the attack. Videos and photos circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/imdb-users-battle-as-she-hulk-attorney-at-law-split-between-1-star-and-10-star-reviews\/\" title=\"IMDb Users Battle As \u2018She-Hulk: Attorney At Law\u2019 Split Between 1-Star And 10-Star Reviews\">social media depict<\/a> the angry mob descending upon churches, throwing bricks, and setting \u2063them ablaze. In one \u200bvideo, two other churches are targeted, \u2063with windows broken and furniture thrown out and set \u200bon fire. The presence of several policemen who watched without intervening to stop the vandalism is also captured in the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Police chief Rizwan Khan assured\u2062 that additional police forces were deployed to protect the Christian community, and an \u200cinvestigation into the incident is underway. He emphasized that all those responsible for the attack would face prosecution.\u2063 &#8220;Our first priority was to save the lives of all the Christians,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening, troops \u200darrived in\u2063 Jaranwala to support the police, urging the \u200dangry Muslims to return to their homes with promises that the individual who desecrated\u200d the Quran would soon \u200dbe arrested. A delegation of Muslim clerics from Lahore also arrived in\u200b Jaranwala to express solidarity with the Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Blasphemy accusations are unfortunately common in Pakistan, and the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-and-multiple-christian-homes-over-alleged-quran-desecration\/\" title=\"Muslim mob attacks churches and Christian homes over alleged Quran desecration.\">blasphemy\u200c laws carry severe penalties<\/a>, \u2064including death, for insulting Islam or Islamic religious figures.\u200b While death sentences for\u2062 blasphemy have not been \u200dcarried out, mere accusations often lead to riots and \u200cincite violence, including lynching and \u2062killings.<\/p>\n<p>This attack drew nationwide condemnation from \u200btop leaders and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">major political parties<\/a>. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar expressed his \u200cdistress over the images coming out of Faisalabad\u200b and \u2063vowed stern action against those who \u200dviolate the law and target minorities. He called on law enforcement to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Azad Marshall, a senior Christian leader, appealed \u2063for help on social media, expressing\u2064 deep pain and distress. He called for immediate intervention from law enforcement and justice providers to\u200b ensure the safety\u200d and value\u200d of\u200d all citizens in their\u200d own homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u200b also condemned the rampage, emphasizing that\u2062 violence has no place\u200d in any religion. In Karachi, dozens of \u200bChristians rallied to denounce the attacks in Jaranwala.<\/p>\n<p>Human \u2062rights \u2062groups, both domestic and international, have highlighted that blasphemy allegations are often used to intimidate religious minorities in Pakistan\u200d and settle personal scores. Tragically, in December 2021, a Muslim \u200cmob killed a Sri Lankan man and publicly burned his body over allegations of blasphemy at a sports equipment factory in Sialkot district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The \u200dWestern Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to \u200bensure that it meets our\u2064 editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-muslim-mob-attacks-3-churches-multiple-christian-homes-alleged-quran-desecration\/\">Muslim Mob Attacks 3 Churches and Multiple Christian Homes Over Alleged Quran Desecration<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angry Muslims rampaged in eastern Pakistan, targeting a Christian area. They burned one church and damaged two others, while also demolishing a man&#8217;s house over alleged desecration of Islam&#8217;s holy book. Numerous Christian homes were attacked in Jaranwala, Faisalabad district, Punjab. 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