{"id":2002954,"date":"2023-08-16T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslims-set-fire-to-8-christian-churches-in-pakistans-punjab-province-citing-blasphemy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T19:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T23:05:59","slug":"muslims-set-fire-to-8-christian-churches-in-pakistans-punjab-province-citing-blasphemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslims-set-fire-to-8-christian-churches-in-pakistans-punjab-province-citing-blasphemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims in Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab Province set fire to eight Christian churches, claiming &#8216;blasphemy&#8217; as the reason."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmuslims-set-fire-to-8-christian-churches-in-pakistans-punjab-province-citing-blasphemy%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=2002954&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of a burnt church \u2063on the outskirts of Faisalabad on August \u200c16, 2023, following an\u200c attack by Muslim men \u2064after a Christian \u2062family was accused of blasphemy. Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to four churches and vandalized a cemetery during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on August 16, officials said, after a Christian family was accused \u200cof blasphemy. (Photo by GHAZANFAR\u2064 MAJID\/AFP\u2064 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke \u200cMallory<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>3:35 PM \u2013 Wednesday, August 16, \u200c2023<\/h3>\n<p>According \u200cto government officials and local residents,\u2063 a large mob of Muslim men vandalized\u2062 eight churches and several homes following accusations \u2062of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan\u2019s most populous province \u200bof\u200b Punjab on Wednesday, escalating\u200b tensions between\u200b local majority Muslim and minority\u2063 Christian communities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In an update on Wednesday, the National Commission for Human \u200cRights stated that\u200c the number \u200bof \u200bchurches burned \u201chas risen to\u200d eight,\u201d calling the situation \u201csad\u2062 and shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-joins-search-for-gabby-petito-travel-bloggers-disappearance-may-be-linked-to-national-park-recent-double-murder\/\" title=\"FBI Joins Search For Gabby Petito, Travel Blogger\u2019s Disappearance May Be Linked To National Park, Recent Double Murder\">police report obtained<\/a> by the press said that two Christian men in\u2062 the\u200c town of\u2063 Jaranwala were charged by local police with allegedly \u201cdesecrating the \u200bholy Quran and abusing the Prophet Mohammed.\u201d According to the report, the men were charged with \u201cblasphemy\u201d under Pakistani \u2064law.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani Christian\u200b communities are routinely persecuted under the country\u2019s strict blasphemy laws,\u2063 which\u2063 activists claim have historically been used to persecute minority groups and isolate them from public life.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yasir Talib, who works for the Center \u2063for Social Justice, the crowd \u2064also vandalized and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expect-climate-alarmism-to-heat-up-in-california-this-wildfire-season\/\" title=\"Climate alarmism will intensify in California during this wildfire season.\">set\u2063 fire<\/a> \u2063to the home of one Christian man accused \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslims-set-fire-to-8-christian-churches-in-pakistans-punjab-province-citing-blasphemy\/\" title=\"Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab Province set fire to eight Christian churches, claiming 'blasphemy' as the reason.\">making blasphemous general comments<\/a> about Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Talib told\u200b the press \u200bthat multiple churches, \u200dincluding \u2064the town\u2019s Catholic Church, \u200dSalvation Army Church, Pentecostal Church, and the local Christian colony, \u200dhad\u200d been vandalized and set\u2063 on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Many online\u200b users took\u200d to Twitter (X) to express their opinions regarding the tragic attacks. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Muslim \u200cmobs currently destroying churches in Pakistan because \u2064 of a supposed blasphemy.<br \/>Christains in Pakistan are not safe.<br \/>Religion of peace people doing what they do best. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PqrgrhGffr\">pic.twitter.com\/PqrgrhGffr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concerned Citizen (@samwellsg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samwellsg\/status\/1691823660640694653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And here is the result of those hateful teachings. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDVs0S86uk\">pic.twitter.com\/tDVs0S86uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concerned Citizen (@samwellsg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samwellsg\/status\/1691872665106092240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The\u2062 assistant\u2062 commissioner for Faisalabad, where the town is located, called for the deployment of armed forces to assist in\u200c enforcing law and \u200border in a statement issued on Wednesday, describing the \u2063situation as \u201csensitive and vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Pakistan\u2019s caretaker Prime Minister, condemned the violence,\u200d saying in a statement on Twitter (X) that \u200b\u201cstern action would\u200c be taken against those who violate the \u2063law and target\u2062 minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident has left the country\u2019s\u200b \u201cBishops, Priests, and \u2063lay people deeply pained and distressed,\u201d according to Azad Marshall, President Bishop of\u200d the Church of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBibles \u200chave been desecrated and Christians have been tortured and harassed having been falsely accused,\u201d\u200c Marshall said on X, \u200dcalling for \u201cjustice and action\u201d by law enforcement and the legal system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pakistan is one country where blasphemy\u2063 is a capital \u200coffense that is \u200dpunishable by death.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, angry Muslim men in \u200cLahore\u2019s Badami Bagh community set fire to\u2063 more \u2062than 100 homes of Christians after police arrested a 20-year-old man accused of insulting\u200b the\u200b Prophet Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>Three years\u2064 earlier,\u2064 a mother of five from Punjab \u2062was found guilty of\u200b blasphemy \u2063and sentenced to death\u2063 for defiling the name of \u200dthe Prophet Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>Asia Bibi was released from\u2063 death row in 2018\u200d after successfully appealing her conviction and \u200ddeath sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly\u200d to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Following the fourth indictment of 45th \u200dPresident\u2063 Donald \u2064Trump, Article III founder and\u200d president Mike Davis urges House \u200cRepublicans \u200bto use subpoena\u2064 power to fight back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A \u2063new Associated Press \u2062poll shows 63% of Republicans say they want Donald Trump to run again, which\u200d is jump \u200dform 55% who said the same thing back in April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Georgia\u200b Governor\u2064 Brian Kemp \u200ctakes aim at\u2063 President\u2064 Trump\u2019s claim\u200c that\u200d the 2020 election was\u200c stolen but stays quiet on\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-argue-senate-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Trump Attorneys Argue Senate Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional\">45th president\u2019<\/a>s fourth indictment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There is so\u200c much devastation in Lahaina after the devastating \u2063fires. 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