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November 14, 2005
Pakistan: Muslim Mob Assaults Christians, Burns Churches
But remember, Islam is a religion of peace: Fears for Test players as mob attacks Christians
A mob destroyed Christian churches and schools close to the venue of the next cricket Test between England and Pakistan, giving rise to fears yesterday about the English players' safety.The violence broke out in Sangla Hill in Punjab on Saturday when Muslim preachers urged people to "take revenge" after a Christian allegedly burnt pages of the Koran.
Hundreds of Christians fled the town as a crowd thousands strong, wielding axes and sticks, set fire to five churches, a dozen houses, three schools, a dispensary, a convent and two parsonages.
The attacks were the worst on Pakistan's Christian community since 2002, when Muslim fanatics led an assault on a church with grenades on Christmas Day.
P.S. Notice (in the Telegraph article) how Pakistan's Cricket Board calls the riots "an isolated incident". The crowd was thousands strong, for god's sake. A riot is never isolated.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at November 14, 2005 11:42 AM
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