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Muslims mob attacks Christian villagers in Kasur district
Pakistan Christian Post

Lahore: July 1, 2009. (SLMP reports for PCP) Over six hundred Muslims attacked Christians in village Bahmani District Kasur on June 30, 2009. Angry Muslims’ mob, after accusing of blasphemy, destroyed Christians’ houses, looted valuables / jewelry and tortured Christian men and women ruthlessly.

Bahmani village is situated at some short to Ganda Singh border Kasur between India and Pakistan . More then hundred Christian families are living in village Bahmani among perhaps 600 Muslim families since long time. Most of the Christians do labour work in the fields of Muslim landlords while some of them are doing reasonable job or getting education.

According to the recent facts collected by SLMP team there was a trivial quarrel between a Sardar Masih, 38 aged years, on 29th June 2009. Sardar Masih was driving a tractor at about 7:30pm while Muhammad Riaz riding on the bike stopped his way. Sardar Masih requested him to give way on which Muhammad Riaz became angry and abused Sardar saying, “How dared you to stop me you low caste”. A scuffle took place between both of them which, later, became reason of a critical incident.

Muhammad Riaz contacted a local clergyman named as Qari Lateef who is known to be bone of contention many other blasphemy cases in Kasur. Qari Lateef urged Muhammad Riaz to plot a blasphemy accusation against Sardar Masih and other Christians. After an agreement, Qari Lateef made several announcements in the loud speakers of the mosque in the village and urged Muslims of the village and in surrounding villages to get together against Christians of village Bahmani Wala.

SLMP team during facts finding witnessed and stunned by the announcements as he announced that Christians of the village have committed blasphemy, they have been passed derogate remarks against Prophet Muhammad therefore they are liable to death. He called hundred of Muslims from surrounding villages as well. The angry mob of Muslims, shouting on Christians attacked their houses and destroyed everything. They set many houses of Christians on fire, looted their money and valuables, tortured Christian men and women of the village and fled away from the spot.

SLMP team members interviewed some Christians of the village who told Muslims attacked their houses in presence of local police but the policemen did nothing to secure Christians. On the other hand some Muslim influential have registered a criminal case wide FIR No. 460, offense under section 148/149, 337/379 A2, A1, L2, F1 of Pakistan penal court, with police station Sadar Kasur, against eight nominated whereas three unknown Christians of the village. The FIR got registered on 29th June 2009.

On 30th June when Muslims attacked Christians police were also there to arrest Christians under the above-mentioned case.

Mr. Sohail Johnson, Chief Coordinator of SLMP, condemned the false accusation against Christians of Bahmani Wala and ruthless attack on them in his speech at District Police Officer’s office. He met with District Police Officer and District Coordination Officer and asked him to take appropriate action against the real culprits. He pointed out Qari Lateef who has played a wicked role to persecute innocent Christians.

Mr. Sohail Johnson also visited Christians at Bahmani Wala village to console them on the shameful incident.

He, in his special message for media, said that this incident refreshed the memories of brutal attack on Christians of Shanti Nagar, Chiyan Wala and Sangla Hill. He condemned police’s and other high authorities’ ignorance to protect Christians of Kasur. He appealed Christians in all over the world to pray for persecuted Church in Pakistan as the situation worsening day by day. SLMP team is working to collect the facts and to interview different involved in the case.
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And so it goes for the dhimmis ........
 
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Bunch of morons. People like these should be shot, and sad to see that the police didn't do anything.
 
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Sad incident......Thanks god no one got killed otherwise a frontpage story in western newspaper which usually doesn’t give a damn to muslim childs, women killed by US drones/troops both in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

If this all erupted due to quarrel as reported, then justice should be done and compensation to be given to affected.

Muslims get very emotional when it comes to blasphemy for their strong affiliation with Allah and Prohphet (S.A.W.) However, there is no need to act like that on part of villagers as law is their to dealt with culprits.

I hardly know any other country besides Pakistan where special seats are reserved for both Christian and Hindu minorities to protect their rights. They all are equal Pakistani like we do.
 
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after accusing of blasphemy, destroyed Christians’ houses, looted valuables / jewelry and tortured Christian men and women ruthlessly


Isn't Islam wonderful?? No, don't blame Islam, Blame Muslims!!! No, wait, blame Pakistani Muslims. Oh. Well, aren't Pakistani Muslims wonderful?

Muslims get very emotional when it comes to blasphemy for their strong affiliation with Allah and Prohphet (S.A.W.) However, there is no need to act like that on part of villagers as law is their to dealt with culprits

Oh, emotional? Because of their strong "affiliation" with Allah and His Prophet. They are not ignorant of Islam, they are merely "emotional" because they have an "affilation" with Allah?? An Affiliation? kinda like a fan club? a distant relative, a politcal party? Old school and all that?
 
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Oh, emotional? Because of their strong "affiliation" with Allah and His Prophet. They are not ignorant of Islam, they are merely "emotional" because they have an "affilation" with Allah?? An Affiliation? kinda like a fan club? a distant relative, a politcal party? Old school and all that?

Narrated by hazrat Uns (RZ) that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said.."No one of you (muslims) can be a pious person unless he will love me more then parents, children and all other people"
(Sahi Bukhari, no 15)
(Sahi Muslim, no 44).
 
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What is it with you guys? You post verses everywhere, why not first try to comprehend what they MIGHT MEAN??

What kind of love is shown to God and His Prophets when attacking other faithful? When disrespecting the tenents of one's own FAITH??

Please do think and please spare us the verses, please spafre us how much you love God even as you offend his creation. Please.

Just call it like it is, for once, be truthful - don't imagine the world does not know ignorance when it sees it -- You know better that it is ignorance, why dress it up with verses, why seek a excuse for it?? tell the truth, it's the best way forward, the best way out of Ignorance.
 
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What is it with you guys? You post verses everywhere, why not first try to comprehend what they MIGHT MEAN??

What kind of love is shown to God and His Prophets when attacking other faithful? When disrespecting the tenents of one's own FAITH??

Please do think and please spare us the verses, please spafre us how much you love God even as you offend his creation. Please.

Just call it like it is, for once, be truthful - don't imagine the world does not know ignorance when it sees it -- You know better that it is ignorance, why dress it up with verses, why seek a excuse for it?? tell the truth, it's the best way forward, the best way out of Ignorance.


As I stated in first post, if it’s done for personal grudge then guiltier must be punished. I strongly condemn this act.

We only know one sided story yet? This is published on Christian’s website. What are the chances they are lying through one's teeth to save their skin?

As per my knowledge of Islam, Death sentence for blasphemous. Correct me if I’m wrong.
 
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Yes, you are wrong!!! Please cease demeaning Islam. By the way, why would you think the Christains are lying?

And think what this is really about, it about USING RELIGION to inflict violence for political gain - how many times dfo you have to be used before you "get it" and refuse to be a part of such behaviour? Is this not a Blasphemy? Religion of Peace, eh?
 
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Yes, you are wrong!!! Please cease demeaning Islam. By the way, why would you think the Christains are lying?

Why there is death penalty for blasphemous in Pakistan? Is this not accordance with Islamic law? I heard in Geo tv program Aalim Online, scholars maintained the same. What’s your stance on hand chopping of thiefs? Is this also 'demeans' Islam?

Well chances are there of lying could be small percentage. I didn’t see this news in mainstream local or international media which always ready to malign Islam. However, I cleared my stance whoever the guilty in this case.

Why don't we embrace USA & western media news against Pakistan? Why Pakistanis doubt them? Here lies the reason to listen the other side of story before declaring one innocent or guilty.
 
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Christian families in Kasur hide from angry mobs

By Ali Usman
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

LAHORE: At least 110 Christian families, almost 700 people, were forced on Tuesday night to flee Bahmniwala, a village in Kasur, after angry mobs attacked and threatened to burn their houses for allegedly committing blasphemy.

The families sought safety in the fields surrounding their village, even as local mosques urged the Muslims to unite and “teach a lesson” to the Christians, residents told Daily Times. However, locals told Daily Times the problem started when a Christian boy, Arif Mashi, was travelling on a tractor and asked a Muslim boy, Muhammad Riaz, to allow him to pass. When Riaz refused, the two quarrelled.

Following this incident, on Tuesday night, a mob attacked houses of the area’s Christian community with petrol-bombs, destroying their electricity meters and thrashing any Christians they found. On Wednesday, the Muslim community refused to communicate with the Christian community, boycotting their businesses. The Christians who returned to their homes found they had no electricity or drinking water the entire day. “Despite the presence of police, the mosques continued to urge a complete Christian boycott,” Sohail Johnson, chief coordinator of the Sharing Life Ministry, said.

Human Rights and Minority Affairs Minister Kamran Michael said he had asked officials of the Revenue Department to compile an estimate of the loss suffered by the Christian community. He said justice would be ensured, adding the government would investigate the people responsible for turning the incident into a religious issue.

A committee comprising Christian and Muslim elders of the area, led by Kasur District Coordination Officer (DCO) Abdul Jabbar Shaheen, was formed on Wednesday to look into the matter and negotiate a peace deal between the two groups. The committee has been given four days to settle the matter.

DCO: The DCO said Islam did not allow cruelties against minorities. In his capacity as the DCO, he apologised to the Christians for the treatment that was meted out to them. A fact-finding mission led by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), will travel to the area today (Thursday) to probe into the matter.
 
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Why there is death penalty for blasphemous in Pakistan? Is this not accordance with Islamic law? I heard in Geo tv program Aalim Online, scholars maintained the same. What’s your stance on hand chopping of thiefs? Is this also 'demeans' Islam?


Briltek - Blasphemy laws in Pakistan are a travesty of justice - these kinds of laws are designed to introduce political use in the pursuit of a ideology, in essence it uses religion as a political tool of violence. It is entirely demeaning to Islam, the religion of Faith in God, however; it is but a common practice fro Islam the tool of totalitarian enforcement of a ideolgy.
 
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see...such things happen in both the countries.in India we had a similar case of communal violence...people's religious intolerance is an evil that plagues our societies.but what i want to point out is that..we shouldn't call a country nonsecular because of such incidents...they will happen in the future too...the aim should be to educate the people..which is a very slow process...and is the story of the sub-continent.
 
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Paritosh

Comments such as you have made have the effect of excusing such behavior - now of course ignorant people exist everywhere - however; in Pakistan, using RELIGION to pursue ignorant ideas is, well, we can all see what has become of a country with so much promise, so much talent.

Briltek has a point that we should judge if and when LEA act against those who incited such behaviour.
 
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Paritosh

Comments such as you have made have the effect of excusing such behavior - now of course ignorant people exist everywhere - however; in Pakistan, using RELIGION to pursue ignorant ideas is, well, we can all see what has become of a country with so much promise, so much talent.

Briltek has a point that we should judge if and when LEA act against those who incited such behaviour.

no dont get me wrong!
I unequivocally condemn such behavior everywhere!
It sickens me...my point was that...when such stuff happens in India...most people here bash us like anything...and forget that such stuff is prevalent in most countries with diversity and limited literacy.
my country has suffered a lot because of intolerance of some renegade groups who claim to represent the majority...I feel what you must be feeling.
there'd be a day when education would enlighten everyone and such things would be avoided...but that doesn't mean that pakistan doesn't care for it's minorities today...or that India is nonsecular.
 
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Why there is death penalty for blasphemous in Pakistan? Is this not accordance with Islamic law? I heard in Geo tv program Aalim Online, scholars maintained the same. What’s your stance on hand chopping of thiefs? Is this also 'demeans' Islam?

Well chances are there of lying could be small percentage. I didn’t see this news in mainstream local or international media which always ready to malign Islam. However, I cleared my stance whoever the guilty in this case.

Why don't we embrace USA & western media news against Pakistan? Why Pakistanis doubt them? Here lies the reason to listen the other side of story before declaring one innocent or guilty.

What will happen if you chop of somebody's hands in error?

Don't answer - errors don't happen...
 
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