http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/09/world/asia/pakisan-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

The arrest of a Christian man accused of making anti-Muslim remarks wasn't enough to appease an angry mob in Pakistan this weekend.

More than 100 homes of Christians were set on fire by outraged Muslims in the Badami Bagh community in Lahore on Saturday after police arrested Sawan Masih, a Christian in his mid-20s accused of speaking against the Muslim prophet Muhammad, officials said.

"Mob wanted police to hand them over the alleged blasphemer," said Hafiz Majid, the senior police official in Badami Bagh.

The mob also looted some shops run by Christians, he said.

Majid said Christians have fled the area for fear of being killed.

If convicted, Masih faces the death penalty. He denies the allegations made by the two men who filed the blasphemy complaint against him with police on Friday, Majid said.

Masih says the three got into an argument while drinking and that the other two men threatened to publicly accuse him of blasphemy, according to Majid.

"The attack is yet another shameful incident against a vulnerable community and further confirmation of the slide toward extremism in society on the one hand and, on the other hand, the apathy and inaction that has become the norm among the police," the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said in a statement.

The group accused police of arresting Christians in the incident "while those who went on a rampage and can easily be identified from television footage have gone scot-free."

Pakistan's blasphemy laws were first instituted to keep peace between religions. But they have been criticized by human rights advocates who say the laws enable legal discrimination against religious minorities. At time, the laws have been misused to settle personal differences between Muslims and Christians.

There have been about 1,400 blasphemy cases since the laws were first enacted in 1986, according to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch. There are more than 15 cases of people on death row for blasphemy in Pakistan, and more than 50 people have been killed while facing trial for the charge, according to the organization.

Last year, a Pakistani court dismissed blasphemy charges against a Christian teenager whose case prompted international outrage.

Her detention stirred up religious tensions in the predominantly Muslim country. It also generated fierce criticism of Pakistani authorities and renewed debate over Pakistan's blasphemy laws.

President Asif Ali Zardari issued a statement Saturday on the most recent "unfortunate incident." He noted that the country's constitution protects the rights of all Pakistani's, and that "such acts of vandalism against minorities tarnish the image of the country."

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/09/world/asia/pakisan-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

If you think i am being unfair, just take a snapshot view of all the troubled spots around the world and Islam disproportionately features_
- Northern Nigeria- boko Haram
- Southern Phillipine - abu zayad terrorists
- Eastern Malaysia- recently occupied by philipino based islamic terrorists
- Burma- migrant moslems from bangladesh went on killing spree, which resulted in the indeginous Bhuddists taking revenge.
- Southern Thailand- islamc terrorosts have beheaded seevral Bhuddists
- Chechyen and other moslem domintaed caucauses of Russia are rife with violence
- somalia- where do i start
-Sudan- a basket case
- Afghanistan- a failed nation
-Iraq- sitting on a sectarian time bomb (shiites/sunni) rivalry
- Syria- need i say more
-Kashmir
-Israel and Palestine
- Bosnia (even when at the heart of europe, they remain hooked to violence ideology)
- The whole middle east will implode, just a matter of time when sunni/shiite rivalry reach a tiping point
-Mali (Alquida in Islamic Magreb)
-Yemen- another basket case
- Bharain- fighting for it's survival
-Bangladesh- another failing islamic state
- Pakistan- a failed nuclear armed state
- Egypt, Tunisia: so much political instability
The list is far from been exhausted.
Why is Islam always associated with violence?
Why do moslems resort to killings at the slightes provocation

U guys shuld remind me, what does sharia say says as regard blasphemy?
I guess the muslims have overdone it. The extremism of these pakistani muslims even beats the extreme sharia law.

italo: The biggest insult is when they say "we all worship the same God."

These people are serving satan...and no one else.

Only satan can love so much destruction of lives and property...not my God.

Even the quran said the christians and muslims are not worshipping the same God.surat 109:1-6.
It is too sad that most of them would know the truth when it will be too late.

We need to pray for the ones we have as friends and relatives, that God should have mercy on them and show them the right way.

Paris_Love: The religion of peace seems quite unable to coexist with others everywhere they are. I hope the Pakistan govt, international community and the church does something to help these Christians they just rendered homeless.

i seriously doubt that! Nothing dem go do about am. It seems the only hope for christian there is to flee.

While it remains condemnable and abhorent and underscores the weak state Pakistan is, militant are literally over running the country more disturbing though is seeing some brainless assertion here, christians are oppressed in Palestein what does the christian do, Nothing the same way they did nothing when christians murdered each other in Rwanda to the tune of 900, 000 people the same way they do nothing while Congo christian women suffer rape, children being murdered etc! The same way the catholic church that frosbel calls the LovePeddler of babylon murdered and pillage the middle east killing, and funy enough its priest(many homosexuals) molest and destroy lives of the young, am I being unfair? We can sit here and say bad stuffs about each other! It isn't hard to do, islam is a bad religion to the extent that shameless christians have to forge their own word and try hard to pass as the Qur'an, seeing catholics make statements here makes the word mockery highly inadequate to describe their condition, the most disgraceful church and religious institution that have shamed religion remains urs truly the Catholic church and its unholy "see"!

hehehe, i just notice the thread is now in the muslim section, i can see the warning in red which says do not offend d muslims hehehe.
That doesnt intimidate me and i must note that d response below does no justice to the situation

vedaxcool: While it remains condemnable and abhorent and underscores the weak state Pakistan is, militant are literally over running the country more disturbing though is seeing some brainless assertion here, christians are oppressed in Palestein what does the christian do, Nothing the same way they did nothing when christians murdered each other in Rwanda to the tune of 900, 000 people the same way they do nothing while Congo christian women suffer rape, children being murdered etc!

this is a joke at best! We have a situation at hand where muslims in the name of defending the santity of d prophet muhamed are busy distroying property and you are busy asking what christians are doing about it, this is ridiculous and a show of insincerity and lack of objectivity. Do you go distroying property for God or muhamed? Is that the right thing to do? This isn't about what the christian should do but what the muslims shouldn't do, you dont render 100s homeless because someone may have been falsely or rightly accuse of blasphemy and to ask what christians are doing about it is to refuse to face the issue staring at you

The same way the catholic church that frosbel calls the LovePeddler of babylon murdered and pillage the middle east killing, and funy enough its priest(many homosexuals) molest and destroy lives of the young, am I being unfair? We can sit here and say bad stuffs about each other! It isn't hard to do, islam is a bad religion to the extent that shameless christians have to forge their own word and try hard to pass as the Qur'an, seeing catholics make statements here makes the word mockery highly inadequate to describe their condition, the most disgraceful church and religious institution that have shamed religion remains urs truly the Catholic church and its unholy "see"!

you have written very long rubbish here that doesn't concern the thread. Atleast when sins in the catholic church are brought up her member are sincere enough to condemn the sin and not blame it on the fact that obama is pro choice. You on the otherhand are using the sins you find in the catholic church to justify and excuse the sins of your fellow muslims. That is a shameful thing to do.
Does two wrongs make a right? Does sin in the catholic church justify rendering people homeless for no just cause?
Very soon boko haram will damage a church and i'll hear muslims like you blaming CAN as an excuse.
Be careful how you justify evil

Ubenedictus: hehehe, i just notice the thread is now in the muslim section, i can see the warning in red which says do not offend d muslims hehehe.
That doesnt intimidate me and i must note that d response below does no justice to the situation

blame your christain brothers for the intimidation

Seun: The notice was proposed by Christian moderators to prevent Christians and Atheists from getting themselves banned when Muslim threads make the home page. I felt it was a fantastic idea and I implemented it as soon as I could. Now if you get banned in the Muslim section, you will have no one to blame but yourself.

Ubenedictus:
this is a joke at best! We have a situation at hand where muslims in the name of defending the santity of d prophet muhamed are busy distroying property and you are busy asking what christians are doing about it, this is ridiculous and a show of insincerity and lack of objectivity. Do you go distroying property for God or muhamed? Is that the right thing to do? This isn't about what the christian should do but what the muslims shouldn't do, you dont render 100s homeless
because someone may have been falsely or rightly accuse of blasphemy and to ask what christians are doing about it is to refuse to face the issue staring at you

lol this is what i wrote:

vedaxcool: While it remains condemnable and abhorrent and underscores the weak state Pakistan is, militant are literally over running the country . . .

Now the op went furtherand made a case against Islam and I pointed the inherent hypocrisy: which is what did christians do when:

- Palestein Christians are being chased from their homes Answer they shut their mouths and closed their eyes

- When Christains murdered each other to the tune of 900, 000 Answer they shut their mouths and closed their eyes

- Congo rape capital of world christains are silent over what their own fellow christians are suffering Answer they shut their mouths and closed their eyes

and yes the catholic church instigated the pogroms against the jews for Killing Jesus, every Easter Christian ran mad and start screaming they killed our God they killed our God (wow what a weak god that is)

Burning people property is Islamic right? Yeah they homosexuality and child molestation is the gift of catholicsm to the world! what a joker you are!


[quote author=Ubenedictus
you have written very long rubbish here that doesn't concern the thread. Atleast when sins in the catholic church are brought up her member are sincere enough to condemn the sin and not blame it on the fact that obama is pro choice. You on the otherhand are using the sins you find in the catholic church to justify and excuse the sins of your fellow muslims. That is a shameful thing to do.
Does two wrongs make a right? Does sin in the catholic church justify rendering people homeless for no just cause?
Very soon boko haram will damage a church and i'll hear muslims like you blaming CAN as an excuse.
Be careful how you justify evil [/quote]

Really muslims don't condemn crimes other muslims do? You must be a great joker Catholics hide the crimes of their philandering priests http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/21/local/la-me-church-files-20130122

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/roman_catholic_church_sex_abuse_cases/index.html

It seems lying against others is part and parcel of the "holy" see as nowhere did I justify the riots clearly by criminal elements in Pakistan. It is people like you that close your eyes and pretend while priest rape children.

Muslims condemnation of violent acts by Muslims and yet the hypocrites do not listen,

http://www.muhajabah.com/otherscondemn.php

A common complaint among non-Muslims is that Muslim religious authorities do not condemn terrorist attacks. The complaints often surface in letters to the editors of newspapers, on phone-in radio shows, in Internet mailing lists, forums, etc. A leader of an evangelical Christian para-church group, broadcasting over Sirius Family Net radio, stated that he had done a thorough search on the Internet for a Muslim statement condemning terrorism, without finding a single item.

Actually, there are lots of fatwas and other statements issued which condemn attacks on innocent civilians. Unfortunately, they are largely ignored by newspapers, television news, radio news and other media outlets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_attitudes_towards_terrorism

In Nigeria

http://www.informationng.com/2011/08/sultan-of-sokoto-condemns-boko-harams-attack-on-un-building.html

I reiterate the catholic church remains the most discredited religious institution in the world

Seun! Mukina2 why is this not on front page abi it is offensive to islam. You want to paint islam as good but if it was a christian or jewish thread e for don reach frontpage since. I have always said it Seun is a closet muslim u no go commot talk true.

who can tell me d capital of pakistan ..... translate to english ...frm it u wil knw y all d killin is taken place...

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Pls peeps, wat does dat mean?

goldylock: Seun! Mukina2 why is this not on front page abi it is offensive to islam. You want to paint islam as good but if it was a christian or jewish thread e for don reach frontpage since. I have always said it Seun is a closet muslim u no go commot talk true.

Closet muslim ke? Seun actually lives in fear of being a target of terrorist attack by islamic zealots on this forum that have threatened him in the past. I think he is just being careful not to offend them again.

Religion of peace things. Anyway, don't blame them. They r merely obeying the quran

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Abeg remove that threat up there.
Everything that concerns Islam is about threat, violence, witch hunting.
Now, i have forgotten what i wanted to say

enilove:

Even the quran said the christians and muslims are not worshipping the same God.surat 109:1-6.
It is too sad that most of them would know the truth when it will be too late.

We need to pray for the ones we have as friends and relatives, that God should have mercy on them and show them the right way.

Judgment belongs to God and to God alone and He will never share His glory with anyone or anything.

burgerking: If you think i am being unfair, just take a snapshot view of all the troubled spots around the world and Islam disproportionately features_
- Northern Nigeria- boko Haram
- Southern Phillipine - abu zayad terrorists
- Eastern Malaysia- recently occupied by philipino based islamic terrorists
- Burma- migrant moslems from bangladesh went on killing spree, which resulted in the indeginous Bhuddists taking revenge.
- Southern Thailand- islamc terrorosts have beheaded seevral Bhuddists
- Chechyen and other moslem domintaed caucauses of Russia are rife with violence
- somalia- where do i start
-Sudan- a basket case
- Afghanistan- a failed nation
-Iraq- sitting on a sectarian time bomb (shiites/sunni) rivalry
- Syria- need i say more
-Kashmir
-Israel and Palestine
- Bosnia (even when at the heart of europe, they remain hooked to violence ideology)
- The whole middle east will implode, just a matter of time when sunni/shiite rivalry reach a tiping point
-Mali (Alquida in Islamic Magreb)
-Yemen- another basket case
- Bharain- fighting for it's survival
-Bangladesh- another failing islamic state
- Pakistan- a failed nuclear armed state
- Egypt, Tunisia: so much political instability
The list is far from been exhausted.
Why is Islam always associated with violence?
Why do moslems resort to killings at the slightes provocation

bro, they are obeying the words of their prophet. Muhammed himself spread islam through violence

enigmagu1: who can tell me d capital of pakistan ..... translate to english ...frm it u wil knw y all d killin is taken place...

ISLAMABAD meaning Islam is a Bad something

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I decide to hold on my comment

Christian Homes Burnt By Muslim Mobs In Pakistan - Islam for Muslims - Nairaland

Threads like this shouldn't be in islam for muslim section, or is it an opportunity to gag christians and free thinkers from expressing their candid opinion.

Threads like this and many others before it should be placed in sections that will encourage robust discussion.

Islam for muslim should be a section where koran recitation, zakat, hajj and issues that are exclusive to muslims be discussed.

enilove:

Even the quran said the christians and muslims are not worshipping the same God.surat 109:1-6.
It is too sad that most of them would know the truth when it will be too late.

We need to pray for the ones we have as friends and relatives, that God should have mercy on them and show them the right way.

Good constructive comment.

Toaskarity: To avoid being banned, please ensure that your post is not offensive to Islam.
I decide to hold on my comment

na lie if dem ban me i go register anoda account

ZACHIE: To avoid being banned, please ensure that your post is not offensive to Islam

Abeg remove that threat up there.
Everything that concerns Islam is about threat, violence, witch hunting.
Now, i have forgotten what i wanted to say

Pastor Kun:

Closet muslim ke? Seun actually lives in fear of being a target of terrorist attack by islamic zealots on this forum that have threatened him in the past. I think he is just being careful not to offend them again.

This actually cracked me up. I been no know sha. I for say now! No wonder. Religion of peace and adherants showing how peaceful they can be. I better be careful before they trace me too for telling the truth.

enigmagu1: who can tell me d capital of pakistan ..... translate to english ...frm it u wil knw y all d killin is taken place...

THE ISLAMABAD CITY PAKISTAN'S CAPITAL

No wonder, may the true God, who is also the possessor of heaven and the earth deliver them all!

@burger king, you shouldn't have posted this in the Islam section, it has restricted my full comment.

I have no issues with Islam if only it accepts Jesus fully , if not these stories would continue to surface.