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Title: Over 1,500 Christians protest after Bible burned Post by: Shammu on April 05, 2006, 11:49:34 PM Over 1,500 Christians protest after Bible burned
MULTAN: More than 1,500 Christians protested in Tibba Shomali in Mian Chunnu tehsil against the burning of the Bible and other sacred texts by four Muslims on Tuesday. The men were caught while burning the Bible, calendars carrying the picture of Jesus Christ and other Christian booklets. “We caught four people – Hafiz Islam, Hafiz Abid, Rana Abdul Ghaffar and Rana Abdul Jabbar – burning our sacred books and literature on a heap of garbage on Tuesday evening,” Pakistan Christian Writers Guild President AD Sahil said. Union Council Naib Nazim Ch Shamoon Kaiser said: “Two chapters of the Holy Bible, calendars carrying portraits of Jesus Christ and booklets containing religious literature were reduced to ashes.” He said that a mob of Christians tried to attack them, but the elders intervened to save their lives. While condemning the incident, a former district councillor condemned the incident but asked the Christians of the area not to take the law into their own hands. When contacted, Mian Chunnu Deputy Superintendent of Police Tikka-Khan refused to comment on the incident. staff report Over 1,500 Christians protest after Bible burned (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C05%5Cstory_5-4-2006_pg7_16) |