Pakistan: Mob burns churches over blasphemy claims

[Mosby]

Thousands of Muslims in a city in Pakistan have set fire to at least four churches and vandalised the homes of Christians over claims that two men desecrated the Quran, police say.

Residents said up to a dozen buildings connected to churches in Jaranwala, in eastern Punjab, were also damaged.

Police have detained more than 100 protestors and launched an investigation into the violence.

Authorities say the situation remains tense, but say no deaths were reported.

Police have also filed a case against two local Christian residents for violation of the blasphemy law, which carries the death sentence.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66525150

[GreenWave]

1. What if...

Those churches and connected buildings had pristine copies of the Quran now destroyed by the mob?

What will the mob do to itself?

[Tetrachloride]

2. All that hot air created by the fire - just what Pakistan needs in summer

[msongs]

3. rioting and burning is following their religious codes then? well that stinks nt

[Mosby]

4. It's up to 20 churches and 400 homes of Christians.

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