Muslim attack - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:56:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png Muslim attack - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks on churches and homes of minority Christians https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/pakistan-arrests-129-muslims-after-mob-attacks-on-churches-and-homes-of-minority-christians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pakistan-arrests-129-muslims-after-mob-attacks-on-churches-and-homes-of-minority-christians Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:56:50 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=44403 ARANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Police arrested 129 Muslims after a mob angered by an alleged Quran desecration attacked a dozen churches and nearly two dozen homes of minority Christians, officials said Thursday. Police also arrested two Christian men accused of … Read More

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]]> ARANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Police arrested 129 Muslims after a mob angered by an alleged Quran desecration attacked a dozen churches and nearly two dozen homes of minority Christians, officials said Thursday. Police also arrested two Christian men accused of defacing Islam’s holy book.

The alleged desecration set off a violent rampage Wednesday in Jaranwala, causing Christians to flee to safer places in the eastern city as the mob inflicted one of the country’s most destructive attacks on Christians.

The city police chief, Bilal Mehmood, said officers arrested Raja Amir and a friend who were accused by local Muslims of tearing pages from a Quran, writing insulting remarks on other pages and then throwing the book on the ground.

The regional police chief, Rizwan Khan, said 129 people had been arrested as suspected rioters and the situation was under control. Authorities summoned soldiers to restore order, and Christian residents slowly returned home to see the destruction Thursday.
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