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(12,536 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2014, 01:12 AM Nov 2014

Mob lynches Christian couple Pakistan [View all]

Source: Rueters: Mabusher Bukhari

LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) - Police in Pakistan arrested dozens of people on Wednesday after a mob beat a Christian couple to death and burned their bodies for allegedly desecrating a Koran.

Blasphemy is a serious offense in conservative Muslim Pakistan where those accused are sometimes lynched on the spot.

The latest incident took place in a village in Punjab province on Tuesday when a local cleric told his community through the loudspeakers of his mosque to punish the couple for burning a few pages of the Koran, a police source said.

A mob then gathered outside the house of Shehzad Masih, 32, and his wife Shama, in her 20s, dragged them out and beat them to death, police said.

Their bodies were then set on fire in a brick kiln where they worked.

"We have arrested 44 people, it was a local issue incited by the mullah of a local mosque," Jawad Qamar, a regional police chief, told Reuters.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/arrests-pakistan-christian-couple-lynched-mob-114916893.html

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Mob lynches Christian couple Pakistan [View all] demosincebirth Nov 2014 OP

Killed over printed paper. The mullah should be arrested, too. freshwest Nov 2014 #1

Even money that Mullah made up the sotry about burning the Koran. Archae Nov 2014 #4

Agree. The other possibility would be suicide by Koran-burning. Hortensis Nov 2014 #35

+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #56

The usual suspects KinMd Nov 2014 #2

This is why I get angry at those who call Islam "The Religion Of Peace." Archae Nov 2014 #3

But, who takes the cake? demosincebirth Nov 2014 #5

it's far from it. and very scary samsingh Nov 2014 #27

Islam has yet to undergo the loosening of religion's chokehold on society and government that Hortensis Nov 2014 #37

Absurdly ahistorical and betrays a fundamental ignorance of the comparative KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #76

So how long should we wait leftynyc Nov 2014 #110

Um, before we criticize 'them' for 'not having an Englightenment,' we could start by putting KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #113

My post wasn't a criticism but a sympathetic observation of the special difficulties people in Hortensis Nov 2014 #135

Sigh. You should re-read your history of the Crusades, my friend. Fact is, Christians (Copts KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #75

But not always. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #77

Well, the topic at hand was 'forced conversions' not 'persecutions'. Even with that KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #78

That is not true. Islam persecuted Christians in the past 1,000 years as well. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #79

OK, so we're now into the realm of 'tu quoque' false equivalences. It's been awhile KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #81

Your point on Christianity in the New World is well taken. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #82

One atrocity is an atrocity too many. However, the post to which KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #83

Yes. i see now. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #84

I do take issue though with your view that... hrmjustin Nov 2014 #87

really?? you're talking about 900 years ago?? Psephos Nov 2014 #89

No you're not. But I'm sure you have some opinions. So why don't you start? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #91

we're not talking about 400 years ago samsingh Nov 2014 #105

What do you mean by 'we'? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #109

That would be anyone leftynyc Nov 2014 #111

How about what happened from 2001-08 or is that also too far back? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #115

Were people being killed in the name leftynyc Nov 2014 #117

I suppose 2001-08 was too far back for a crowd that despises history. But who could KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #120

This is getting pathetic leftynyc Nov 2014 #125

that's your question? samsingh Nov 2014 #132

Now THAT is genuine persecution of Christians bluestateguy Nov 2014 #6

this is beyond persecution samsingh Nov 2014 #28

Sick. SoapBox Nov 2014 #7

Another Pakistan bash thread pettypace Nov 2014 #8

I think our police would be a better comparison ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #10

You seem to be under the impression that American killers are never discussed here. Sheldon Cooper Nov 2014 #12

Pakistan Bash thread? SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #13

We steal and kill over printed paper every day in America... LanternWaste Nov 2014 #20

WTF? Makes no sense at all... SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #24

i can't believe you would try to make that comparison samsingh Nov 2014 #30

Many, many, many get the red out Nov 2014 #31

Shhhh! BadtotheboneBob Nov 2014 #46

EXACTLY!! SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #51

SAD, huh? nt. SkyDaddy7 Nov 2014 #50

Are you angry that this was posted or with the responses? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #14

And yet another poster leftynyc Nov 2014 #17

bill mayer is right samsingh Nov 2014 #32

Bill Maher get the red out Nov 2014 #33

Yep cosmicone Nov 2014 #38

There was a professor at a Japanese university who translated Rushdie's book Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #90

What is scary is the very very fine line cosmicone Nov 2014 #96

Fuckin' A. Bill Maher is a real liberal. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #137

This doesn't sound like a generalization onenote Nov 2014 #18

Stop picking on poor wittle peaceful Pakistan - stop the Islamophobia cosmicone Nov 2014 #22

at least you understand - pakistan is a place where a lot of terrible things are done in the name samsingh Nov 2014 #34

Notice pettypace hits and runs. Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #39

is there a muslim country you'd like to live in? samsingh Nov 2014 #53

and there is never an answer to a legitimate question samsingh Nov 2014 #107

Spare us your illegit outrage. Take it up with Reuters. valerief Nov 2014 #23

I hate Pakistan bash threads Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #25

they are real in pakistan - should gun shootings in the us not be posted? samsingh Nov 2014 #29

"but Pakistan or Iran or Egypt magically garners the most posts. " Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #42

Yup, pretty much. Been here for most of DU's incarnation and yes, closeupready Nov 2014 #57

you may want to show some concern over the people that are stoned to death samsingh Nov 2014 #60

I haven't noticed you posting about mob justice in Mexico, Guatemala, West Africa. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #62

Interesting.... You bash ISIS for atrocities... Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #65

of course you do. i reply with frustration anywhere i see violence samsingh Nov 2014 #106

A little more than 50 years ago, 4 little black girls were bombed to death by white Christians. But KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #80

Well, I guess it's all our fault, what ever we done in the past, that the christian couple were demosincebirth Nov 2014 #88

I didn't know that Pakistan had a 4% Christian population LeftInTX Nov 2014 #9

I didn't either get the red out Nov 2014 #58

Was the mulah arrested? leftynyc Nov 2014 #11

like pat on the 700 club dembotoz Nov 2014 #15

I have no idea what that supposed to mean leftynyc Nov 2014 #16

if you look at the history of christianity you will find enough examples dembotoz Nov 2014 #100

You started with Robertson leftynyc Nov 2014 #102

well how about uganda and gays and the evangelical blessing from this country dembotoz Nov 2014 #129

And that's why you'll continue leftynyc Nov 2014 #131

as i read the rest of the posts here i feel my position is vindicated dembotoz Nov 2014 #133

I don't think so leftynyc Nov 2014 #134

nice thing about du--i dont have to give a rats ass what you think dembotoz Nov 2014 #136

I wonder if Bush ever thinks about all the Christians deaths leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #19

Yeah leftynyc Nov 2014 #36

Psssssst...Its America's fault. Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #40

Do you think they even realize leftynyc Nov 2014 #43

Its the "chic" to blame America. Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #67

Well, not really funny leftynyc Nov 2014 #92

They were decimated before he became president, hrmjustin Nov 2014 #52

No. I think the Xian population was pretty stable. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #66

You call 1 percent stable? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #70

There were about 1,500,000 or 5. % of the population before the war. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #72

I doubt the Christians of the ME think that they are safe. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #73

no. I think it has gotten very dangerous for them there. n/t leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #74

The xtians have gone to Kudistan leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #93

And people call Bill Maher a bigot? n/t Yavin4 Nov 2014 #21

What can we expect? get the red out Nov 2014 #26

Do they lynch them like we lynch people here, or are they bad people? n/t jtuck004 Nov 2014 #41

'they've' hated Christians and Jews for centuries in that part of the world Sunlei Nov 2014 #44

Sigh. No they haven't unless by 'centuries' you mean the last 100 years, since KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #85

Animals Scairp Nov 2014 #45

"Woman Accused of Witchcraft Burned Alive in Paraguay" Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #47

But ... but ... others do it too cosmicone Nov 2014 #97

"Eight Ebola Workers Killed By Mob in Equatorial Guineau" Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #48

But... but ... HE started it first ... cosmicone Nov 2014 #98

"Guatemala's Lynch Mob Justice" Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #49

"Pakistan police officer kills 'blasphemer' with axe" muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #54

i guess in pakistan you can consider anything blashemy and kill anyone. samsingh Nov 2014 #59

And some christians in this country claim to be oppressed workinclasszero Nov 2014 #55

Everyone knows that when you are stopped from christx30 Nov 2014 #61

I don't get why some are complaining about this being posted here. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #63

OPs like this become a playground for Islamophobic bigots and Paki-bashers. That's why. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #64

How many "horrible,ugly incidents" would it take ? Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #68

Are you saying it should not be posted? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #69

To quote Cali.. Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #71

I'd like to ratify your sentiments and add the most ahistorical and KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #86

Pul-eeze Rhinodawg Nov 2014 #95

eyeroll ... so we are supposed to be tolerant of atrocities? n/t cosmicone Nov 2014 #101

The Christian Bush killed way more innocent Muslims than the Christians ISIS KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #103

So? We attacked Bush here day in, day out for 8+ years cosmicone Nov 2014 #104

No atrocity should get a pass. But tell me again why Bush and Cheney KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #108

There you have a point. those evil bastards should be in jail. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #119

What about this evil shithead? KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #121

He is scum. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #124

He is an idiot but he has not killed anyone in the name of religion. cosmicone Nov 2014 #128

You're comparing apples and organges. No comparison. demosincebirth Nov 2014 #139

Now you are raising the bar ... typical cosmicone Nov 2014 #127

The war was not done in the name of Christianity though. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #118

Someone should have told that to General Jerry Boykin, then. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #122

It is true to say some supporters did think it was approved by God but that is nit what the govermen hrmjustin Nov 2014 #123

Hating Islamic atrocities is NOT Islamophobia cosmicone Nov 2014 #99

FYI, "Paki" is considered offensive. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #114

Because they seem leftynyc Nov 2014 #116

I cannot convey how much I have come to loathe the Abrahimic religions...all three of them. Skidmore Nov 2014 #94

Disgusting barbarians. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #112

Yay religion! Spreading peace and joy like nothing else! JNelson6563 Nov 2014 #126

Pakistan’s first woman sentenced to death for blasphemy loses appeal muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #130

Islam is a problem right now. It may become enlightened in a few centuries, but right now True Blue Door Nov 2014 #138