Posted on 11/04/2014 9:03:04 AM PST by goldstategop
A Christian couple in Pakistan have been beaten to death by an angry crowd after being accused of desecrating a Koran, police say.
Their bodies were burned at the brick kiln where they worked in the town of Kot Radha Kishan in Punjab province.
Police identified the victims only as Shama and Shehzad, AFP reports.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue and critics argue the laws are often misused to settle personal scores and that minorities are unfairly targeted.
"Yesterday an incident of desecration of the holy Koran took place in the area and today the mob first beat the couple and later set their bodies on fire at a brick kiln," local police station official Bin Yameen told the AFP news agency.
A security official told the BBC that local police had tried to save the couple, but they were outnumbered and attacked by the angry crowd.
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Tell that to a Christian couple beaten and burned to death in Pakistan by Muslim savages.
Other parts of the world are truly Barbaristan.
If Maher is allowed to give his speech at Cal-Berserkeley, he should lead off with this news item.
I can only think of two religions where it is common for its followers to murder in the name of their religion.
99.4% of the people in the ME cannot even read the Koran, let alone be the arbiters of what is or is not blasphemy. These reports are nothing more than personal vendettas against Christians. Standby for more of the same here at home.
Everybody repeat after me, “islam is the religion of peace”, and “All cultures are equal”.
Why....It’s the religion of Peas/S
I desecrate a Koran every day. I really don’t understand how I can blaspheme something that is not God. Allah is a tool of Satan and Mohamhead was a pedophile pork salesman.
No trial, no evidence, no appeal. Just accusations................
Which two? Satanism and Islam?
Atheism and Islam. Atheism and Satanism are about the same thing though.
When I read a story like this I can’t decide which is the better response - to send aid money to this nation or to invite its citizens to immigrate to the USA.
What the hell, let’s do both!
mohammed was a child rapist.
allah is Satan.
the koran is a recipe for mass murder, mayhem, and social degradation.
Pakistan knowingly sheltered and hid Osama Bin Laden near it’s military base then imprisoned for life the Doctor that helped the US find him. Significant obliteration of their entire government and military should have followed — BY US!!
Can you believe we did nothing? are we cowards?
I can think of many more if you consider the Pagan religions of antiquity.
Just another day in the religion of peace.
Are those Muzzies or inner city Amish?
You break it...you own it!
Regards,
GtG
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