Posted on 02/08/2006 9:50:47 AM PST by voletti
Lahore, February 8: At least 3,000 protesters enraged by the alleged desecration of the Koran clashed with police and torched two cinemas in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore, police said on Wednesday.
The city, was tense after the mob rampaged through a poor neighbourhood overnight and also smashed up dozens of vehicles, local police officer Mohammad Abbas said.
The trouble erupted late on Tuesday when copies of the Muslim holy book were found lying in a drain in the Bhatta chowk area on the fringes of the sprawling city.
"The news of the desecration of the Koran spread quickly in the neighbourhood and within no time some three to four thousand people took to the streets shouting slogans against the desecration," Abbas said.
He said the crowd armed with bamboo sticks turned violent, setting fire to two cinema houses and attacking public and private properties.
"Police used a mild baton charge to restore order, but the situation is very tense," he said.
Abbas said police have registered a case against unknown people under the country's blasphemy laws.
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I don't know why they had to go all the way to Pakistan to find these...they could have looked in the sewer behind my house...right next to the dirty postcards of mohammed.
OK, someone dropped a Koran in the gutter.
And the appropriate response is to burn theaters and destroy property why, exactly?
Precisely my thoughts.
ROTFLMAO!! You almost made me choke on my crad salad!
Religion of peace alert.
I think I need to purchase some of that Koranic print T.P.
I think you're on to something here...
Here's what I'd like to know: Is there anything that will make these a**holes smile?
Moos are morons. But maybe they'll just self-destruct and the Normal World can move on.
How fun must it be to be a business owner in a Muslim country...to have your business burned down by an angry mob all because somebody found a book lying in a drain which, by the way, you probably had nothing to do with...
What fun!
Were they pissed, sh%t on and doused with pig entrails? ... Darn.
Do none of these people have jobs ?
(or is this a muslim fringe benefit - "time off for rioting"?)
A infidel beheading would, for sure...
Just wait 'til I post my mohammed-image grilled cheese sandwich on e-bay!!
3,000 protesters don't riot. They are an army engaging in holy war. WAKE UP ALREADY.
I only do it one day a year though, I don't like to have that much evil so close to me.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Yeah, that had occurred to me. But what, if anything, do these people enjoy doing for fun? What makes'em smile or happy? Anything? Or...are they just all stupid and out of work?
I saw a fascinating piece at the Naval Institute the other day about the ultimate fall of the Arab world. It's a good read. I think it was posted here at FR earlier this week.
"And the appropriate response is to burn theaters..."
What if there was a koran in the theater? Oops, no virgins for you.
Yeah, that had occurred to me. But what, if anything, do these people enjoy doing for fun? What makes'em smile or happy? Anything? Or...are they just all stupid and out of work?
I saw a fascinating piece at the Naval Institute the other day about the ultimate fall of the Arab world. It's a good read. I think it was posted here at FR earlier this week.
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