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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That clip is hilarious!
Bottom line: crazy people still living in the 7th century will not rule.
Please tell me that the baby with the pacifier was covered in someone else's blood....
Do you have a link?
No, I'm linkless.
Can speculate with 99.9% certainty that it was an Imam that dropped it there.
Solution to the problem.
IED Korans.
LOL
hmmm..I saw a bible all run over on the road, I guess I should get a couple thousand people together and destroy everything in our path...
What a load of dim bulbs over there...
http://www.glumbert.com/media/rave.html
That is funny!
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