Pakistani police have arrested more than 100 people for religious violence The authorities of Pakistan have arrested more than 100 people a...
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Pakistani police have arrested more than 100 people for religious violence
The authorities of Pakistan have arrested more than 100 people as a result of their alleged involvement in the riots which they linked to religion.
In the beginning, the people of the Muslim religion armed with weapons attacked four churches and set them on fire after accusing the Christians of abusing the religion of Islam by tearing the Al-Qur'an.
In addition to burning the Christian places of worship, the people also destroyed the house of one of those accused of abusing the Alqu'anin.
According to reports, the Historic Salvation Army Church that was burned by the people is still burning.
Since this incident happened on Wednesday, the country's government has announced a ban on religious gatherings for 7 days in the Faisalabad area, including Jaranwala village where the incident happened.
The two people accused of violating the Qur'an have not yet been arrested, although the authorities have declared what they did as blasphemy, that is the reason why the people decided to take the law into their own hands. .
Until now, the country of Pakistan has never sentenced a person for being arrested for blasphemy, even though it is a crime according to the laws of the country, this is why most of the time the people take the law into their own hands.
Even in 2009, some people in the Punjab region of the country killed a man of Sri Lankan origin by setting him on fire, after he was accused of blaspheming the religion of Islam, which turned into a riot that caused houses to be burned. more than 60.