Archive for August, 2009
Time to Learn from Gojra
This is the third week in a row that my blog talks about the Gojra massacre. After a mob of Muslims killed 7 people and burned over 50 houses on allegations of blasphemy in the Punjabi town, there have been a series of reports of religious persecution. In the case of Gojra, one of the […]
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Tags: Gojra, Pakistan Christians, riots, Sipah Sahaba
Run Up to 14th August
[picapp src=”b/7/d/5/Musharraf_Declares_State_f1d1.jpg?adImageId=7265843&imageId=2812557″ width=”500″ height=”352″ /] Pakistan’s independence day, August 14, is around the corner and it seems to me that Pakistanis are desperate for good news to give them something to celebrate. Many private television news networks have changed their logos to a shade of green. An animated spray can flits around one logo changing […]
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Tags: Gojra, Independence day, Musharraf, Pakistan Christians
After eight people were burnt alive, over 50 houses destroyed and a church desecrated in the village of Gojra, Pakistani Christians have expressed their rage and frustration. There have been nationwide protests, and Christian schools across Pakistan were closed for three days from the 3rd of August. “We are closing the schools to show our […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, Gojra, Pakistan Christians, US, War on terror
Negligence Or Complicity?
The violence against Christians in Gojra speaks of the mindset of most Pakistanis, the legislation that enforces it, the complicity of the police and politicians certainly on the local government level and the unchecked extremism beyond the Taliban.
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Naveen Naqvi 