PESHAWAR, Pakistan —
A suicide attack on a historic Christian church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 78 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on the Christian minority in Pakistan in years.
The attack occurred as worshipers left the All Saints Church in the old quarter of the regional capital, Peshawar, after a service on Sunday morning. Up to 600 worshipers had attended the service and were leaving to receive free food being distributed on the lawn outside when two explosions ripped through the crowd.
It was the worst attack in years on the Christian minority in Pakistan, and coincides with a broader wave of attacks on religious minorities including Shiite Muslims this year.
In March, a Muslim mob swarmed through a Christian neighborhood in the eastern city of Lahore, burning two churches and more than 100 houses. Christians also frequently find themselves accused of blasphemy under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws.
The attacks are mostly orchestrated by Sunni extremist militant groups, although some have also been claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
New York Times
6 comments:
They smell weakness, so they attack.
Wasn't it old Winnie who said, "Islam in men is like rabies in dogs"?
Why does the label say killing Christians in the name of the Muslim religion? Killing infidels is CENTRAL to Islam. Islam is a continual attack on Not Islam at all times and in all places where Islam comes into contact with Not Islam. Stop the nonsense that "the Muslim religion," i.e. Islam, is anything but a radical killing machine.
When can we expect the President to denounce the murder of Christians at Worship.
What?
Never.
That's what I thought.
I think that psychotic freak in Sacramento is jealous.
It makes perfect sense once you realize it has very little to do with religious beliefs.
Not a peep in the US media. Shocker.
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