IslamicLawBlog

Joteshi

Small-minded versions of Islam have fanaticized Pakistan - an antediluvian land with deep interfaith roots leavened with the teachings of Hindu Swamis, Buddhist Monks, Sikh Gurus, and Muslim Sufis - into a ghastly country. Stories are frightening. Few days ago, a native Christian couple, accused of desecrating the Qur'an, was thrown into a brick kiln and  burned alive  while a crowd of over a thousand villagers participated in the rite. In 2010, two  Ahmadi mosques in Lahore  were attacked with guns and grenades, killing 94 people. Around 5000  Hindus leave  the Sindh province of Pakistan every year as their holy books and temples are burnt.  Hindu women are abducted , forcibly converted to Islam, and married off to the kidnappers. Non-Muslims are not the only victims of hateful fanaticism.  Muslim on Muslim violence  is also escalating as Shias kill Sunnis and Sunnis kill Shias. Behind religious violence in Pakistan is the rise of Takf...