Blasphemous, Sticker-Stomping Christians in Protective Custody (Pakistan)
“Two Christians in Pakistan have been taken into protective custody yesterday to protect them from militants who believe they are guilty of blasphemy and want to kill them, Release International has said.
Five Christians have been charged with blasphemy and others are linked with a case that has already led to a mob attack on a Christian colony in Punjab.
There are growing concerns that Christians in Toba Tak Singh could face further attacks from Islamist hardliners.”
“According to Muslims, Christians snatched a religious sticker bearing the name Mohammed from a Muslim boy and began beating it with their shoes. They claim angry Christians then went round to the Muslim’s home armed with a pistol and sticks and made insulting remarks against Mohammed.”
“The five Christians were charged with blasphemy after a squabble between children escalated into a mob attack on a Christian colony in the Punjab, causing Christians to flee their homes.
It is an illustration of how quickly tensions can spring up and get out of hand in a nation where blasphemy can be punished by the death penalty, RI has said.”
From Christianity Today >
I’ve often heard religious apologists say that if people weren’t fighting over religion they would find something else to fight over… as if it’s human nature to fight and religion is just an excuse that pops up frequently. Pray tell, what other than religion could motivate this specific chain of events?
Squabbles among kids turn into death threats among grown, mature adults? (Way to set an example…)
Grown people stomping on little kid’s stickers? (Who does this?)
Stomping on little kid’s stickers becomes a crime worthy of the death penalty? (I can see why God would be offended by this silly behavior… but the death penalty?)
Stomping on little kid’s stickers incites riotous violence that spreads like a virus?
Religion is a problem.