Monday, July 6, 2015

Pakistan arrests second cleric for 'blasphemy' mob attack

"One of the clerics who led the mob demanding the arrest of the couple and their death was at large, he was arrested today (Friday) and we are looking for a barber who ignited the whole issue."

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Source/Credit: Zee News
By AFP/Zee News | July 4, 2015

Lahore: Pakistan police arrested a cleric accused of leading a mob trying to kill a Christian couple for allegedly committing blasphemy, a senior officer said.

Police had saved the couple yesterday from a Muslim mob who were attempting to lynch them in the village of Makki in Punjab province.

"One of the clerics who led the mob demanding the arrest of the couple and their death was at large, he was arrested today (Friday) and we are looking for a barber who ignited the whole issue," Sohail Zafar Chattha, the district police chief, told.

Another cleric was arrested earlier in the week.

The incident, which took place in the village of Makki in Punjab province, represents a rare successful intervention by authorities in a country where even unproven allegations of blasphemy can result in a bloody death at the hands of vigilantes.

The illiterate Christian couple had obtained an old panaflex advertisement awning which contained the names and slogans of various colleges, which they were using as a mat to sleep on in their home.

Arabic inscriptions, allegedly from the Koran, were found among the colleges' slogans, leading the local barber as well as the two clerics to accuse the couple of committing blasphemy.




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