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dimbear

(6,271 posts)
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 02:27 AM Oct 2013

Pakistani Muslims dig up Hindu grave spiking religious tensions............

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-pakistan-muslims-dig-up-hindu-grave-spiking-religious-tensions/1765243.html


October 08, 2013
ISLAMABAD — A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh.

Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is greatest”, the crowd dug out the body and dragged it through the streets of the southern town of Pangrio in a dispute over the location of the grave.

“Tensions are still running high, but we are in control of the situation,” district police chief Shaukat Ali Khatian said.

“The incident was caused by some clerics of the extremist outfit of Ahle Sunaat Wal Jamaat, but later other Muslims joined in and dug up the body and threw it away.”

Hindus and Muslims have lived side by side and shared graveyards in Sindh for centuries, but tension has been on the rise recently as extremists make increasingly aggressive inroads into the rural parts of the province.
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Oddly reminiscent of the fates of some medieval popes, but here I suspect that the main thing is Hallowe'en is just around the corner.










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Pakistani Muslims dig up Hindu grave spiking religious tensions............ (Original Post) dimbear Oct 2013 OP
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These fucking people are just batshit crazy with COLGATE4 Oct 2013 #2

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COLGATE4

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2. These fucking people are just batshit crazy with
Wed Oct 9, 2013, 08:59 AM
Oct 2013

misguided religious fanaticism. And you can't fix crazy.

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