Mob attacks Pakistan police, fails to grab blasphemy suspect

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RIAZ KHAN

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob burned a police station and four police posts overnight in northwest Pakistan after officers refused to hand over a mentally unstable man accused of desecrating Islam’s holy book, the Quran, authorities said Monday.

No officers were hurt in the attacks, which forced the police to summon troops to restore order in Charsadda, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local officer Asif Khan said.

A video posted on social media showed the police station burning.

Khan said officers foiled an attempt by the mob to lynch the detainee and the police moved him to another district. He did not disclose the name of the man, saying officers were still investigating and the suspect was arrested a day ago.



Police officers control an angry crowd protesting against a mentally unstable man accused of blasphemy, in Mandani, an area of Charsadda district, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Pakistani authorities said a mob burned a police station and four police posts in the northwest overnight and demonstrators wanted to lynch the man on charges that he desecrated the Quran, Islam’s holy book. (AP Photo/Zia Mohammad)


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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Blasphemy? Lynching? The world still has a long way to go.

[oldsoftie]

2. Thats standard operating procedure for many areas of the world. Thats one of them

Just like punishing rape victims instead of the rapists

[TreasonousBastard]

7. Yes. Christendom had two world wars to start eliminating it and the job is...

still not done.

Not by a long shot.

[Magoo48]

11. Rape victims are terrorized and humiliated by our legal system here.

And, then they wait to suffer it again if there’s a trial.

[oldsoftie]

14. Its not perfect here. But its still far better than THERE. nt

[IronLionZion]

10. The US just shoots people in the street

because we are civilized like that.

[secondwind]

3. Wow, I guess they don't believe that there are mentally ill people in this world... they probably

think that person is possessed by demons... SMH

[JackintheGreen]

4. I know it's hard to comprehend

But it doesn't even enter into the thinking. Yes, there are plenty of challenges addressing mental health here (or even accepting it is an issue), but that does not mean they ascribe cause to demons. A Quran was allegedly desecrated. That it all that matters to this brand of fundamentalist thinking. The cause does not matter, only the alleged indignity.

For context, I am an American living in Pakistan for a decade now.

[Crazyleftie]

5. I despise organized religion...........

[DFW]

6. The injustices committed in the name of religion

They have existed as long as there has been religion, and they will continue as long as there is a willingness to accept religion as an excuse to be cruel to other people. Religion is particularly convenient, since the “responsible party” can never be caught and brought to justice,

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. Many people have a faith based belief system in non-religious areas of thought.

For the most part they seem to accept certain things because of convenience rather than logic or evidence. Die hard trump fans are an example. The anti-vax crowd are another.

IMO many groups adopt and cling to a religion because it gives them convenient enemies upon which to blame whatever. An enemy is a very unifying thing. Religion then gives an outlet to the cruelty that some feel. I think I still have a t-shirt somewhere that says 'God hates religion'.

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[sakabatou]

12. SMH blasphemy laws are a bane on humanity

[samsingh]

13. very sad. Horrible and unjust.