Pakistan’s Christians again face fire after blasphemy allegations

Pakistan’s Christians again face fire after blasphemy allegations People gather at a church building vandalised by Muslims in Jaranwala, Pakistan. A crowd vandalised churches and torched homes in the town in the Faisalabad district after two Christians were accused of blasphemy. Photo: OSV News/Fayyaz Hussain, Reuters

Bishops in Pakistan have called for prayer after an angry mob vandalised several Christian homes and churches in the district of Faisalabad August 16 following allegations of blasphemy and desecration of the Koran. In a brief social media post, the Pakistani bishops on their “Catholics in Pakistan” Facebook page said that “on 16th August, an…

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