Wednesday, February 08, 2006

IRIB: "Koran sacrilege rock [sic] Pakistan"

From Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting:
At least 3,000 Pakistani people enraged by the desecration of the Holy Koran clashed with police and torched two cinemas in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore, police said Wednesday.

The city, which is the capital of Punjab province, was tense after the mob rampaged through neighbourhood overnight and also smashed up dozens of vehicles, local police Officer Mohammad Abbas told reporters.

The trouble erupted late Tuesday when copies of the Holy Kuran were found lying in a drain in the Bhatta Chowk area on the fringes of the sprawling city, located near the Indian border.

"The news of the desecration of the Holy Koran spread quickly in the neighbourhood and within no time some three to four thousand people took to the streets shouting slogans against the desecration," Abbas said.
Nice to see that they have something else to rampage about.

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