This sick and brutal ideology must be defeated. If civilized men believe that this is one of "the world's three great religions," then humanity is doomed.
Lahore: As the furore over the arrest of a minor Christian girl over blasphemy charge is yet to die down, the body of an 11-year-old boy from the minority community, bearing torture marks, was found in Faisalabad city of Pakistan's Punjab province today, police said. Samuel Yaqoob, a resident of the Christian Colony of Faisalabad, 100 km from Lahore, was brutally tortured before being killed. ...
I was first to blog on the young 11-year-old girl with Down's syndrome beaten and arrested and called an Atlas Action Alert: Urgent Appeal.
PAKISTAN: A mentally retarded minor is arrested on the charges of blasphemy; her mother and sister remain missing after their arrest(thanks to David)
I further urge Atlas readers in the UK to attend a demonstration outside London's Pakistani High Commission -- 22nd August, organized by the British Pakistani Christian Association. More here.
UPDATE: More (thanks to David): Yaqoob's burnt body was found near a drain of the Christian Colony Wednesday. His lips, nose and belly were cut off and he could hardly be recognised, as his body was badly burnt, relatives said.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-christian-boys-body-found-with-torture-marks/991655/0The boy's family recognised him from a mark on his forehead. Police sent the body for an autopsy.
Yaqoob's family and other residents of the Christian Colony staged a protest and demanded the arrest of his killers.
Asia Bibi, the boy's mother, told police that her family had no enmity with anyone in the area.
"We neither received any phone call for ransom nor were we told that Samuel had committed blasphemy," she said.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Shafiq Ahmed said police were investigating all aspects of the case.
He said Yaqoob's father died a few months ago and the family was very poor, ruling out the possibility that he was kidnapped for ransom.
"We did not receive a complaint of blasphemy. However we are investigating this aspect as well. The autopsy will tell whether the boy was sodomised," Ahmed said.
The killing came days after an 11-year-old Christian girl with Down Syndrome was arrested by police in Islamabad on a charge of blasphemy for allegedly burning pages of the Quran.
Rimsha Masih's family and dozens of Christians fled their homes due to threats from Muslims.
President Asif Ali Zardari directed the Interior Ministry to investigate the incident and to provide protection to the Christians.
Ramadan
Bombathon
2012 Scorecard
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Terror Attacks |
260 |
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Dead Bodies |
1206 |
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6 |
Not all attacks are immediately listed on TROP.
Islam's Latest Contributions to
Peace
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who
follow him are harsh
to the unbelievers but merciful
to one another" Quran 48:29
| 2012.08.19 (Abyan, Yemen) - An al-Qaeda suicide bomber takes out three souls. |
| 2012.08.19 (Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan) - Islamic bombers kill three people at a cemetery. |
| 2012.08.19 (Malgobek, Ingushetia) - A Fedayeen suicide bomber enters a funeral and slaughters at least seven mourners. |
| 2012.08.18 (Mosul, Iraq) - Muslim terrorists kill six family members in their homes. |
| 2012.08.18 (Michni, Pakistan) - Four young men are brutally gunned down by radical Sunnis. |
| 2012.08.18 (Herat, Afghanistan) - Fundamentalist bombers murder four people at a crowded market. |
