ICC Note:

Pakistani Christians from the district of Faisalabad have protested the burning of a Bible by a Muslim individual seeking to wound their religious sentiments. The Muslim allegedly set fire to the Bible last Tuesday, May 24. Under Pakistani law, this act is considered blasphemy, though local authorities have not taken action to punish the perpetrator. When a Christian or other religious minority is accused of blasphemy, police and other authorities are quick to react and arrest the accused. Why are these Pakistani authorities showing such a bias against Christians in this case? 

5/27/2016 Pakistan (Christians in Pakistan) – A Muslim allegedly set a match to a copy of the Holy Bible, reducing it to ashes completely. The incident exasperated the local Christians who staged a protest against the desecration of the Holy Bible. Seeing the situation getting worse, police contingents were deployed in the area in order to ward off violent clash between the Christians and Muslims.

The incident purportedly took place on May 24, Tuesday, in Chandiyan Talawan, in District Faisalabad, Punjab. The local Christians claimed that the alleged perpetrator had profaned the Word of God by setting fire to it. The incident aggravated the Christians who started chanting slogans against the perpetrator demanding due punishment to the guilty party over the blasphemous act.

Followed by the incident, Pakistani Christians have condemned the act and have demanded the perpetrator be met with due punishment. As the situation becomes deteriorating day by day, we cannot turn a ‘Blind Eye’ to the hastily swelling religious extremism and intolerance in our society.

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