HYDERABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A mob broke into a Pakistani police station and burnt a man accused of desecrating the Koran alive, police said Saturday, in the latest violence focusing attention on the country's blasphemy laws.The man was a traveler and had spent Thursday night at the mosque, said Maulvi Memon, the imam in the southern village of Seeta in Sindh province. The charred remains of the Koran were found the next morning."He was alone in the mosque during the night," Memon said. "There was no one else there to do this terrible thing."Villagers beat the man then handed him over to police. A few hours later, a crowd of around 200 stormed the police station, dragged the man out and set him on fire, said Usman Ghani, the senior superintendent of police in Dadu district.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Religion of Peace Alert: Pakistani man burnt alive for allegedly desecrating a Koran...
Liberals and the politically correct try to spin Islam as just another mainstream world religion whose practitioners are mostly good people. The facts beg to differ.
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