باكستان: تدنيس المصحف يسفر عن عنف وحرق لمعبد هندوسي

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

عقب انتشار أنباء قيام أحد شباب الهندوس بتمزيق نسخة من المصحف وإلقاء أوراقه في الشارع بمنطقة "لركانا"، تجمَّع عدد كبير من المسلمين الغاضبين، وانضم إليهم عدد من طلاب الفصول الدراسية الإسلامية.

وردًّا على الغضب الإسلامي تجمَّع الهندوس وروَّاد "معبد لركانا"؛ فحدثت مصادمات واسعة وعنف أعقبها نشوب حريق بالمعبد، وتدخل الأمن ليعتقل عددًا من المشاركين من بينهم مسلمون.

وقد طالب مجلس عملاء "باكستان" السلطات بالتدخل لحماية الأفراد ووقف العنف، في حين طالب المسؤولون الرموز الدينية الإسلامية بالتدخل للحد من اندلاع العنف والمصادمات بين الهندوس بشكل متكرر؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Pakistan Muslim scholars have denounced attacks on a Hindu temple in Sindh's Larkana district, calling for urgent probe into the incident in which protests against Qur'an desecration turned into violent clashes.

“Our religion, Islam, preaches peace, love and forbearance,” Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, the Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), told The News on Monday, March 17.

“However, it is also necessary that the followers of other religions should respect the sentiments of the Muslims,” Ashrafi Urged.

Tensions flared after reports that a middle-aged hindu has torn out pages from the Muslims’ noble Qur’an, burning and tossing them down on the street from the roof of his home.

The news spread among the Muslim community who gathered to protest the blasphemous act on Saturday.

Later on, angry students from Islamic seminaries joined the protests, where clashes erupted between Muslims and Hindus before Larkana temple which led to setting fire on the temple.

“The law and order problem surfaced in the city Saturday evening after local residents accused a Hindu youth, Surjeet Kumar, of burning pages of the Holy Koran,” senior local administration official Ghunwar Leghari told AFP.

At least two Muslims were arrested after the incident.

Deploring the incident, the Ulema Council called on the government to protect minorities, including Hindus, and prevent violence.

“Pakistan is in need of peace and it is the responsibility of the political and religious parties as well as the leaders of the Muslims and non-Muslims to play their part in achieving the target of establishing a lasting peace in the country,” the PUC chairman said.

PUC leader has urged Sindh provience chief to ease tension and take measures to prevent future incidents.

“I also contacted PUC Sindh President Maulana Tariq Madni and asked him to play his role in quelling the tension between the Muslim and the Hindu communities.” Ashrafi, PUC Chairman said.

Similar tension erupted between Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs last September over sacrilege of the copies of latter’s holy book in various parts of Southern Sindh province, an act denounced by Pakistani Muslim religious leaders as contradicting with all faiths.