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| India lodges formal protest with Pakistan against vandalisation of Hindu temple |
| 2021-01-02 |
| [OneIndia] Over 30 people, mostly members of a radical Islamist party, were arrested after the Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting against its expansion work in northwest Pakistain. The attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district on Wednesday also drew strong condemnation from human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... activists and Hindu community leaders. On Thursday, the provincial government ordered authorities to reconstruct the damaged temple as it vowed to bring the culprits to justice. The temple was attacked by the mob after members of the Hindu community received permission from local authorities to renovate its decades-old building, according to witnesses. The mob, led by a local holy man and supporters of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one that was led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spent more time running his madrassah until his secretary rubbed him out in a jealous rage. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... party (Fazal ur Rehman group), demolished the newly constructed work alongside the old structure, they said. According to local police, they arrested more than 30 people, including Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam leader Rehmat Salam Khattak, in overnight raids. Over 350 people have been named in the FIR, Provincial Police Chief KPK Sanaullah Abbasi has said. Abbasi said all the sections of law relating to terrorism have been included in the FIR against the accused. The police will ensure protection to worship places of minorities in the province, he added. Hindus form the biggest minority community in Pakistain. Related: Karak district : 2015-06-03 Ex-ISI official refuses to testify in Benazir case Karak district : 2015-02-26 Karak hospitals to get doctors soon Karak district : 2013-04-26 Two policemen killed in Karak attack |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 ^ That's not always a bad thing, as long as the ultimate monopoly on violence is held firmly in State hands. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-01-02 06:01 |
| #2 Dron, there will be Hindu-Muslim riots. Dange ho jayenge. |
| Posted by: Wren 2021-01-02 05:53 |
| #1 The ideal response should be to let fringe hindu mobs destroy ten masjids in India and look the other way, but the gummint, for all its perceived hindooist fringery, are still the milquetoasts our European masters created. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-01-02 05:45 |