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Church set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy accusation
By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan, Founder of ASSIST Ministries SIALKOT, PAKISTAN ANS — Angry Muslim residents of a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan set to fire a Church building on Friday, September 11, 2009, after a Christian boy was accused of desecrating the Muslim holy book, the Quran. The Church of Pakistan building in Jataykay village near Sambrial, received partial damage as a result of the fire. ANS has discovered that the problem arose after Robert, the Christian boy accused of blasphemy, allegedly had a love affair with a Muslim girl in the village. … Read entire article »
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