The Associated Press reports that a mob of about 1,500 Muslims attacked and burned two churches in eastern Pakistan on Saturday following reports that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran:
The attacks came a day after a local Muslim resident accused Yousaf Masih, a Christian, of burning a one-room Islamic school along with copies of the Quran.
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Shahbaz Bhatti, head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, which promotes the rights of minorities in mainly Sunni Muslim Pakistan, denied the charges and condemned the attacks.
"No Christian burned copies of the Quran," he told The Associated Press. "No Christian even can think of doing it," he said. "We have maximum regard and respect for the Quran and Islam's Prophet Muhammad."
Local Muslim leaders used mosque public address systems to urge Muslims to attack the churches, Bhatti said.
The phrase "religion of peace" comes to mind.
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