BBC: "Tourist accused of blasphemy killed by mob in Pakistan"

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A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy.

The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat district.

The mob had gathered after the man was accused of desecrating the Quran, Islam's holy book, on Thursday.

Lynchings are not uncommon after an accusation of blasphemy, which is punishable by death in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Tourist accused of blasphemy killed by mob

The man - who was visiting the Swat Valley - was pulled from a police station and beaten to death.

www.bbc.com

 

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A Christian man was attacked last month after being accused of burning pages of the Quran, dying shortly afterwards.

Says them. I'm sure it had everything to do with him not being a Muslim. According to the Quran, they don't need an excuse to murder infidels.

(9:5) And when the forbidden months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, then leave their way free. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.

(9:14) Fight them, that Allah may punish them at your hands, and humiliate them, and help you to victory over them, and relieve the minds of a people who believe

(9:29) Fight those from among the People of the Book who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor hold as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor follow the true religion, until they pay the tax with their own hand and acknowledge their subjection.

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