More violence against Hindus in Pakistan

An accusation.

All it takes is an accusation or maybe just the pointing of a finger and a claim of insulting the prophet Mohammed to stir up a Muslim mob.  Or maybe the local imam stired up the mob at that most holy time of the week: Friday Prayers.

FROM TRIBUNE.COM.PK:

Hindus, other minorities in Pakistan face surge of violence

By Reuters
Published: May 6, 2014

RAHIM YAR KHAN: The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs. They smashed statues, looted gold artefacts and then set the Hindu temple ablaze.

An accusation of blasphemy sparked the attack in the town of Larkana, human rights activists said, part of a spike in violence against Hindus in predominately Muslim Pakistan.

March was the worst month for attacks on Hindus in 20 years with five temples attacked, up from nine during the whole of 2013, said Life for All, a rights group. But it’s not just Hindus who feel victimised.

All minorities in the country – Hindus, Christians, Ahmadis and even Shia Muslims – feel that the state fails to protect them, and even tolerates violence against them.

Many complain the problem has become worse since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came to power last year.

Non-Muslims make up a small fraction of the 180 million people in nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the hero of the country’s creation as a haven for the sub-continent’s Muslims, ushered in independence in 1947 with a promise to minorities that they would enjoy freedom of worship and equality without discrimination.

But for many members of Pakistan’s minorities those words ring hollow.

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