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Gunmen attack mosques in Pakistan’s Lahore

By Arif Ali
Posted: May 28, 2010.

Print: Agence France Press

excerpt:

> Gunmen stormed two Pakistani mosques belonging to a minority Muslim
> sect in Lahore on Friday, seizing hostages among worshippers, setting
> off grenades and sparking a bloody shootout with police.
>
> They are both mosques of the Ahmadis, also known as Qadiani, and have
> tens of thousands of members.
>
> Founded by Ghulam Ahmad, who was born in 1838, the Ahmadi sect has a
> number of unique views including that Ahmad himself was a prophet and
> that Jesus died aged 120 in Srinagar, capital of Indian-ruled Kashmir.

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I thought these men went to costa rica vacation? terrible incident. i hate it when people attack religious site. It is the very hope of people’s faith. Such blasphemous act

posted on May 30, 2010
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the problem is not the destitution of a religious sight but the loss of life and injury. there is nothing about a religious sight that commands respect other than historical records. Blasphemy is a victimless crime.

posted on May 30, 2010
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please don’t spam the comments

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Sounds like another clash of different religious beliefs - another example what dogma brings to our civilization. This should be another argument to let dogma being eroded by time and allow fresh air of secular values strengthen already weak mind of Pakistani who suffered already enough.

posted on June 2, 2010
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@Arguss: yeah, it seems that this is another clash of two different religious beliefs… i just can’t of any way to resolve this issues…

posted on June 6, 2010
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