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11-07-2013, 08:26 PM
A most interesting story about making fireworks.
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A Christian man has gone into hiding in Punjab after being accused of blasphemy for allegedly using pages of the Koran to make fireworks.
The accusations against Tariq Yousaf prompted calls for his arrest to be broadcast from the loudspeakers of mosques in Wazirabad city, Gujranwala district.
Tariq, who is in his mid-20s, is well known locally and makes a good living from making fireworks for weddings and other events, say Release partners. Police have taken into custody his two brothers, Waris and Arif, aged 22 and 27 respectively.
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Islamabad (AsiaNews) - Two Pakistani Christians and their families are fleeing for their lives after being accused of blasphemy against the Koran. The two proclaim their innocence and fear for their lives.
Arif Masih and Tariq Masih are owners of a store where they sell fireworks in Thatta Faqirullah (Wazirabad, Punjab). On October 27 they sold Muhammad Zahid a set of fireworks for his wedding party. Since some of them failed to go off, some of the wedding guests opened them to see why they did not work and found that the powders were wrapped in pages containing verses of the Koran. The discovery shocked the newlyweds and their guests who immediately destroyed the store of both Christians and denounced the two to the police.
Tariq Masih tells AsiaNews: "We do not manufacture fireworks, we buy them from a factory near Gujranwala and we do not know what materials they use. Moreover, these factories are owned by Muslims and no Christian works inside there."
Tariq adds: "We have not even touched the pages of the Koran. The idea of using these pages for fireworks is beyond all imagination because we are well aware of the consequences."
The people of Thatta Faqirullah did not believe the two Christians and called on the police to arrest them and an exemplary punishment for those who insult Islam. Several have threatened that if the police do not act, they will hunt and kill them to the two blasphemers themselves.
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A Christian man has gone into hiding in Punjab after being accused of blasphemy for allegedly using pages of the Koran to make fireworks.
The accusations against Tariq Yousaf prompted calls for his arrest to be broadcast from the loudspeakers of mosques in Wazirabad city, Gujranwala district.
Tariq, who is in his mid-20s, is well known locally and makes a good living from making fireworks for weddings and other events, say Release partners. Police have taken into custody his two brothers, Waris and Arif, aged 22 and 27 respectively.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/punjab/punjab-lcoation-map.gif
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More
Islamabad (AsiaNews) - Two Pakistani Christians and their families are fleeing for their lives after being accused of blasphemy against the Koran. The two proclaim their innocence and fear for their lives.
Arif Masih and Tariq Masih are owners of a store where they sell fireworks in Thatta Faqirullah (Wazirabad, Punjab). On October 27 they sold Muhammad Zahid a set of fireworks for his wedding party. Since some of them failed to go off, some of the wedding guests opened them to see why they did not work and found that the powders were wrapped in pages containing verses of the Koran. The discovery shocked the newlyweds and their guests who immediately destroyed the store of both Christians and denounced the two to the police.
Tariq Masih tells AsiaNews: "We do not manufacture fireworks, we buy them from a factory near Gujranwala and we do not know what materials they use. Moreover, these factories are owned by Muslims and no Christian works inside there."
Tariq adds: "We have not even touched the pages of the Koran. The idea of using these pages for fireworks is beyond all imagination because we are well aware of the consequences."
The people of Thatta Faqirullah did not believe the two Christians and called on the police to arrest them and an exemplary punishment for those who insult Islam. Several have threatened that if the police do not act, they will hunt and kill them to the two blasphemers themselves.