Taliban inspired attacks in Pakistan kill Christians
By Jeremy Reynalds
ISTANBUL (ANS) – As Taliban control hits pockets of Pakistan and threatens the nation’s stability, Christians worry their province could be the next to fall under Islamic law.
Compass Direct News reported that violence on April 21-22 near the port city of Karachi –nearly 700 miles from the Swat Valley, where the government officially allowed the Taliban to establish Islamic law this month – heightened fears.
Christians in Taiser town, near Karachi, noticed on the walls of their church graffiti that read, “Long Live the Taliban.” There were also calls for Christians to either convert to Islam or pay the jizye, a poll tax under sharia (Islamic law) paid by non-Muslims for protection if they decline to convert.
Compass said that as members of the congregation erased the graffiti, armed men intervened to stop them. Soon 30-40 others arrived as support and began to fire indiscriminately at the crowd, leaving several injured. Among those seriously injured were three Christians, including a child, according to a report by advocacy group Minorities Concern of Pakistan.
Policemen and military forces arrested seven suspects at the scene and recovered an arms cache of semi-automatic pistols and a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
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