Saturday, April 30, 2011

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Christian School Attacked In Pakistan, Arrests: Police

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Christian School Attacked In Pakistan, Arrests: Police
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LAHORE, Pakistan

- April 30, 2011:

Police on Saturday arrested several stone-wielding demonstrators who smashed up a Christian school and attempted to attack a church following protests against the alleged desecration of a Koran.

A crowd of around 500 gathered in the suburbs of Gujranwala district near Lahore, the main town of central Punjab province, after two burnt pages of the Islamic holy book were recovered from a Christian graveyard, police said.

Local clerics blamed the Christian community for the incident and used speeches at mosques on Saturday morning to inform others and call a protest against the alleged blasphemy.

In the afternoon, more than 500 rock and stone carrying demonstrators marched towards a church and attempted to attack it after smashing a Christian missionary school, police said.

"They entered the school and broke the furniture there. They tried to march towards a Church but we have dispersed them," Ghulam Mubashir Mekan, senior police officer in Gujranwala told AFP by telephone.

"We have arrested several protesters, the situation is still tense," he said.

Nadeem Anthony, a social activist who visited the area, confirmed the incident. "Several Christian families have left the area," he told AFP.

Residents said around 2,500 Christians are living there.

A Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, was sentenced to hang in Pakistan's central province of Punjab last November after being found guilty of insulting the Prophet Mohammed following a row with Muslim women in her village.

Liberal politicians and human rights activists in Pakistan say the blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty, is frequently used to settle personal grievances and encourages Islamist extremism.

Gunmen shot dead Pakistan minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic, in broad daylight in Islamabad on March 2.

Bhatti had vowed to defy death threats over his opposition to Islamic blasphemy laws.

Another vocal opponent of the blasphemy law, Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was in January shot dead by one of his police bodyguards, who is said to be feted by his jailers and celebrated as a hero on the streets of Islamabad.

The government backtracked on amending the law, which provides for the death penalty, on December 30 after a number of popular protests despite criticism from rights groups who say the law is often abused to settle personal scores.

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DTN News - EGYPT NEWS: Mubarak Faces Death If Convicted In Protester Shootings

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 30, 2011:

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be sentenced to death if the courts find him responsible for the death of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters, the country's new justice minister said on Saturday.

Hosni Mubarak listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu, unseen, speak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP / Charles Dharapak)

Mohammed el-Guindi told the Al-Ahram newspaper that Mubarak, his wife and two sons are facing allegations of corruption stemming from 30 years in power.

Mubarak, 82, stepped down from office in February following an 18-day protest centralized on Cairo's Tahrir Square. At least 846 protesters were killed during the uprising.

Mubarak was later placed under arrest, after spending time in a hospital suffering from heart problems, and accused of ordering the use of deadly force.

El-Guindi said that Mubarak will be tried for the protesters' deaths, adding that former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly could testify that Mubarak had ordered him to open fire on the protesters.

"Certainly, if convicted for the crime of killing protesters, it could result in the death sentence," said el-Guindi.

"The only one capable of pardoning Mubarak ... would be the new president. If I were the president, I will not pardon him for killing 800 martyrs."

Mubarak has also been blamed for creating a culture of corruption in the government, with much of his wealth reportedly coming through arms deals and gas exports to Israel made through a company owned by a friend.

His wife, Suzanne Mubarak, is also suspected embezzling money through several non-governmental organizations she was involved in.

Egyptian Muslim brotherhood Shura council members gather to be photographed outside the new Muslim brotherhood headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, April 30, 2011. (AP / Khalil Hamra)

Since Mubarak's ouster, The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which is ruling the country now, has lightened restrictions, reorganized the electoral process and organized the formation of a new government.

They will hold a new presidential election in November.

On Saturday, the BBC reported that the Muslim Brotherhood was preparing to contest for up to half the parliamentary seats.

The religious group, which is well organized but regarded with suspicion by Washington, has said it will not run a presidential candidate or attempt to win a majority in parliament.

The group had previously run candidates under independent banners to circumvent a crackdown by Mubarak on the formation of political parties.

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