Meanwhile in Amritsar diocese, in the northern Punjab, Muslim mobs burnt a Christian-run school to the ground and were narrowly prevented from burning down a (Christian-run) hospital as well. This followed a TV programme broadcast from Iran showing copies of the Qur'an being burnt in the USA (though as I understand it, so-called 'Pastor' Jones didn't actually do this).
The village school at Tangmarg catered to over 500 students – all of them Muslims – drawn from 150 villages.
"They were protesting against Qur'an desecration and in the process, they burnt two Qur'ans kept at the library and the headmaster's room – reducing the entire school building to ashes. In the name of protest, they destroyed the school that educated their children," lamented Bishop Samantaroy. "Look at the irony."
Religious leaders need to weigh their words very carefully before airing their paranoia.
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