Sep 21 riots: Christians demand proper investigation into Mardan church attack
Around 30 participants held a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club on Friday.
Sarhadi Lutheran Church in Mardan was set on fire during the September 21 protests. PHOTO: FILE
PESHAWAR:
Christians in district Mardan demanded that officials reinvestigate the destruction of the Sarhadi Luthern Church.
The Sarhadi Lutheran Church and several Christian residential quarters were set ablaze by a mob on September 21, 2012 when countrywide protests took place against the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’.
Around 30 participants held a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club on Friday. Led by Sarhadi Lutheran Church General Secretary Taimur Shahid, they carried placards and chanted slogans demanding action. Shahid addressed the protesters and alleged that some people from their own community were also involved in the incident.
He complained that several months have passed but the police have not made any significant arrests. Demonstrators appealed to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governor, chief minister and police officials to make immediate arrests.
Earlier,K-P Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti had announced Rs30 million for the repair and reconstruction of the church. After the incident, Christian leaders had pardoned the rioters.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2013.
Christians in district Mardan demanded that officials reinvestigate the destruction of the Sarhadi Luthern Church.
The Sarhadi Lutheran Church and several Christian residential quarters were set ablaze by a mob on September 21, 2012 when countrywide protests took place against the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’.
Around 30 participants held a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club on Friday. Led by Sarhadi Lutheran Church General Secretary Taimur Shahid, they carried placards and chanted slogans demanding action. Shahid addressed the protesters and alleged that some people from their own community were also involved in the incident.
He complained that several months have passed but the police have not made any significant arrests. Demonstrators appealed to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) governor, chief minister and police officials to make immediate arrests.
Earlier,K-P Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti had announced Rs30 million for the repair and reconstruction of the church. After the incident, Christian leaders had pardoned the rioters.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2013.