Place that headline
The headline reads:
"MAN BEATEN FOR "POLLUTING" DRINKING GLASS
A ______ man was beaten by a mob for drinking out of a glass reserved for _____" the story continues. You're thinking that this is from 1960 something Birmingham Alabama aren't you? Sadly you would be wrong. The year is 2007, the place Pakistan and the man who was beaten for drinking out of the wrong glass......was a Christian.
"LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- A Christian stone mason received critical injuries, including dislocation of his shoulder after he was seen drinking water from a public facility, by a Muslim man on June 6 (Tuesday) just outside the eastern city of Lahore, the Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) has reported. Nasir Ashraf, the Christian mason was working at the construction site of a school. The trouble for him began while he was returning to the site. Confronting him with anger the Muslim man asked him as to why he drank water from the public facility by using a glass that was placed at the water tank. "
This is one of many reasons why there is such resentment toward Muslims, especially when they start claiming that they are being "profiled". What about what was done to poor Nasir?
Until more moderate Muslims like this scholar start speaking out, the "anti" Muslim sentiment will continue to grow. Who really "speaks" for Islam - the 6 flying Imams or the hundreds of thousands of Muslims who live and work among us every day - the ones that are not engaging in jihad? Will we ever know? That is hard to say as the "moderates" have been awfully silent for a long, long time.
"MAN BEATEN FOR "POLLUTING" DRINKING GLASS
A ______ man was beaten by a mob for drinking out of a glass reserved for _____" the story continues. You're thinking that this is from 1960 something Birmingham Alabama aren't you? Sadly you would be wrong. The year is 2007, the place Pakistan and the man who was beaten for drinking out of the wrong glass......was a Christian.
"LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- A Christian stone mason received critical injuries, including dislocation of his shoulder after he was seen drinking water from a public facility, by a Muslim man on June 6 (Tuesday) just outside the eastern city of Lahore, the Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) has reported. Nasir Ashraf, the Christian mason was working at the construction site of a school. The trouble for him began while he was returning to the site. Confronting him with anger the Muslim man asked him as to why he drank water from the public facility by using a glass that was placed at the water tank. "
This is one of many reasons why there is such resentment toward Muslims, especially when they start claiming that they are being "profiled". What about what was done to poor Nasir?
Until more moderate Muslims like this scholar start speaking out, the "anti" Muslim sentiment will continue to grow. Who really "speaks" for Islam - the 6 flying Imams or the hundreds of thousands of Muslims who live and work among us every day - the ones that are not engaging in jihad? Will we ever know? That is hard to say as the "moderates" have been awfully silent for a long, long time.
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