Pakistan: local Muslim leaders apologize for anti-Christian rampage
August 03, 2011
Two years after a mob of 1,000 Muslims attacked Christians in the northeastern Pakistani city of Gojra, leaders of a local madrassa and mosque have apologized and asked for pardon.
“Even though they weren’t in any way involved in what happened that day,” the two Muslim leaders “gave a full apology for what happened,” said Father Aftab James Paul, an official of the Diocese of Faisalabad. “They said that Islam as a religion does not condone killing. They went on to say that those responsible did not understand the spirit of Islam, and they condemned their actions.”
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Further information:
- Muslim leaders help heal Gojra’s wounds (Vatican Radio)
- Pakistani bishop leads protest following 2nd Muslim attack, decries ‘religious cleansing’ (CWN, 8/4/09)
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