More than 100 Muslims arrested in Pakistan due to churches destruction in mob violence

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Police in Pakistan have arrested 129 Muslims after churches and homes of Christians were attacked following allegations that Christian men had defaced the Quran.

Among the buildings attacked was the Salvation Army church, still smouldering and surrounded with barbed wire.

Two men were also arrested for tearing pages from the Quran, writing insulting remarks and throwing it to the ground.

The army was called in to restore order and Christians who had fled the violence are slowly returning.