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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49425)	11/12/2005 5:39:29 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

A mob of more than 1,000 Muslims enraged by the alleged desecration of the Koran by a Christian man attacked and torched three churches on Saturday in eastern Pakistan, officials said. The incident occurred in a rural town of Sangla Hill, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) west of Lahore. "About 1,000 to 1,200 Muslims today attacked and set on fire three churches here but no one was injured," a local police official told on condition of anonymity. Witnesses said the mob of Muslim men ransacked and later set on fire three churches, a girls high school, a hostel and a medical dispensary. "Everything there has been turned into ashes," witness Atif Jamil told. The attack was prompted by allegations from Muslims that a Christian, Yousaf Masih, had burnt copies of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, other residents said. Police arrested Masih before the incident due to growing unrest in the town on Friday. Jamil said Masih, in his 40s, was orginally accused of burning the Koran, a crime that carries capital punishment in Pakistan, following a quarrel with fellow gamblers. Police said they had made some 40 arrests including Christians and Muslims. A Christian minority forms less than three percent of Pakistan's mainly Muslim population of 150 million.