LAHORE: In order to express solidarity with the Christian community, the Ulema have decided to observe a day of tolerance on Friday, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on Monday.
A delegation of Ulema belonging to various school of thoughts held a meeting with all the bishops in Lahore.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the prominent religious scholar Allama Tahir Ashrafi demanded that the responsible of the Badami Bagh tragedy must be dealt strictly and that those involved must be tried under anti terrorism act and that they must be compensated for the loss incurred to their properties.
The sources said that tolerance day will also be observed in all the churches on Sunday.
An outraged mob on Saturday attacked and set ablaze a number of houses of Christian community in Josephabad Colony of Lahore over alleged blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by Sawan Masih, a 28-year-old Christian sanitation worker.
There was no casualty as members of the Christian community, including women and children, had left the neighbourhood on Friday night after police advised them to do so. A church and several shops were also torched by the mob. Police put the number of burnt houses at 125. Around 25 were arrested.
Police took the alleged blasphemer into custody in the small hours of Saturday. Later a magistrate sent him on judicial remand.
DND
