The Christian Post website reports today (April 9, 2011) that a 24-year-old Muslim man desecrated the Bible at the gates of Saint Anthony's Catholic Church in Lahore, Pakistan yesterday, in order to "avenge" extremist American pastor Terry Jones' desecration of the Koran in Florida last month.
Police arrested the man -- identified as Akhtar Hussain -- a resident of the neighboring district of Kasur for tearing the Bible apart. He faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine, or both, if convicted of "outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of Pakistan."
Senior police official Umer Saeed said Hussain told police investigators that he was "taking revenge" from the Christians for setting the Koran on fire.
Christian leaders and civil society activists condemned the incident, and urged tolerance, respect, and acceptance for people belonging to all faiths.
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