@ PakiMan, this is not the first incident that has ever happened, yes this was the biggest of them all, but minorities have been accused of desecrating Islam, the Quran and the Holy Prophet and they have been punished by death and destruction of their family, their properties and local churches. To keep up you should start reading the Pakistan Christian Post http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/.

I understand religion is a sensitive issue, but the saddest part is even the Government of Pakistan shows ZERO Tolerance to any minority that desecrate Islam is punishable by death and this gives the people the leverage to take the Law into their own hands and punish minorities without verifying the truth.

@ Madiha I agree but along with religious leaders those who follow them i.e us should also be out on the roads protesting right now in thousands demanding justice where are the protesters? I don’t see any, except for the victims themselves!!

On your first point : Yes it is the governments responsibility to protect its citizens but if a mob of 800 people decide to raid and pillage an area then the government would need a battalion which cannot be mobilized immediately

I agree with you on the second and third points this looks like a move to destabilize Pakistan again, but please do not sugar cot your words by saying such incidents have never happened before.

check these links, maybe you will realize we are not as peace loving as you think

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200972\story_2-7-2009_pg7_4
http://blog.taragana.com/n/angry-muslim-mob-loot-destroy-christian-houses-in-pakistan-97727/
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-381012.html

These are just three… there are hundreds, try googling Christians attacked in Pakistan

Firstly, it is responsibility of government to bring law n order. Incase of any incidence of desecration, the culprit should be given instant punishment. In recent years, it has been seen, that due to bad law & order, people have started taking law into hands. They have started killing those who rob or who commit crimes. It is due to failure of Govt.

Secondly, due to the absence of Govt., there is every possibility that those elements, who want to defame our country and religion might have played this game just to gain their own benefits.

Thirdly, seemingly, peace started to prevail in country after successful army operation in Swat. To create unrest again, this game might have started.

Pakistan and PAkistanis have a reputation of being peace loving people. They are tolerant to the minorities. Such incidents of desecration have been occured previously, but not such reaction was seen before. Since minorities have been living here in peace, Pakistan has one of the biggest Shrine of Sikhs which is attended by Sikhs throughout the world. Christians are open to practice and propagate their religion. There are churches in almost all major cities of Pakistan. Even Hindus are present in parts of Sindh and they openly attend to their rituals.

So its not fair to label this to the religion, we cannot afford to miss the important unseen factors that are playing in our country for sometime now.