LAHORE (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Tehreek Hurmat-e-Rasool (PBUH) on Sunday held a rally to condemn and protest Pope Benedict’s anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan statement and a US priest’s declaration of putting the Holy Quran on trial.
The rally started from Nasir Bagh and ended outside Punjab Assembly where the leadership of constituent parties of THR addressed the participants. A large number of people from various walks of life including activists of religious parties, lawyers, traders, students and civil society members participated in the rally. The participants were waving flags inscribed with Kalima Tayyaba. The participants were also carrying placards and banners inscribed with writings in favour of blasphemy law and condemnation of Pope Benedict and the US priest. Highly charged participants chanted slogans against Pope Benedict and the US priest.
To avert any untoward incident, volunteers of Jama’at-ud-Dawa made a ring around the protesters while a heavy contingent of police accompanied the rally from Nasir Bagh to Faisal Chowk.
Addressing the rally outside Punjab Assembly, Dawa’s political wing chief Prof Abdur Rehman Makki regretted that the US President, European parliament and the United Nations were silent on the controversial statements of Pope Benedict and priest Terry Jones. Besides criminal silence, they were lecturing the Muslims to be patients on the provoking.
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