{"id":1423,"date":"2015-03-16T01:32:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T01:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2015-03-15T10:33:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T10:33:36","slug":"meanwhile-back-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/03\/16\/meanwhile-back-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, Back in Pakistan…."},"content":{"rendered":"

The idiots have targeted and killed Christians on their way to church yesterday (and a couple of Paki police in the bargain) — idiots because they’re suicide bombers and idiots because killing people who have different beliefs than yours is a mug’s game.<\/p>\n

Here’s one place to read more about this latest atrocity: Suicide Bombers Kill 14 People Outside Pakistani Churches<\/a><\/p>\n

The article notes that Christians aren’t the only targets of such blasts — which are claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. “Militants appear to be targeting minorities more intensively recently, including attacks on a string of mosques belonging to members of the Shiite Muslim minority sect.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The idiots have targeted and killed Christians on their way to church yesterday (and a couple of Paki police in the bargain) — idiots because they’re suicide bombers and idiots because killing people who have different beliefs than yours is a mug’s game. 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