ISI-backed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi vows to attack churches and Christians in Pakistan after Quran burning incident in Sweden

After the Quran burning incident in Sweden last week, the Lahore-based ISI-backed Sunni terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) declared on Sunday, July 2 that it would attack Christians and churches in Pakistan.

 

 

 

The group declared that it will also start suicide bombings against Pakistani minorities. It further said that in order to exact revenge for the Quran event that took place in Sweden on Eid, it will join forces with other terror organisations in the area to attack the Christian population.

 

This came after when an ex-Muslim tore burned a Quran outside Stockholm’s major mosque, infuriating Islamic countries on June 28, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays. The anti-Quran demonstration was allowed to go ahead with authorisation from the Swedish police. Police, however, charged the perpetrator of the burning with agitation against an ethnic or national group.

 

 

LeJ spokesperson Naseer Raisani issued a statement in which he issued the threat that “no Church or a Christian will remain safe in Pakistan.”

 

The terror organisation is widely known for its brutal campaign against the Shia Muslims in Pakistan since the 1990s. It has ruthlessly attacked public places like mosques and Shia processions as well as indulged in targeted killings of prominent Shia personalities.

 

It had also hit headlines after the US initiated its war on terror with Pakistan as an ally in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaeda. The LeJ began supporting terrorists against Pakistan to punish it for joining the war on terror. In the 20-year-old flux in the Af-Pak region, LeJ built its network with almost all other terror groups operating in the region.

 

The LeJ is reported to have targeted not just the Christian community but also Western diplomats in Pakistan over the US and NATO invasion of Afghanistan.