JI holds province-wide demos against US priest

Karachi (PPI) - On the call Chief Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan protest demos were held across the Sindh province against desecration of Holy Quran by a US priest Terry Jones in Florida.

The protest demos were held in various cities including Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, and Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Tando Adam, Shikarpur and others.

The participants of the demos condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran by devilish US priest Terry Jones.

Holding copies of the Quran in their hands, the protestors vowed to lay down their lives to protect the sanctity of the Divine Book.

Addressing the demos leaders of JI Sindh Asadullah Bhutto, Mohammed Hussain Mehanti and others said that desecration of Holy Quran by US priest has given the message to Muslim to come out from their deep slumber and actively play their role for safeguarding the Islamic values themselves, instead of relying on their enslaved rulers.

They said that desecrate act of the evil priest had hurt the feelings of Muslims. They said the evil priest should be handed down death sentence for this blasphemy and hurting sentiments of Muslims.

Rashid Naseem, Shaikh Shaukat Ali, Molana Hizbullah Jakhare, Zafar Iqbal, Sarwar Quraishi and other also spoke.