By Our Correspondent
New Delhi: Leaders of the Christian community in India demonstrated at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Friday, 7th August, demanding that the Pakistan government repeal the so called Blasphemy laws and punish those responsible for burning alive of nine Pakistani Christians in violence in recent days.
The protest was called by the National United Christian Forum, the All India Christian Council and other groups. A delegation led by NUF President Archbishop Vincent Concessao and consisting of Delhi Catholic auxiliary bishop Franco Mulakkal, Christian Council secretary general Dr John Dayal, Bishop Simon John of Believers Church, the Auxiliary bishop of the Orthodox Church, Catholic spokesperson Fr Dominic and Sr Nirmalini called on the acting High Commissioner and submitted a Memorandum addressed to the Pakistan President.
The demonstration, which saw the participation of Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical and Pentecost churches, as also the Salvation Army, the scholars of the Vidya Jyoti College of Theology, and others, earlier assembled at the Pakistan High Commission where prohibitory orders had been imposed by the police. The protestors sang hymns. Speakers gave details of the violence in Pakistan and the plight of religious minorities in general in that country.
