Islamic Militants Attack Mosques of Minority Muslim Sect in Pakistan

(RV - 28 May 10) Suspected Islamic militants attacked two mosques packed with hundreds of worshippers from a minority Islamic group in eastern Pakistan Friday, holding hostages and battling police.

More than 70 people died, and dozens were wounded in two neighbourhoods of the country’s second largest city, Lahore.

The attacks were against the Ahmadi sect of Islam, which has often been targeted by radical Sunni groups in the past.
Peter Jacob is the Executive Secretary for the National Commission of Justice and Peace. He says that the provincial and federal governments in Pakistan do little to protect religious minorities...