Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of Sunni Islamic learning, on Thursday, denounced attacks on churches in eastern Pakistan, affirming its categorical rejection of the “reprehensible” crimes, Anadolu Agency reports.

It urged everyone to resort to the “voice of reason”, the “language of dialogue”, and to return to the tolerance of heavenly laws that call for the acceptance of the other, and seek to spread tolerance and human brotherhood among human beings.
Violent mobs attacked churches and the homes of Christian residents in eastern Pakistan after a Christian man was accused of desecrating Islam’s Holy Book.
The attacks occurred after Muslims living in the area claimed they saw a local Christian and his friend tearing out pages from a Quran, throwing them on the ground and writing insulting remarks on other pages.
A group demolished the man’s house and damaged churches. The homes of other Christians were also targeted.
Multiple churches were set on fire in the central-eastern region, Bishop Majeed Able told Anadolu.