Muslims decry killings in Pakistan, Kenya and Iraq

The Muslim Public Affairs Council condemned the actions of extremists who have killed hundreds during the weekend of September 20–22 in Pakistan, Kenya and Iraq.

The violence took the lives of innocent women, men and children as they were engaged in daily activities at houses of worship, malls and even funerals, said officials of MPAC in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

News reports said that in Pakistan at least 78 Christian worshipers were killed by dual suicide bombers as they were leaving a historic, 130-year-old Anglican church in the northwest region of the country. The church was providing the hungry with free meals and had lined up worshipers in the main courtyard of the church as the two simultaneous blasts rocked the building. The Taliban-linked militant group Jundullah claimed responsibility within hours of the attack, according to Reuters.