If only there was a Christian superpower that would take a stand for these people.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — At least 18 people were   injured Wednesday, April 3, when angry Muslims attacked a dozen Christian shops and churches in Pakistan’s city of Gujranwala, Christians told BosNewsLife.

Among the seriously injured people was one man who was earlier reported to have died, but he survived, investigators said.

The violence in the city’s Francis Colony area followed Muslim anger about Easter Sunday prayers in local churches and a dispute among Muslim and Christian youngsters over loud music, BosNewsLife established.

Adding to tensions was a Muslim cleric who rebuked Christian boys for “disrespecting Islam” by playing music on their mobile phones near a mosque, residents said.

Tuesday’s fighting between Muslim and Christian boys soon spiraled out of control with local imams reportedly using mosque loudspeakers to encourage violence against “Christian infidels.”

On Wednesday, April 3, the area turned into a war zone, with police apparently firing with live ammunition at rioters and heavily armed Muslim mobs shooting back at security forces and Christians.

“At least one Christian man nearly died after he was seriously wounded by shooting and fighting, but he survived following hospital treatment,” added Sardar Mushtaq Gill, director of Christian advocacy group Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD).h 9.