Pakistani Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death

GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Muslim employers of three Christian sanitation workers at a banquet/wedding hall allegedly poisoned the three workers yesterday, killing two of them. At press time the third was struggling for life in intensive care.

According to a story by Compass Direct News, the father of the three workers, Yousaf Masih, said the owner of the hall, along with the manager, poisoned his sons because they were Christians who had asked for wages owed to them. Read the rest of this entry »

Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

LAHORE, PAKISTAN ANS — Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached which eventually resulted in seven Christians being burned to death on Aug. 1 have told Compass Direct News www.compassdirect.org that they were tortured after police arrested them. Read the rest of this entry »

Taliban in Pakistan Warns Christian Leaders to Convert to Islam or Face Dire Consequences

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

SARGODHA, PAKISTAN ANS — International Christian Concern ICC has learned that on October 6, members of the Taliban sent threatening letters in Sargodha, Pakistan warning Christian leaders to convert to Islam or face dire consequences. Read the rest of this entry »

Christian Family Attacked for Refusing to Convert to Islam

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

MURREE, PAKISTAN (ANS) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Monday, September 28, 2009, Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family in Murree, a town near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad, for refusing to convert to Islam. Read the rest of this entry »

Church set on fire in Pakistan over blasphemy accusation

By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

SIALKOT, PAKISTAN ANS — Angry Muslim residents of a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan set to fire a Church building on Friday, September 11, 2009, after a Christian boy was accused of desecrating the Muslim holy book, the Quran.

The Church of Pakistan building in Jataykay village near Sambrial, received partial damage as a result of the fire.

ANS has discovered that the problem arose after Robert, the Christian boy accused of blasphemy, allegedly had a love affair with a Muslim girl in the village. Read the rest of this entry »