Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan

Fearing local religious leader, area police refuse to file murder complaint

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a Muslim mob in Jhelum, Pakistan, murdered the wife and four children of a Christian last month, but local authorities are “too afraid of the local Muslim leader to file charges,” according to area Muslim and Christian sources.

CDN says that Jamshed Masih, a police officer who was transferred 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Gujrat to Jhelum, Punjab Province, stated that a mob led by Muslim religious leader Maulana Mahfooz Khan killed his family on June 21, 2010, after Khan called him to the local mosque and told him to leave the predominantly Muslim colony.

“Masih’s Muslim neighbor, Ali Murtaza, said that after a shopkeeper refused to sell laundry detergent to Masih’s oldest son, 11, Khan led a Muslim mob to Masih’s home and confronted his wife,” said CDN. “The mob accused the boy of blaspheming Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, and when she protested, they killed her and her children.

“When Masih tried to file a complaint against Khan for the murder, Station House Officer (SHO) Ramzan Mumtaz refused to do so, according to Murtaza and Presbyterian clergyman Saleem Mall.”

The CDN story went on to state that according to Murtaza and the Presbyterian clergyman, had said, “I am a poor man, I have a family, and I was pressured by higher authorities not to register the FIR [First Information Report] as Khan is a very influential man. I am sorry; I don’t have anything in my hands.’”

Contacted by Compass, SHO Mumtaz confirmed that he responded to the request to file the complaint against Khan in these exact words.

Masih has now filed a complaint with the chief minister of Punjab Province begging him for justice, Mall told Compass.

“We condemn this brutal murder of innocent children in the name of Islam,” Mall said. “This has to stop now. We appeal to the government to let us live in peace.”