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Muslim Extremists Murder Christian Family in Pakistan
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Islamic extremists killed a Christian lawyer, his wife and their five children in northwestern Pakistan this week for mounting a legal challenge against a Muslim who was charging a Christian exorbitant interest, local sources said. According to a story by Compass Direct News, police found the bodies of attorney and evangelist Edwin Paul and his family on Sept. 28 at their home in Haripur, a small town hear Abbotabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (previously known as the North-West Frontier Province, or NWFP), according to Haripur Station House Officer (SHO) Maqbool Khan. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Pakistan
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. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Muslim Mob in Pakistan Wounds Christian Family
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Compass Direct News has revealed that a Muslim mob in Pakistan has attacked and wounded a Christian family in Iqbal Town, Islamabad. “Infuriated by an alleged anti-Islamic comment by a mentally ill man, more than a dozen Muslims attacked his Christian family here last week, beating his 20-year-old sister unconscious and breaking her leg,” said the Compass story. “The woman’s father, Aleem Mansoor, said his daughter Elishba Aleem ‘went unconscious’ after being struck in the head with an iron rod in the December 28, 2009, attack.” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
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 entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Pakistan
