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Christian Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ after Argument over Rent
By Murad Khan LAHORE, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – A young man has been charged with desecrating the Quran under Pakistan’s controversial “blasphemy” laws after the Christian had an argument over rent with his Muslim landlord, his attorneys said. Police in Shahdara Town, near Lahore, arrested Khuram Masih, 23, on Dec. 5 and charged him under Section 295-B after his landlord, Zulfiqar Ali, accused him of burning pages of the Quran in order to prepare tea, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Muslims in Pakistan Beat, Shoot at Christians in Land Grab
By Murad Khan LAHORE, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – In an attempted land-grab in southern Punjab Province, police and cohorts of a retired military official beat two Christian women and shot at Christians who came to help them on Friday (Nov. 25), area Christians told Compass. About eight police officials led by Sub-Inspector Muhammad Arif of Kot Sarwar Shaheed police station, along with armed associates of a retired senior military officer, Air Marshal Maqbool Shah, arrived at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Rioting Muslims Damage Church, Homes and Schools in Pakistan
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that hundreds of Muslims in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on Saturday (April 30) attacked Christians’ homes, a school and a Presbyterian church building after learning that police had released two Christians accused of “blasphemy” – amid reports of another alleged desecration of the Quran. “Mushtaq Gill and his son Farrukh Mushtaq were released on Friday afternoon (April 29) after a handwriting expert hired by police determined that the latter had not written a threatening note accompanying burned pages of the Quran, police sources said,” stated the CDN story. “A mob started rioting and hurling rocks at the Christians’ homes and at an elementary school owned by a Christian, Eric Isaac, who was among eight Christians that police took into … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Christian Women Attacked by Group in Pakistan for Blasphemy
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service PAKISTAN (ANS) — Two Christian women were beaten up and publicly humiliated by an angry group on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan. According to a story by CathNewsIndia (a service of UCA News, part of the Catholic Church in Asia), the incident took place on Jan. 12 in Lahore after a Muslim woman accused her Christian sister-in-law of abusing the Prophet Mohammed. CathNews said the two women had a minor dispute, after which the Muslim woman went out on the street and leveled charges against the Christian. Later, a group of men led by Muhammad Sameer, a member of a religious organization, forced their way into the Christian woman’s house and slapped her and her mother, her brother said. He said their neighbors also started beating … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Pakistan, Persecution
Muslim Mob Demands Death Sentence for Alleged Christian Blasphemers
By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service PAKISTAN (ANS) – More Christians are starting to face allegations of blasphemy under controversial laws in Pakistan. According to a story by Aftab Alexander Mughal writing for Minorities Concern of Pakistan (MCOP), Christian families in Lahore were forced to flee for their safety while at the same time thousands of Muslim protesters demanded the death sentence for Christians for allegedly committing blasphemy in Faisalabad city. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
