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Pakistani Muslims Fire on Christians in Land-Grab, Killing One
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Muslims in Pakistan’s Mian Channu area in southern Punjab Province shot dead an unarmed Christian and injured 21 others, six of them critically, during an attempted land-grab on Oct. 5. According to a story by Compass Direct News, residents of the area told the news service by phone that 40 to 45 heavily-armed Muslims on between 10 and 12 motorcycles, two tractor-trolleys and in a car reached Chak 134-16/L village in Khanewal district. They forcibly entered the home of Adeel Kashif, a Christian carpenter who was living on a government-owned piece of land. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Muslims Murder Pakistani Christian with Axe Blows For Refusing to Convert to Islam
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries MIAN CHANNU, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that six Muslims in Khanewal district in the southern Punjab Province of Pakistan, killed a Christian with multiple axe blows for refusing to convert to Islam this month, according to family and police sources. The CDN story says, “The six men had threatened to kill 36-year-old Rasheed Masih unless he converted to Islam when they grew resentful of his potato business succeeding beyond their own, according to Masih’s younger brother Munir Asi and a local clergyman. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan
