Posted on 02/04/2005 12:39:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
Instead of investigating, local authorities engage in cover-ups. In some cases, international organisations ignore the plight of Christians. Lahore (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Shahbaz Masih, 22, is a Christian shopkeeper in the small village of Talwandi, Punjab province. He was violently assaulted by Ahmed Ali, a Muslim client, over a TV rental. After insulting Mr Masih for being Christian, the client attacked him with a butcher’s axe and chopped off his left arm.
The young shopkeeper was taken to Allied Hospital in Faisalabad and discharged four days later but had to close his shop flee the village with his mother.
Mr Masih’s parish priest in Chak Jhumra, a village not far from Talwandi informed Mgr Joseph Coutts, Catholic Bishop of Faisalbad, of what happened. Bishop Coutts sent a delegation that included an attorney, Khalil Tahrir, to file a complaint with the local police against the assailant.
Mr Ahmed Ali was arrested and is currently in Central Jail in Faisalbad. However, local police are under heavy pressure to whitewash the case and free him
Pakistan Christian Post reports another incident involving a 55-year-old Christian mother, Hanifan Bibi, who was abducted along with her family, sexually assaulted and tortured in front of her husband and sons.
In this incident as well, the attackers are said to be protected by local authorities and people in high places, i.e. Muslim members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Given the nature and the frequency of such attacks, many Pakistani Christians complain that their plight has received scant coverage by foreign media.
A case in point is this year’s annual report by Human Rights Watch which totally ignores the discriminations inflicted upon religious minorities in Pakistan.
In the report’s section on freedom of worship the human rights NGO does not refer to the brutal murders of Nasir Masih, Samuel Masih and Javed Anjum, killed only because they were Christians.
Accused of blasphemy, Nasir Masih and Samuel Masih died from police torture. Javed Anjum was slaughtered by students and teachers in a madrassah.
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Islam as a religion doesn't hold up under scrutiny. That's why you need torture and murder. Today I pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the safety of Palestinian Christians. Shalom
These people and their religion are sick and misguided. The promote oppression, encourage violence and illiteracy, endorse false prophecies and threaten/kill anyone opposed to their views. They hold no value for human life and the term ‘respect; is transparent and meaningless. They oppress women while engaging in sodomy and other homosexual activities. I could go on but you probably get the point. See something wrong with this? Islam.........
Of course this has nothing to do with Islam or Koranic teaching. It is so tragic that the gentle and peaceful religion of Allah and his gentle and peaceful prophet, Muhammad, has been hijacked by a handful of extremists.... < / sarcasm >
Thank you for posting this story. I e-mailed the link to friends and family.
True --- and it allows for no scrutiny at all. No Muslim can try to leave --- or it's the death penalty --- even in countries like the USA. No Muslim can dare question anything at all or it's the death penalty. There is no freedom of thought or freedom of religion in Islam --- and for this reason it's incompatible with the USA.
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