Pakistani Christian Beaten for Refusing to Convert to Islam

KALLUR KOT, Pakistan, February 22 (CDN) -- The four older Muslim brothers of a 26-year-old Christian beat him unconscious here earlier this month because he refused their enticements to convert to Islam, the victim told Compass. Riaz Masih, whose Christian parents died when he was a boy, said his continual refusal to convert infuriated his siblings and the Muslim cleric who raised them, Moulvi Peer Akram-Ullah. On Feb. 8, he said, his brothers ransacked his house in this Punjab Province town 233 kilometers (145 miles) southwest of Islamabad. "They threatened that it was the breaking point now, and that I must convert right now or face death," Masih said. "They said killing an infidel is not a sin, instead it's righteousness in the sight of Allah almighty." Masih begged them to give him a few minutes to consider

They're at it, again. A couple of weeks ago:

Sikh beheaded by Taliban wanted to bring mother to Golden Temple

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sikh-beheaded-by-taliban-wanted-to-bring-mot/583145/

Posted: Tuesday , Feb 23, 2010 at 0437 hrs

Days before he was taken captive by the Pakistani Taliban, Jaspal Singh, whose beheading near Peshawar on Sunday has shocked and outraged Sikhs on both sides of the border, had been issued a visa to India. He was excited and had been drawing up plans because he had promised his mother that he would take her to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

But that pilgrimage was never to be, said his cousin Taranjit Singh who today cut short his own trip to Amritsar and returned to Pakistan to be with the grieving family.

Reports emanating from Pakistan say Taliban militants, after executing Jaspal Singh for refusing to convert to Islam, sent his severed head to the Bhai Joga Singh Gurdwara in Peshawar.

Taranjit said the family had been upset ever since Jaspal, who ran a grocery shop, was taken captive by the Pakistani Taliban. But they “never imagined that he would be killed so brutally for his religious beliefs”.

I was just reading on FR a couple of days ago about a Pakistani servant burned to death (died after three days) for refusing to convert to Islam from Christianity.

His wife went to the police about it and got raped by the police by her trouble.

She said her three daughters witnessed the violence - the burning, the rape, or both, I don’t know.

It is a time for prayer and whatever action we may be able to do for Pakistan. God protect Your people there.

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