Posted on 04/15/2015 4:25:31 AM PDT by markomalley
Nauman Masih, the 14-year-old Pakistani Christian, who was burnt alive by a group of unknown young Muslims a few days ago (see Fides 13/04/2015), passed away this morning in the hospital in Lahore. The news was reported to Agenzia Fides from local sources in Pakistan. The boy had been stopped and assaulted after declaring he was a Christian. The young Muslims poured petrol over his body. He had severe burns on 55% of his body.
According to some observers, the gesture may be a revenge after the lynching of two Muslims which happened in Youhanabad - declared innocent - following the attack against the two churches on March 15.
After the public lynching in Lahore the police raided several homes in Youhanabad and arrested more than 100 young Christians to track down the culprits. "Christians condemned the lynching, saying openly that it is a big crime. However in many cases in the past innocent Christians were burnt alive: the mass attacks in the Christian neighborhood in Gojra, Shantinagar, or the Christian couple burnt alive in a brick kiln in November 2014", says to Fides Fr. James Channan, Dominican, Director of the "Peace Center" in Lahore, committed to promoting initiatives of peace, harmony, reconciliation, inter-religious dialogue.
"This episode shows the hatred that circulates in society. We need to work more on dialogue and harmony among believers of different religions", notes Fr. Channan.
Shahbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Punjab, called for those responsible to be arrested. The Director of "Peace Center" concludes: "I would say that today we are in the worst period in history for the life of Christians in Pakistan. Discrimination, suffering, oppression often become real persecution. Today we ask the government: where is justice? Where are the perpetrators of many incidents of gratuitous violence committed against Christians?".
Mervyn Thomas, director of the NGO "Christian Solidarity Worldwide", said in a statement sent to Fides: "We pray for the young boy and for his family. It is difficult to believe that one can kill a boy simply because of his faith and this is extremely worrying. The culture of impunity must end, and religious minorities must be guaranteed the rights of all citizens in Pakistan".
But of course to American liberals, religious liberty is the most horrible of things...
This young martyr has been received into His glory. May we learn from his example of faith and courage in the face of raw evil.
We need another Crusade. These savages are running wild thanks to the traitors in Washington.
The terrorists and (other animals) KNOW there is NO authority and they will pay no price for murder, so they do what they want... they are like sharks on the blood scent by now!
"Dialogue" doesn't work on fundamentalist moslems. It calls for a level of tolerance that's just not in their dna.
Miriad ‘rods from God’ (google it) to take out muzzy hotspots. Mecca (during height of ramalamadingdong) and medina and those centrifuges in Iran.
The Crusades are LATE.
Sadly true.
Prayers to his family. God protect him and tell him that Christians across the world are sad.
The crusade begins at home
May he rest in peace. May God comfort his family.
Dialog and reason do not work with any sociopaths, which is what these people are. They understand only power. Dialog, negotiation, reasoning - these are all seen as signs of weakness by them. If you cut them even the smallest amount of slack, they will escalate, not cut back.
The papers always have to write something in defense of these indefensible, inexcusable, sick and twisted muslim subhumans.
revenge after the lynching of two Muslims which happened in Youhanabad - declared innocent
Speechless. RIP.
Liberals don’t care.
A liberal is active on behalf of people they don’t care about in order to control people they oppose, or hate.
They could care less, unless they could use it to control us somehow - take away guns, get us to pony up for some common effort benefitting some group, etc.
These hateful bastards will know what pain they inflicted. They will experience the fear and pain they caused.
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