Christians Killed, Churches Burned

Crosswalk.com News Channel ^ | 10/5/01 | Crosswalk.com

[anniegetyourgun]

Muslim religious leaders in Pakistan are reported to have issued a fatwa, stating that two Pakistani Christians will be killed for every Muslim who dies during American strikes on Afghanistan. Earlier a former member of Pakistan's legislative assembly, and a nationally known figure connected to Islamic extremist movements, Maulana Sami ul-Haq, told journalists that the Qur'an (Koran) states that Jews and Christians are the enemies of Muslims, and (therefore) by inference should be killed.

Meanwhile, persecution of local Christians continues. Beatings of Christians by Muslim mobs, and the burning and vandalizing of churches and a Christian school are reported. One time when a minister tried to stop a gang of Muslims from burning his church, he was viciously beaten. In Rawalpindi five Christian families were dragged from their homes and savagely beaten during anti-American protests.

In Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria and across the Islamic world, many Christians are terrified. They are living in fear and intimidation, facing the prospect of widespread massive and violent reprisals from angry Muslims if America and its allies attack Afghanistan, according to The Barnabas Fund UK. "They cannot understand why these (church and political leaders in the West) have not spoken up on their behalf, or come to their defense," according to The Barnabas Fund organization. Its international director remarked, "The situation is extremely serious and demands urgent attention. Never in living memory has the situation for Christian minorities in the Islamic world been so precarious."

[Stultis]

Well, I dunno, but it is clear to me that Illbay had a good point about the article lacking sufficient detail to confirm it's claims. I would really like to see some accurate and detailed information, if anybody has something. (I haven't taken the time to read through this whole thread.) I have a Muslim friend who is Paki and who writes letters for amnesty international. If Christians are indeed being attacked in Pakistan, and there is some specific documentation, I can get him writing some letters to the government there urging them to provide more police protection for the Christian ghettos and to denounce the violence.

[TBP]

Thanks for engaging in a good debate about this. These kinds of things need to be exposed wherever they occur and whoever the victims are.

[Concentrate]

In the meantime, Washington cannot engage the Afghans in any meaningful dialogue by serving ultimatums and dropping bombs.

Perhaps if we make nice-nice with them and try to understand their needs, they will go away and leave us alone.

[Concentrate]

If Christians are indeed being attacked in Pakistan, and there is some specific documentation, I can get him writing some letters to the government there urging them to provide more police protection for the Christian ghettos and to denounce the violence.

I would think they would need guns, not police protection, no?