Showing posts with label Punjab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punjab. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Teenage Pakistani Christian Beaten To Death By Muslims In Classroom - Will Maule Hello Christian

Teenage Pakistani Christian Beaten To Death By Muslims In Classroom


Sep 05, 2017 by Will Maule  Hello Christian
A horrific story has emerged from Pakistan detailing that a Christian student was beaten to death by Muslim students, simply because he believes in Jesus Christ. "You're a Christian; don't dare sit with us if you want to live," a Muslim student had once told the victim, Sharoon Masih, who was studying at MC Model Boys Government High School in the Vehari area in Punjab, according to the British Pakistani Christian Association, which has reported the killing.
Masih was beaten up by several students on Aug. 27 and died in the classroom. No-one intervened in the killing, and the Head Teacher of the school has now been fired. The prime suspect, a student identified as Muhammad Ahmed Rana, has been arrested.

"My son was a kind-hearted, hard-working and affable boy," the boy's mother said. "He has always been loved by teachers and pupils alike and shared great sorrow that he was being targeted by students at his new school because of his faith."

"Sharoon and I cried every night as he described the daily torture he was subjected to. He only shared details about the violence he was facing. He did not want to upset his father because he had such a caring heart for others."
"The evil boys that hated my child are now refusing to reveal who else was involved in his murder. Nevertheless one day God will have His judgment."

Friday, November 7, 2014

Young couple burned alive by a mob in Pakistan

Shahbaz Maseeh, 26, and his wife Shama Bibi, 24

young couple, Shahbaz Maseeh, 26, and his wife Shama Bibi, 24 -- parents of four small children and another on the way, was burned alive by a mob in Pakistan for what appears to be trumped up charges of blasphemy.

Relatives of the couple say that the real issue was a monetary dispute involving the couple’s employers. After a local mullah made a public ruling that the couple was guilty of blasphemy by throwing out pages of a Quran, a mob of about 500 people – included Muslims from neighboring villages -- began forming.

Relatives of the couple say the entire family was threatened and everyone began to flee, including children who have still not been accounted for days later. The couple had planned to flee with their young children as well, but were left with no time to do so.

Instead, they barricaded themselves inside a building to escape the mob comprised of their fellow workers at a brick factory where the couple was employed.

"A mob of several dozen attacked the building where they were," said Mushtaq Gill, chief advocate at Pakistani minority rights group Legal Evangelical Association Development (LEAD).

The mob broke down the door and began beating the couple. "They broke their legs so they couldn't run and then threw them in the fire (in a kiln at the brick factory),” Gill said. “Only some bones and hair were found at the site." Gill added that a rumor had started over the weekend that pages with several verses of the Quran were burned by the wife after being left behind by the wife’s deceased father.

The murder took place in Kot Radha Kishan in the Punjab province, where the majority of Pakistan's close to four million Christians reside.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) also said the incident stemmed over a dispute about money. The owners of the brick kiln, who were among those who participated in the mob killing, said the couple owed them money. The rights group, who sent a team to investigate the incidents, said that the team "did not come across any evidence of desecration of the Holy Quran."

False charges of blasphemy, a crime in Pakistan punishable by death or life imprisonment, are often used as a means of revenge to settle personal disputes or insults.

The HRCP said that this was what happened in this current case. Rumors that the couple had desecrated a Quran were "spread to nearby villages and announcements [were] made through mosque loudspeakers," according to the HRCP. The group also said that its investigators found out that four policemen were dispatched to the kiln to take the couple into protective custody, but they were also beaten on orders from the kiln’s owners.

According to police, the kiln's owners were among the 44 arrested for the incident with cases filed against 468 others. Reacting to the murders, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said perpetrators of the brutal crime will be brought to justice.

“The brutal murder of the Christian couple in Kot Radha Krishan is an unacceptable crime,” Nawaz said. “A responsible state cannot tolerate mob rule and public lynching with impunity.”

Nawaz told the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to show no mercy towards those accused of the crime. “The Pakistani state has to act proactively to protect its minorities from violence and injustice. We must promote religious and ethnic diversity in our society as a virtue,” the prime minister added.

Amnesty International’s Deputy Asia Pacific Director David Griffiths called for proactive protection for at-risk communities. Griffiths also said, “This vicious mob killing is just the latest manifestation of the threat of vigilante violence which anyone can face in Pakistan after a blasphemy accusation.”

Griffiths echoed many Pakistani and international rights activists noting, “The blasphemy laws violate international human rights law and standards and should be reformed as a matter of urgency to provide effective safeguards against their abuse, with a view to their eventual repeal.

"Consistent failure by the government to tackle violence in the name of religion has effectively sent the message that anyone can commit outrageous abuses and excuse them as defense of religious sentiments.”

Responding to the decision of Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to form a three-member committee to expedite the investigation of this case as well as to increase security at Christian neighborhoods in the province, Griffiths said, “The local government’s response is encouraging, but it remains to be seen what comes of the investigation. The climate of impunity around violence against religious minorities in Pakistan is pervasive, and it is all too rare that those behind attacks are held to account.”

One such case of that of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman and mother of five, who was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges stemming from a dispute with Muslim women with whom she worked over a glass of water.  

A Pakistani appeals court recently upheld the sentence of death by hanging for Bibi who was accused of making derogatory statement’s about Mohammed, the founder of Islam.

Bibi was convicted in 2010 under Pakistan’s amorphous blasphemy laws and has been in prison ever since the original ruling. She was targeted by Muslim women in her village and pressured several times to convert to Islam. When she refused, the villagers provoked a confrontation, accusing her of blasphemy. 

Source: CNN


Sunday, June 8, 2014

Moses Julius & the Provincial Parliamentary in Punjab, Pakistan

Moses Julius

Punjab, Pakistan
June 8, 2014

Shalom Aleikhem All Prayer warriors.

I feel excited in my spirit to share my prayer request to all of you. Last couple of weeks ago I had a chance to meet with Senator, Member of Pakistan Assembly (MPA), bureaucrat and Provincial Parliamentary secretary. It's great honor for me to meet these government officers because I have been praying for them since last year.

One of the Bureaucrat officers told me, "You are very young and you are full of the spirit of energetic to do something for their community. Why you shouldn't join Parliament to raise your voice in the front of government? How many problems you are facing as a Christian in Pakistan."

Then he gave me an application form to join Youth Parliament of Pakistan. I accepted his invitation and filled out the form. On Monday I am going to submit my application to join the Youth Parliament of Pakistan. Please lift me up in your prayers, if you think that I am a good person to fight for the rights of the Christian community in Pakistan.

Love and Blessing
Mr. Moses Julius




Moses is 3rd from the left.





Love For His People Editor's Note: We pray for the Lord's clear guidance and grace, as He guides Moses in all his efforts to know and follow the will of his Savior, Yeshua (Jesus). 

Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Persecuted Christian Asia Bibi's Appeal Hearing Delayed for Third Time

Persecuted Christian Asia Bibi's Appeal Hearing Delayed for Third Time



Asia Bibi
Appeal proceedings have been delayed again in the case of Asia Bibi, the Christian mother of five sentenced to death for blasphemy.
Lahore high court judges Sardar Tariq Masood and Abdul Sami Khan adjourned the case shortly after the hearing began and arguments were presented.
Court sources say that a new date for the appeal is expected tomorrow in a case that has dragged on without any progress for quite some time.
For several months, extremist groups have been making threats against the judges in order to pressure them to confirm the death penalty imposed by the lower court.
However, the woman's lawyers say they remain confident and hopeful that the high court will soon overturn her conviction and let her go.
In recent days, Pakistani Christians have promoted days of fasting and prayer on behalf of Asia Bibi and Sawan Masih, both of whom are innocent but sentenced to death under the infamous "black law."
Asia Bibi, who has been on death row since November 2010 and held under solitary confinement on security grounds, has become a symbol of the fight against blasphemy.
Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer and Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic, were killed in 2011 for coming to her defense.
Masih, a 26-year-old Christian from Lahore, was convicted recently by a lower court on false charges as a result of a personal dispute with the person who reported him.
It is sad "to see how the situation in Pakistan is getting worse by the day, not only for minorities, but especially for women and girls," Father James Chand, from the Archdiocese of Lahore, told AsiaNews.
"Let us continue to pray for Asia Bibi and Sawan Masih," he added.
Father Arthur Nat, a priest from Central Punjab, joined Chand's appeal, calling for "a day of fasting and prayer on Wednesday."
Meanwhile, a new case of child sexual assault has been reported. On Sunday, a 12-year-old girl was raped by an Islamic cleric in a Punjab mosque.
Witnesses say the imam sent students home, asking the girl to stay. He then assaulted her ​​with the help of four boys.
The girl's family plans to report the crime, but it appears the religious leader has already fled the area without leaving a trace.
Click here to read this article on persecution.org from CHARISMA NEWS.