No Compulsion in Religion Alert from Pakistan: "86 year old Christian woman forcibly converted to Islam: Conversion comes after her husband is accused of blasphemy," by Sheraz Khurram Khan for Journal Chretien (thanks to Ummah News Links):
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — The 86 year old wife of a Christian man, who was accused of setting the Quran, the Muslim holy book on fire on May 9, has been forcibly converted to Islam....Walter Fazal Khan, 84, a retired section officer got into trouble when his driver, Raja Riaz, accused his master of torching the Quran....
"With mutual consent the couple allowed Gladdis’ nephew Raja Riaz who has converted from Christianity to Islam to live in their house and serve as a driver. The records reveal his Christian name as David", Francis told ANS.
Some time back Gladdis gifted all her property to her son, Najam. This angered Raja Riaz who allegedly plotted to trap Walter Fazal Khan in a bid to get Gladdis property.
Raja filed a case against Najam and the court had fixed May 10 as the date for hearing. Francis quoted Raja Riaz as saying in his petition he moved in a civil court that Gladdis is a widow and Najam had confiscated her property illegally. He alleged that Raja had wanted to kill his master on May 9 so that he could prove Gladdis as a widow in the court on May 10.
In line with his alleged plot, Francis revealed that Riaz’ daughter set Quran to fire on May 9 while his son clamored to attract the attention of the people of the area. "At that time Walter was taking bath. The Police arrested him as he came out of the washroom with a towel wrapped around his waist", Francis told ANS.
Francis regretted that Walter’s house has been occupied by a Muslim cleric, who he said wants to build a Madressah (religious school) there.
He alleged Raja in collusion with Muslim clerics had forcibly converted Gladdis to Islam. She is kept in her house which has been occupied by a cleric now, he said. We are trying to recover Gladdis through High Court, said Joseph Francis....
And an interesting unrelated point at the end of the story:
...He said Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s statement that Pakistan ex-cricket coach Bob Woolmer would have gone to heaven if he were a Muslim came in sharp contrast to his oft-repeated concept of enlightened moderation....
So Musharraf says, "Pakistan ex-cricket coach Bob Woolmer would have gone to heaven if he were a Muslim",
Well Jesus f**king christ what did anyone with 1/4 brain expect. Since when was Musharraf and his ISI anything else other than jihad sympathizers offering only temporary and begrudsging help in fighting jihadists elements in SW asia which were of their own creation.
Only when countries that treat their subject's personal religous choices in a manner liek this are forever and ever ostrasized form the civilized world, and treating as Nazi states, can we claim the threat of violent jihad is being taken seriosuly enough.
This also underscores my earlier point about what to do about migrants from the Islamic world, like would be apostates, religous and cultural minorities and others, who feel the need to migrate here. Wanting to ban all migrants from Islamic areas may be understandable in some ways, but to suggest they be looked at as cowards for feeling the need to emigrate here for safety, as some, (though of course not all), posters have suggested is asinine. What can they do in their own nations when we treat them as comrades, a la Pakiland, Malaysia, Egypt, the Saudis and Jordan, or refuse to take any concrete measures agianst them or call them out as supporters of Jihad, i.e. Sudan, Iran and Syria. In examples like Pakiland, we could most likely drasticaly reduce immigrants desires to find safety in the West by calling out Pakiworld as a jihad supporter, stop giving it money and weapons, encouraging individual parts, (Sindh, PoK, Balochistan, Tribla Areas), to break away as their own states or part of India, and demaning any aid whatsoever to Pakis be conditional on protecting the rights of converts form Islam.
Then, we could reduce the need for immigrants to come here looking for protection and make safer assumptions about migrants from islamic areas that do come here. Until we can get the guts to do these things, we clearly have no business suggesting apostates, minorites and reformists who seek safety here are somehow cowards.
Memo to all Infidel cricket coaches - particularly Dav Whatmore, who's considering wanting to succeed Woolmer - read this, and act accordingly: stay out of there.
As for this 86 year old woman, consolation is that she spent the bulk of her life as an Infidel; switching to Islam towards the end, after everything, hardly means much. Nonetheless, sad that she was forced this way.
An example of how dhimmitude works. One can easily lose one's property, one's religion, one's spouse, one's life. Like Jim Crow, but rooted in the eternal words of Allah, so unamendable.
Threatened by 86 year old ladies, eh?
Them's some tough Lions of Allah, I tell you.
Worrying about being tripped by a walker on the way to a suicide bombing?
"With mutual consent the couple allowed Gladdis’ nephew Raja Riaz who has converted from Christianity to Islam to live in their house and serve as a driver."
- from the article
This story is a horrifyingly instructive analogy of what is happening throughout Western Civilization with regards to Islam.
Last Sunday at Mass, our priest in the sermon, implored the congregation to have great respect for everyone in the world, no matter where they are from or what their beliefs.
This is the same priest who previously quoted from the Quran in a sermon and described Islam as a "beautiful religion".
Fair enough, respect for everyone - but surely we are not expected to embrace evil in the name of tolerance and respect.
Aren't we supposed to hate the sin and love the sinner?
What is currently happening is an embrace both of the sin and sinner.
This modern dhimmified, sentimental, Kumbaya like approach to tolerance is leading to disaster.
Good decent people, perhaps employed at the Department of Immigration, are taking this priest's advice to heart and bringing those who would destroy us into our communities by the millions - all in the name of tolerance and love.
The Islam we are allowing into our communities is turning on us and seeking to convert us or destroy us and thereby become the beneficiary of our dying Western Civilization.
The Prophet (SAWS) said, "A Muslim cannot be the heir of a disbeliever, nor can a disbeliever be the heir of a Muslim." (Sahih al-Bukhari)
http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=462
Recently there was a case in Australia where a Muslim man befriended a dying Christian woman.
The dying woman was blind and barely cognitive.
The Muslim man managed to get the woman's signature onto a will leaving all the woman's possessions to the Muslim, as well as a statement by the woman declaring her conversion to Islam.
At the time, I didn't understand why the Muslim needed the woman's conversion ... now I do.
Despicable.
The young Raja is a typical Muslim intent on seizing the property of others.
The young Raja is a typical Muslim intent on seizing the property of others.
Here is another case
http://illustratedpig.blogspot.com/2007/05/islam-for-devious-bastards.html
MIke_W,
It would be instructive for the priest to read this article and any others like it. You ought to email them to him or give him a copy of any of the books RS has written.
"Them's some tough Lions of Allah, I tell you."
Profitsbeard, you have just committed a mortal sin punishable by beheading. You have called muslims "Lions". (For some strange reason muslims have a pathological hatred of animals. They take pride in the fact that they are men, and animals are doomed to a miserable death, just like infidels. I don't know why they hate animals so much when they themselves look like orangs.)
"She is kept in her house which has been occupied by a cleric now."
Uh-oh, I feel a suckling session coming on.
"Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him, and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear." (Sahih Muslim 3425)
arjun.sevak-
They can be The Rock-filled Heads of Allah if they prefer the inanimate.