Pakistan: Pastors arrested for using loudspeakers in Christian majority villages

Posted by Raymond on May 28, 2009 5:00 AM

Meanwhile in the UK, Muslims get to go around screaming through loudspeakers that [1] Jesus was a Muslim. "Pakistan: Pastors arrested for use of loudspeakers," from [2] Compass Direct News, May 27 :

Police claim amplified Easter Sunday service defamed Islam.

ISTANBUL, May 27 (Compass Direct News) – Nine pastors from two neighboring villages in Pakistan could face prison time for using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons from their churches on Easter Sunday. Martinpur and Youngsnabad, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Lahore, are majority Christian villages. The nine pastors who lead congregations there say that local Muslim security forces have twisted the law to solicit a bribe....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/05/pakistan-pastors-arrested-for-using-loudspeakers-in-christian-majority-villages.html

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