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Pakistan: Muslim murders Christian for refusing to convert to Islam

Apr 18, 2014 10:47 pm By Robert Spencer

Indian.Christians“The situation endures because of the government inactions. If people involved in such crimes are brought to justice, then it can act as a deterrent, but instead they are being encouraged by local religious leaders, Imams and Madrasahs.” And the “government inactions” stem from the fact that the Pakistani government is filled with so many Islamic supremacists who look kindly on this kind of behavior. It is virtually impossible for Christians to get justice in Pakistan, but the global “human rights community” can’t be bothered with such matters — it has its hands full dealing with “Islamophobia.”

“Christian boy killed for not converting to Islam,” Pakistan Christian Post, April 18:

Lahore: April 18, 2014. (PCP) Haroon, alias Sunny, aged 22, was murdered by a Muslim colleague who shot him dead on April 16, 2014. He had recently started work at an Islamic in Lahore as a sweeper, where he worked alongside Muslim security guard Umer Farooq.

Farooq mocked Haroon’s Christian faith on a daily basis and forced him to embrace Islam. He started showing dreams to Haroon and told him that he was good looking and should embrace Islam. He also promised to him a life of luxury and marriage to a rich Muslim woman, but Haroon did not care about these things and refused to embrace Islam.

When Haroon told his father what was going on, he was advised to ignore Farooq. On April 16, 2014 Haroon went to work and Farooq again started a conversation about religion and began pressurizing him to embrace Islam. Haroon asked Farooq politely why he was so adamant for him to embrace Islam as he was not ready from his heart. He again clearly refused to convert, stating that he was a true follower of Jesus Christ. Farooq then became aggressive and opened fire on Haroon, with a bullet hitting him the head, killing him on the spot. He later started shouting that Haroon had attempted suicide.

The police took the security guard into custody immediately, but did not register an FIR because they wanted to convert the murder case into suicide. When the local Christians heard about the murder they came out of their houses and staged a protest in front of the police station – it was only then that they lodged an FIR.

Umer Farooq is currently in custody and his case is under investigation.

Nasir Saeed, Director CLAAS-UK, has condemned the killing.

He said that recently we have seen a report published by the MSP stating that 1000 Christian and Hindu girls are being forcibly converted to Islam, while there are also incidents where young boys and some men are also forced to convert to Islam, and if they refused they are killed and implicated in false cases.

Mr Saeed added: “The situation endures because of the government inactions. If people involved in such crimes are brought to justice, then it can act as a deterrent, but instead they are being encouraged by local religious leaders, Imams and Madrasahs.”

He said that the main reason for such crimes is growing religious intolerance and hate against minorities.

“The government must ban religious discussion and forcing non-Muslims to convert to Islam must be considered a crime, otherwise minorities have no future in Pakistan. It is equally dangerous for the government as with the growing violation of human rights, Pakistan could be deprived of the benefits it is receiving from the international community, including GSP plus status.”

As has been the case in numerous other incidents, the police again dragged their heels in registering the case and only did so because Christians in the locality raised their voices in solidarity with Haroon.

Justice must be seen to be done and Farooq must be charged with murder, and punished for killing Haroon just because he refused to forsake his faith and bow to the pressure being placed on him.

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Apr 18, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    If Islam were a religion it would not need to commit vile acts.

    Even some Muslims are growing disgusted with Islam’s stench.

    • john spielman says

      Apr 19, 2014 at 8:13 am

      but Islam is a “religion'” a religion of Satan and because Satan was a liar murderer and thief from the beginning , it is only logical that its most ardent adherents will do likewise as their demon god does!

      • Jay Boo says

        Apr 19, 2014 at 8:35 am

        Some people use religion for political purposes but Islam takes it a step further.
        Religion is just the pretext for the political system of Islam.
        Islam is about a display.

        Have you ever seen a clean shiny apple that when cut open revealed a rotted core filled with nasty worms?

        Yet, Muslims still wash their bloodied hands before they pray.

    • xyz says

      Apr 20, 2014 at 3:33 pm

      Mate wake up.. I live in a Muslim country
      The teachings of Islam is Wat breeds these guys. They all are d same not one muslim will stand up against these crimes. Catholic women have to stay indoors if found outside they are asked to convert if not they are gang raped.. The media here hushes All incidents so as to not raise awareness
      I’m stoked that d western countries open refugee doors to such muslims instead of d Christians who face being killed
      D only saving grace is we will die martyrs defending our faith
      But mark my words the muslims will start d same in Ur country too if u don’t deal with them N get rid of them

      • dlbrand says

        Apr 20, 2014 at 3:51 pm

        Indeed. No doubt about that. I say, they are already at it.

  2. Salah says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 12:42 am

    “Even some Muslims are growing disgusted with Islam’s stench.”

    This is True, this is New and this is HUGE.
    Muslims are leaving Islam in unprecedented numbers, but, of course, we don’t hear about it in the MSM.
    This is huge because our true victory in this war against Islam won’t be achieved unless and untill Muslims leave this satanic cult in huge numbers. Which they are.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/01/egyptian-muslims-tear-up-quran.html

  3. dlbrand says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 2:28 am

    Salah you stated “This is huge because our true victory in this war against Islam won’t be achieved unless and untill Muslims leave this satanic cult in huge numbers.”

    Indeed.

    You further asserted, Muslims were in fact doing just that—Leaving Islam in droves.

    Having accessed the link you provided, ‘ read the content, because it begs for posting here, I aim to do just that.

    This is the summary translation of what he said:

    “There it is, Allah’s book, this is the basic catastrophe. I don’t know what day it is of this disgusting month of Ramadan! And I don’t want to know! You are making the tearing of the Qur’an such a big and dangerous thing.. it is instinctive to tear this book, those sons of b—– think they can threaten me and challenge me to tear the Qur’an, but I want to prove to them that they are nothing. What is the big deal in tearing this book? There it is (he starts tearing up the Qur’an) in the trash. Are you feeling better now? You cannot touch one hair of my head! We keep blaming Hamas and Gaza, but it is not them, it is this son of a b—- book that I am stepping on right now. This book is the source of all evil and the real catastrophe. There is nothing new here, it is not Omar Abdel Rahman, Abbud or all the others, it is this rotten book that is causing us to run in a demonic circle that will never end.”

    Just in case that flew by someone, let me repost this former Muslim’s words:

    We keep blaming Hamas and Gaza, but it is not them, it is this son of a b—- book that I am stepping on right now. This book is the source of all evil and the real catastrophe. There is nothing new here, it is not Omar Abdel Rahman, Abbud or all the others, it is this rotten book that is causing us to run in a demonic circle that will never end.”

    “There is nothing new here, it is not Omar Abdel Rahman, Abbud or all the others, it is this rotten book ….”

    Indeed, in brief, it is the book and the teachings in it.

    God bless this man, and thank you, Salah, for the link.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/01/egyptian-muslims-tear-up-quran.html

    • Salah says

      Apr 19, 2014 at 4:58 pm

      You’re welcome, dlbrand.

      Here’s another link, from the mouth of a Muslim scholar:

      “This Christianization movement is too big to be dealt with, even by all arab countries combined…we are living a tragedy, sir. By Allah, we are living a tragedy!”
      Sheikh Ahmad al Qataani on al Jazeera TV

      Partial translation and original arabic transcripts here:
      http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/dying-islam-lislam-mourant.html

      • dlbrand says

        Apr 19, 2014 at 10:17 pm

        That’s good news there, My Friend.

        Sounds similar to what my former-Muslim Saudi Friend told me once: in brief, countless “Muslims” are eager, hungry, to join the human race. Wake up smell and relish the roses. In short, grab a good brain and use it–Stuff Islam in trash can where it belongs.

        I noticed you also have posted there work from my mentor in Islam and my dear friend, Abul Kasem. Just yesterday, in a e-mail to him, in response to him stating he’s writing much less these days, I told him, his work lives on in me and countless others his second- to-none essays have informed of the truth of Islam.

        Good to see that you are one sowing his exemplary work.

        Muslims know the truth of Islam; it is us, “we,” Westerners, we are the idiots who think Islam is noble, peaceful, proud and welcome worthy.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Apr 20, 2014 at 3:57 am

      Here’s a lesson we all can teach:
      If it didn’t so state
      In the Great Book of Hate
      It wouldn’t be there to preach.

      • dlbrand says

        Apr 20, 2014 at 4:19 am

        Indeed, My Friend. Indeed.

  4. Paul Austin Murphy says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 3:14 am

    This is an article I wrote for American Thinker. Ironically enough, it’s about Fiyaz Mughal’s Tell Mama (UK) whitewashing the treatment of Christians in Pakistan:

    http://americanthinker.com/2014/04/britains_establishment_muslim_organization_defends_pakistan__iran.html

  5. Giovanni99 says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 5:46 am

    “Farooq then became aggressive and opened fire on Haroon, with a bullet hitting him the head, killing him on the spot. He later started shouting that Haroon had attempted suicide.”
    Killing in the name of their allah and then lying about it. What a bunch of cowards

  6. duh_swami says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 9:09 am

    Parts of the article make no sense. But beyond that, why not kill the Christian? It’s open season on them in in all Islamic lands, and some lands that are not yet Islamic. The more dead or terrorized Christians the better. Sometimes you have to get tough to drive the evil from your midst. That’s if you can figure out where your midst is. Islam is worse than evil, it is a mistake.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Apr 19, 2014 at 5:21 pm

      “Islam is worse than evil, it is a mistake.”

      I must beg to differ with you here, duh_swami. A “mistake” can be many things – even innocent. Evil is evil. And there is NOTHING worse than evil.

  7. Lookmann says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 9:52 am

    Ordinary folk is so brainwashed in Pakistan that even murder committed in the name of islam does not provoke any reaction among the populace.

    The govt,. has no time to look after the minorities.

    Yet the Human Rights groups don’t take cognizance of this intolerance.They are really worried about the rights of self-proclaimed terrorists (jihadis).

    What a world we live in?

    • Paul Austin Murphy says

      Apr 19, 2014 at 10:10 am

      “Ordinary folk is so brainwashed in Pakistan that even murder committed in the name of islam does not provoke any reaction among the populace.”

      There’s hardly a Pakistani state in large parts of Pakistan. It’s like the Wild West out there. All the ruling is done by clerics, imams and “tribal elders”.

      This makes you wonder where the billions of dollars/pounds of aid to Pakistan goes? I’ll tell you: straight into the pockets of the ruling class and also into the coffers of the terrorists (via the Pakistani Intelligence Service).

      “The govt,. has no time to look after the minorities.”

      One: it’s not big enough. Two: the Paki Gov is full of Islamists.

      “Yet the Human Rights groups don’t take cognizance of this intolerance.They are really worried about the rights of self-proclaimed terrorists (jihadis).”

      To Western Leftists (who rule the roost in the law and in the many “rights” businesses), the rights of those who kill are far more important than the rights of those who are killed. Why? Because many of these Western lawyers and Leftist activists actually sympathise with the Islamists and Muslim killers. Either that, or they use their cases (here in the West) to further their own political causes/ends.

      • Defcon 4 says

        Apr 20, 2014 at 3:41 pm

        “Islamists” the same propaganda term the HuffPo uses to explain away islamic terrorism. As if muslimes and islam have nothing to do w/islamic terrorism, tyranny and persecution, as if there is some “good” and/or “moderate” pisslam out there, just waiting to be discovered.

        • Paul Austin Murphy says

          Apr 21, 2014 at 1:09 am

          No, I use the word “Islamists” is a very simple way.

          Islamists are those who are directly involved with often democratic political institutions and processes, such as the government itself or in government-friendly agencies, such as CAIR, Hamas and the MCB.

          Salafists, Deobandis, etc. don’t believe in getting involved in any such political processes.

          So it’s not a case of:

          Islamists = those who get involved in terrorism, etc.
          Muslims = don’t get involved in terrorism, etc.

          It’s really a specific technical term. For example, the UK’s MCB and MAB are Islamists, whereas Anjem Choudary isn’t.

          In other words, an Islamist is not just someone who wants an Islamic state and full sharia law (as Anjem Choudary does): he’s someone who may well become a councilor, MP or a member of CAIR/MCB in order to bring about sharia law, which Choudary and the Salafists would never do.

          Because of that, the Islamists are far more dangerous than Salafists and street clowns like Anjem Choudary.

        • Paul Austin Murphy says

          Apr 21, 2014 at 1:11 am

          Despite saying all that, I may well be using the word “Islamist” in a way in which many other people don’t use it.

  8. CJ Mccoy says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 11:13 am

    Here is the religion of peace for you!! It is only peaceful if you do everything they say to do. Do anything they do not like and it is; bang you are dead!! How is that peaceful?? It is not and they are not!!!!! Thet are blood thirsty. They even kill each other, if the have no Christians to kill. They do not realize that when they kill a Christian we get to see our God face to face. He will avenge what is done to us!! Not us but HIM!!! Praises be to our True God, Jusus Christ!!!!!

    • EYESOPEN says

      Apr 19, 2014 at 5:24 pm

      Amen to that CJ. “Praise be to our true God, Jesus Christ.”

    • Defcon 4 says

      Apr 20, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      Um, I don’t believe Yeshua ever claimed to be G-d. I also find it strange you misspelled his anglicized name as well.

  9. Walter Sieruk says

    Apr 19, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    That Christian was brave and right in refusing to embrace the lies and false doctrines of Islam. As for this subject expecially with the coming tomorrow of Easter Sunday the reader might deed to be reminded that Islam denies that Jesus went tothe cross. Likewise, Islam denies that Jesus died on the cross then was buried ansd rose again. Thus Islam is in great contradiction to God’s Word[ theBible]. For the Bible teaches that Jesus did go tot he cross, die, was buried and then rose from the dead. As seen in First Corinthians 15:1-8. Romans 10:9,10. First Peter 3:18. Philippians 2:5-11.
    This is also seen in Matthew 27:32-67. Also the whole chapter of Matthew 28 likewise shows this. The other three gospels likewise teach this. As Isaiah 8;:0 teaches “To the law of the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” In conclusion, Islam is part of the world of darkness and is also a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 3:16,17,36. 14:6. First John 2:22,23.

  10. Sam Green says

    Apr 20, 2014 at 6:10 am

    This paper should be reported to the Press standards Committee for constantly glorifying British Muslim terrorists who travel to Syria to fight a Jihad war! Do it now! The more that complain the better.This is not the first time! https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostUK/photos/a.170419663025774.44889.143753582359049/681707031897032/?type=1&theater

  11. Defcon 4 says

    Apr 20, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    But will Umer Farooq be convicted of any crime? Will the punishment fit the crime? Or will it be plead down to a traffic ticket?

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