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Pakistan: Persecution of Christians increases in first six months of 2018

Jul 14, 2018 7:34 am By Robert Spencer

Christians live an increasingly precarious existence in Pakistan, but the global human rights organizations are generally too preoccupied with finding incidents of “Islamophobia” to take much notice.

“Persecution of Pakistani Christians Heightens in First Six Months of 2018,” Persecution.org, July 11, 2018:

Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The first six months of 2018 have marked the beginning of another frightening and difficult year for Christians in Pakistan. As we review the last six months of Christian persecution in Pakistan, you will see that the nation is yet to experience any positive change regarding religious freedom for Christians.

Since the formation of the country, Pakistan has regarded its religious minorities as second-class citizens. Upon reading Pakistan’s constitution, one can see evidence of this. Religious minorities are legally barred from high government offices and all laws are required to be compatible with Islamic teachings. The interpretation of the constitution has only served to reinforce the marginalization of Christians and other religious minorities.

Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws continue to damage Pakistan’s Christian community as seven Christians were booked under these laws between January and June 2018. Six of these blasphemy accusations were reported from Faisalabad and one from Lahore.

These blasphemy allegations created country-wide tensions and threatened the entire Christian community. On February 24, Sajid Masih, one of the victims of these blasphemy accusations, sustained major injuries when he jumped from the fourth floor of the Federal Investigation Agency building in Lahore where he and his cousin, Patras Masih, also accused of blasphemy, were being tortured. Prior to jumping, Sajid had reportedly been severely tortured and ordered by investigating officers to have sex with his male cousin.

When news of the blasphemy charges against Sajid and Patras was made public, a Muslim group blocked the main roads in Lahore, demanding that the Christian youths be hanged publicly. These protests spurred many members of Lahore’s Christian community to flee their homes under threat of being set on fire by the fundamentalists.

The first six months of 2018 have also seen kidnappings, rape, forced conversions, and discrimination. Among these victims was a 25-year-old Christian girl named Asma Yaqoob. On April 17, Asma was set on fire in the Sialkot District when a Muslim man threw acid on her body. According to reports, Asma refused to marry him and resisted when he attempted to forcibly marry her and convert her to Islam. She sustained burns over 80% of her body and died after fighting for her life for six days in a Lahore hospital.
“Murders, kidnappings, forced conversions, forced marriages, attacks, discrimination, and church destruction are all issues that Pakistan’s authorities must address if Christians are to remain a part of the country’s national fabric.”…

Christian places of worship were also targeted on several occasions over the past six months. A church run by the Gospel of Jesus Mission was set ablaze in Shahdara Town in Lahore on April 15, 2018. The alter, pulpit, dozens of Christian books, carpets, pedestal fans, plastic chairs, tables, wooden crosses, tarpaulin, and worship instruments were desecrated and reduced to ashes….

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  1. Stephen says

    Jul 14, 2018 at 7:43 am

    Murders in Pakistan, rapes in the UK, savages!

  2. infidel says

    Jul 14, 2018 at 11:18 am

    Even Hindus are in the same boat in Pakistan.. the same thing is happening to their places of worship and their women folk. Many terrified Hindus have since fled/fleeing to India ..The ethnic cleansing is brutal..

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 14, 2018 at 5:19 pm

      Yes–Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and all other Infidels still surviving in Pakistan are under violent threat.

  3. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jul 14, 2018 at 12:56 pm

    What is this about Christians remaining a part of Pakistan’s national fabric? That’s just it. The Muslims in Pakistan do not want Christians to be a part of the national fabric. Islam has taught these Muslims that the fabric of society is to be woven from the religion of Islam alone and that all other religions, including Christianity, are imperfections, hanging threads that need to be cut and trimmed away. For Muslims Christianity is not something to be included but rather to be eliminated. How’s that for cultural diversity? Anyone who desires cultural diversity should first and foremost be against Islam.

  4. gravenimage says

    Jul 14, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    Pakistan: Persecution of Christians increases in first six months of 2018
    ……………………………..

    This is the final push in Pakistan for full genocide of Christians and all other Infidels.

    The US and everywhere else in the West should cut all aid to this hideous Muslim state.

    • Pocatello says

      Jul 14, 2018 at 7:15 pm

      We need also to facilitate Pakistani Christian immigration as rapidly as possible. What hope do those of dhimmi status have to achieve an exit on their own?

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