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Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Muslim mob destroys a Catholic church

Nov 8, 2019 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The world yawns.

“Punjab, a Muslims [sic] mob destroys a Catholic church,” by Shafique Khokhar, Asia News, November 7, 2019:

Lahore (AsiaNews) – A mob of Muslim radicals demolished a wall and the front door of a Catholic church in the village of Waqya Chak, district of Arifwala, in the Pakistani Punjab. The destruction took place on November 4th under the eyes of the police.

The official reason for the destruction is that the Christian community did not have the necessary permits. Speaking to AsiaNews, however, Catholics complain that it is the fruit of “envy” against Christians. Naseer Masih, a church catechist, declares: “Muslims do not want the church in the village because they have bad feelings towards Christians”.

About 4 thousand people live in the village. There are 70 Catholic families, and now they live with pain and anger. Naseer has been leading prayers since the place of worship was built in 2007. This is not a real building, given that the resident Catholic community does not have the funds to build a church, but a small fenced plot, given by a member of the community. Inside there is a modest construction where the masses are celebrated and the parish priests of the nearby churches officiate the liturgy on the major Christian feasts.

Muslims oppose the presence of the wall. On 4 November 50 policemen arrived in front of the gate and asked Catholics if they had ever had problems praying in church. Christians have responded that they had never had difficulties. Meanwhile, a crowd of 60 people gathered to bring a tractor and hammers. With the tractor they knocked down the door, then the Muslims completed the destruction with hammers.

The following day police officers – including the assistant commissioner, deputy superintendent and the station attendant – called a meeting between Christians and Muslims. On that occasion the policemen told the Christians that they will not be able to build the church proper until they have the permission of the district coordinator. Then they added that the church was destroyed because it was illegal….

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Filed Under: Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians, Pakistan Tagged With: Arifwala, Punjab, Waqya Chak


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  1. DHazard says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 3:23 pm

    And still nothing about Christian oppression from Western “mainstream” media. If I didn’t read Jihad Watch I would have never heard of this or the many other daily torments Christians go through in Shariah-land.

    • Lotus says

      Nov 9, 2019 at 1:38 am

      We should have a rule – for every Christian church destroyed in a Muslim-majority country, we should knock one mosque down in a Western country.

      • Jayell says

        Nov 9, 2019 at 3:57 am

        And when muslims are already vandalising and committing arson against churches in the West? If there was one mosque demolished for every muslim act against a church anywhere in the world, there wouldn’t be many mosques left in the West.

        • Student of History says

          Nov 9, 2019 at 5:45 am

          And that would be HUGE improvement – one I personally find necessary to begin restoring some sanity.

        • Lotus says

          Nov 9, 2019 at 5:49 am

          And why would that be a bad thing?

        • Christopher Kelley says

          Nov 10, 2019 at 2:35 pm

          Clearly the Pathological rage against a small village compound, not even a “proper church,” shows that Mohammedanism makes its adherents SICK — PSYCHOTIC.
          Islam is clearly a DISEASE! It cries out for treatment as a Mental Illness. It also manifests signs of contageon.
          But many have also recovered from it, Praise God! — at very great personal cost to themselves, such as a need to escape from those still being ravaged by it mentally, like family & community.
          Local Imams should be quarrantined as carriers!

  2. keya says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    And people get arrested for putting bacon inside a mosque.

  3. LLetto says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    Maybe they needed socks washed and were looking for the Pope

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 4:16 pm

    In this world there are builders and there are destroyers; there is life and there is death.

    Jesus was a carpenter – making things for others. Later, He became a teacher, fed the hungry and healed the sick. Jesus was a builder.

    Muhammad was a merchant – trading in goods made by others. Later he became a thief and a robber, stealing the goods of others, killing those who did not yield to his demands. Muhammad was a destroyer.

    For Christians the perfect example is Jesus; for Muslims the perfect example is Muhammad.

    Builder vs. destroyer; life vs. death.

    • roberta says

      Nov 8, 2019 at 4:38 pm

      +1

    • Keys says

      Nov 8, 2019 at 5:22 pm

      Well said, CES !

    • Reynaldo says

      Nov 10, 2019 at 4:43 am

      Amen…

  5. PRCS says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    “The following day police officers – including the assistant commissioner, deputy superintendent and the station attendant – called a meeting between Christians and Muslims. On that occasion the policemen told the Christians that they will not be able to build the church proper until they have the permission of the district coordinator. Then they added that the church was destroyed because it was illegal.

    Well, there you have it. Nothing to do with Islam. Just some Muslims enforcing Punjabi zoning laws.

    Construction of a new church will go forward, no doubt, once the paperwork is in order.

    Once the unending paperwork is in order, that is.

  6. Infidel says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    Why not send the Pope there to explain to them how unislamic their act was? /sarc

    • katemul says

      Nov 9, 2019 at 12:32 pm

      And please, please keep him there.

      Thanks from a Catholic loyal to the church and not Pope Francis

  7. gravenimage says

    Nov 8, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Muslim mob destroys a Catholic church
    ……………………..

    Muslims in Pakistan have already driven out, forcibly converted, or murdered almost all Christians–and Hindus and Sihks and Jains–in Pakistan since its independence in 1947.

    More:

    Lahore (AsiaNews) – A mob of Muslim radicals demolished a wall and the front door of a Catholic church in the village of Waqya Chak, district of Arifwala, in the Pakistani Punjab. The destruction took place on November 4th under the eyes of the police.
    ……………………..

    “Under the eyes of the police”–this is *very* common in Dar-al-Islam, where the police fail to stop or even egg on violent Muslims attacking Infidels.

    More:

    The official reason for the destruction is that the Christian community did not have the necessary permits.
    ……………………..

    Also the norm in the Muslim world. Per the Pact of Umar (template for Muslims oppressing Kuffar) no non-Muslims are allowed to build new places of worship, or even to repair existing ones.

    More:

    The following day police officers – including the assistant commissioner, deputy superintendent and the station attendant – called a meeting between Christians and Muslims. On that occasion the policemen told the Christians that they will not be able to build the church proper until they have the permission of the district coordinator. Then they added that the church was destroyed because it was illegal….
    ……………………..

    This is also very common, and is just intended to cow Christians and make it clear that they will not be able to make any appeal to the authorities.

    God, I hate Islam.

  8. Angemon says

    Nov 9, 2019 at 10:20 am

    The official reason for the destruction is that the Christian community did not have the necessary permits.

    Even if that were the case, that would be a case for the authorities, not a raging mob.

  9. John says

    Nov 11, 2019 at 5:52 am

    We should copy this article and send it all the Churches in our neighborhood.

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