Rawalpindi: (Shamim Masih) – Asghar Ali victim of blasphemy case was shot by the police constable within the premises of Central Jail Adayla Rawalpindi this morning. According to reports, Asghar Ali s/o Hakam Dad, A Muslim by faith and victim of the notorious blasphemy laws (Section 295-C) of Pakistan, case FIR No. 665/10 PS Sadiqabad, was being confined in Adalia Jail, Rawapindi. Today he was shot by a police constable named Yousaf, who was appointed for his security. He was immediately taken to hospital and is in critical condition. Mr Ali was sentenced to death in January. Today’s shooting incident occurred within…
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The extent of the targeting of Christians, noted Gregory in a 2008 report, “is instructive because it shows that violence against Christians is widespread across the whole of Pakistan, from Muree in the North to Karachi in the South and from Lahore in the East to Peshawar in the West. It shows that violence is rural and urban, including in the capital; and that it involves ad hoc apparently spontaneous acts of violence, as well as organised violence and violence in which government authorities, local and national, collude either directly or by omission. It evidences a complex and multi-dimensional pattern…
ACN News: Friday, 19th September 2014 – IRAQ/UN With pictures of the UN meeting © Aid to the Church in Need By John Newton and Oliver Maksan THE leaders of Iraq’s Christians have called on the United Nations to urgently address the growing refugee crisis before a freezing winter forces displaced Christians to leave the country. “We Christians in Iraq have a future if the international community gives us immediate assistance. Don’t forget us,” Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako told a conference at the UN in Geneva. The patriarch told the delegates that “People are disappointed how little help has been received to date.”…
A professor of Islam known for his liberal religious views, was gunned down in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi. The incident took place on Thursday 18th September 2014, after a Madrassah issued a Fatwa (Islamic Decree) relating to alleged blasphemy and apostasy against him. Dr Auj had issued controversial fatwas (religious decrees) declaring that a Muslim woman could marry a non-Muslim man, and that women need not remove lipstick or nail polish before saying their prayers. Due to such views he was accused of apostasy and blasphemy. Dr Auj was fighting a legal case against the originator of a widely-circulated text…
British Pakistani Christian Association has secured funding for a series of free gymnastics and Dance classes, for children between the ages of 6-11, for a period of 20 weeks. Read more in the Ilford Recorder (click here) The classes will help create healthier lifestyles for children from the deprived communities of Loxford and Clementswood Ward, in Ilford. Sessions are funded by the Church Urban Fund within their “Health and Belief” programme. Coupled with the course will be a series of free health tests and nutritional advice and support. Partner Groups include the North London Health Foundation Trust, Redbridge Healthy Eating…
Image of Ilford Mammoth at Natural History Museum. BPCA is co-hosting a celebration of the mammoth remains uncovered in our local borough of Redbridge in 1864. Whether you believe in seven literal days for creation or seven periods of time, it is impossible to discount the existence of mammoths. The BPCA does not believe that there is a conflict between science and God and we would argue that the the natural orderliness and laws within God’s creation, underpins scientific enterprise i.e. nature has to be regular for us to learn from scientific testing. The event will be a wonderful opportunity…
Image of Ilford Mammoth at Natural History Museum. BPCA is co-hosting a celebration of the mammoth remains uncovered in our local borough of Redbridge in 1864. Whether you believe in seven literal days for creation or seven periods of time, it is impossible to discount the existence of mammoths. The BPCA does not believe that there is a conflict between science and God and we would argue that the the natural orderliness and laws within God’s creation, underpins scientific enterprise i.e. nature has to be regular for us to learn from scientific testing. The event will be a wonderful…
By Nasir Bhatti Pakistan Christian Post (sic): Karachi: September 15, 2014. (PCP) The Secretary General of Gods People Fellowship of Pakistan GPFP, Mr. Ashraf P Butt have stressed upon government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to award special permissions to millions of Pakistani Christians, a biggest religious minority of state, to pilgrimage and to perform their religious rituals in Holy land of Israel on their Pakistani Passports. The Pakistani Passport restricts visitation of Israel to their citizens as Islamic Republic of Pakistan have no diplomatic ties with Israel. Mr. Butt also demand government of Pakistan to establish diplomatic ties with…
A Christian convert from Hinduism and his Hindu co-worker were arrested in Lahore for allegedly burning a Koran and a chart of Koranic verses. The legal defence lawyer has argued that the victim has been the target of an attack, as a consequence of fear amongst Muslim’s, of the growing conversion rates of Hindu’s to Christianity, in Pakistan. Javed Masih, A Christian and his colleague Anand Lal, a hindu were arrested after senior headmaster Abdul Ghafoor Shah, of Government Excellence High School, filed a report about charred Koranic verses at the institution. Though the two men were not named on…
Pakistan floods devastate several Christian villages – Emergency aid required immediately. By Shamim Masih BPCA correspondent in Islamabad Incessant rains have killed hundreds of people and damaged thousands of houses throughout Pakistan. Over 500 roads have been submerged and the last body count, which is by no means accurate, suggest at least 340 people have been killed. Since 9th September persistent rains and the release of water from dams in India have brought great suffering on Christian communities. I visited three local flood ravaged areas to assess the needs of innocent victims, left destitute. Many Christian slum areas have been completely…