Pak-Christians are fearing the new year celebrations in Thailand named Songkran, an internationally known water festival. Fears are based on the pickpocketing, water damage to phones and arrests of asylum-seekers and refugees in Thailand, who are all deemed illegal in a country that has not ratified UN Conventions on asylum. The same Christians are pining for a return of Easter and Christmas worship services. BACA have not been holding them for the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the annual asylum crackdown held in December. https://youtu.be/ihXnAUtE5UE Thousands of Pak-Christians living in Bangkok, a country they have…
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British Asian Christian Association, recently contributed to an article in Christianisme Aujourd’hui. If you are a french reader you can read the article below. Though we believe the transcript we copied can be read google translated into English. De récentes tensions autour de corans brûlés en Europe relancent le débat sur la liberté d’expression et l’attitude des chrétiens face à l’islam et aux provocations. Charlotte Moulin 29 Mar 2023 Christianisme Aujourd’hui Partager: Abonnés Plusieurs vidéos, en circulation actuellement sur les réseaux sociaux, sont diffusées par des adhérents à l’Etat islamique à l’adresse des musulmans. Ils sont appelés à commettre des…
A former illiterate Christian orphan – the only surviving member of his family, after his 10 year old brother Badil Masih was sodomized and killed by Muslim employers, is showing good progress in his education. Soojal Masih was saved from a life of child labour and a future of illiteracy when British Asian Christian Association, found him after a number of months living with an uncle, after having been shunted from home to home amongst his maternal and paternal uncles. Preparations were being made for Soojal to become a hairdressing labourer for his uncle, so he could earn his…
War rages on between Russia and Ukraine which passed beyond a year’s duration since the invasion on February 24th 2022 (click here). British Asian Christian Association has been providing aid to Ukrainians in Odessa since the outset of the war via Pastor Vasilev in Odessa and to refugees in Moldova (click here). Our work in Ukraine has expanded recently to help Ukrainians who in October were freed from Russian oppression in Kherson, but subjected to terrible shelling in retaliation for the forced Russian withdrawal (click here). Pastor Vasiliev shared an update on the dire situation faced by people who remain…
British Asian Christian Association, has noticed a surge in visitors to our ‘Meals for the Needy’ project based at Clementswood Community Centre in Ilford. To help struggling families to cope with the economy and our regular homeless visitors, we have been expanding the items we provide on distribution days. This month, we have been sharing toilet paper, sugar, tea bags, toiletries and much more to help with the demands of our visitors. We have also continued to serve hot tea, coffee and chocolate for the growing crowd of visitors attending our centre every week. This week in addition to our…
We wrote to all our supporters in January this year to inform you about bomb survivor Aleeza Masih’s excellent school results and the need for a new prosthetic limb (click here). We are happy to announce that she has now had the new leg cast and it was fitted on 19th February 2023. Aleeza and is displaying great mobility again and we share a video below. We thank all donors that contributed to this work, which has allowed us to keep our promise to this family to cover costs for these prosthetic legs till Aleeza reaches adulthood. https://youtu.be/K1d1Klv7nQY Aleeza had…
Christmas is the time when children across the world receive gifts and the custom in Pakistan is for them to be gifted new clothes and shoes, usually from their parents. BACA has always been deeply concerned about the needs of the children of Shama and Shehzad, we have always attempted to reduce their feeling of the loss of their parents. With this in mind, On 15th December, BACA’s team took all three children to a well known shopping mall, so they like other children could buy new clothes to make their Christmas special for them. Shama and Shahzad for those…
The disfigured remains of a Christian child were found in a playground, in the area of Khaliq Nagar, Lahore, on Sunday. Forensic examination of the remains has led investigators to believe the child was sodomized, killed and his body vitriolized, in order to thwart identification of the murderers. Police have arrested one of two Muslim suspects, an all points bulletin (APB) is in effect as a national manhunt takes place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmRXfBP_2MA&t=161s At 12pm on Thursday 9th March, Adan Masih (8 yrs) left his home in Kahliq Nagar, Lahore, to buy some sweets from the shop on his street, but never…
New statutory guidance on the recording of so-called non-crime hate incidents will ensure police prioritise freedom of expression, the Home Secretary has announced. Under a new draft code of practice laid before Parliament today, the police will only record non-crime hate incidents when it is absolutely necessary and proportionate and not simply because someone is offended. The measure will better protect people’s fundamental right to freedom of expression as well as their personal data. The draft code follows concerns around police involvement in reports of ‘hate incidents’ which are trivial or irrational and do not amount to a criminal offence. The code…
Ruth Pfau, was a German nun who devoted her life to combatting leprosy in Pakistan. She went to Karachi in 1960 and spent over half a century taking care of some of the country’s sickest and poorest people. Dr Ruth Pfau, is known as the ‘Mother Teresa of Pakistan for her work towards the eradication of leprosy in Pakistan. She become the first non-Muslim woman to be given a full state-burial in Pakistan. On International Women’s day British Asian Christian Association, commemorate the life and achievements of Dr Ruth Pfau, who helped eradicate leprosy from Pakistan. She is often hailed…