By Hannah Chowdhry We share an account of the remarkable life of Esther John who was chosen to represent South Asian Christians amongst the Ten Modern Day Martyrs, above Westminster Abbey’s Great West Door. These ten statues represent Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs and include more well known figures such as Dr Martin Luther King Jr (click here) and Oscar Romero (click here). Read more (here). The Ten Modern Martyrs were installed on 9th July 1998 only two months after another the death of famous Catholic Martyr, Bishop John Joseph (15 November 1932 – 6th May…
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A video that was shared on Tick Tok by an Islamist who threatened to urinate on a Bible in a public place, has caused a lot of hurt amongst Christians. The video began to be shared virally across social media especially after Matthew Suleman an apologist from Pakistan, condemned the video. Read more and watch video (here) After receiving the video Juliet Chowdhry contacted London’s Metropolitan Police and a crime was registered. In the meanwhile, another Christian fared much less favourably, he alleges that Thames Valley Police refused to investigate the hate speech, because he was the only complainant. Evangelist…
IMAGE: Sunita Munawar as she recovers in hospital bed. A young Christian woman of only 19 years of age had acid thrown onto her face in response to rejection of the romantic advances of a Muslim man. The young nurse was being harassed by her Muslim neighbour for several years and her siblings had often complained about the unwanted interactions of Kamran Allah Baksh, with his parents. The family had reported the stalking and harassment undertaken by the young man to local police. But nothing was done to curb Mr Baksh’s behaviour. 19 year old Sunita Munawar began her journey…
A rampant crowd of Muslim students destroyed college property after a teacher was accused of blaspheming against the companions of Muhammed. In video footage obtained from Facebook, students can be seen destroying school buses, chairs, marching through college property chanting Allah-hu-akbar (Allah is the greatest) and ramming huge poles against the colleges boundary fence. Students as young as 16 could be heard calling for the extrajudicial lynching of the teacher. Police have arrested and detained the suspect accused of a blasphemy who is yet to be named and he will now be trialed through the newly hardened blasphemy law 295A…
IMAGE: Mobility challenged visitor is served at our ‘Meals for the Homeless’ project, as volunteers are on hand to offer assistance. Visitors to British Asian Christian Association’s ‘Meals for the Needy’ project have a wonderful month of January full of extra treats. On New Years Day Naomi Chowdhry shared a birthday cake with our regular visitors including asylum seekers, refugees, the homeless and others struggling with the economy. Read more (here). On 16th January a cake was paid for by Hannah Chowdhry who is now 19 years old. Though she was not there in person volunteers distributed the cake a…
By Hannah Chowdhry Rev’d Amelia Jacob was the first ever Pakistani Vicar for the Church of England. Many years ago my grandmother Helen Chowdhry, was her Geography teacher in Year 8 and a neighbour in her community – they always shared a special bond. Rev’d Amelia has informed us that my grandmother and her sister-in-law were the only two Christian teachers at her school. We share this short summary of her recently published biography: This is the inspirational story of Amelia Jacob, one of the UK’s first female priests – and the very first from Pakistan. Born in Faisalabad, Amelia…
IMAGE: Sonia Waqar and her family glad that baby could be fed after receiving BACA grant. In December 2022, the Royal Thai Government began their first national immigration crackdown since the COVID-19 pandemic. As Pakistani Christians are the largest asylum seeker community in the country they were caught up in the arrests – this included an 11 year old child. Read more (here). https://youtu.be/gMKTEudWq1E British Asian Christian Association, paid all the overstay fines for Christians arrested in the raid on 5th December 2022 at Pruchunith Soi, Rat Burana. This prevented 11 year old Magdaline, her mother and 4 other…
A Christian apologist named Matthew Suleman from Pakistan has recently shared a detestable video on Facebook, in which a Muslim man states that he will urinate on the Christian Bible at a major junction in the UK. In the same video the man puts out a challenge to Christians uttering words that incite hatred, he declared: “I will see who in England will stop me – which Christian has the courage to stop me.” Please sign our petition (here) https://youtu.be/EZXpIxeEbe8 A Christian apologist [defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse] from Pakistan, has shared a pernicious video on his…
The National Assembly of Pakistan have ratified the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act 2023 at a session on 17th January 2023. The new laws now enhance the minimum punishment for those who insult the companions, wives and family members of Muhammed, from three years to 10 years, while adding a potential fine of 10 lakh Pak-rupees ( 1 million Pak-Rupees = £3489 as of 18th Jan). Read Juliet Chowdhry’s interview with Aleteia (here). In Pakistan, religious minorities and human rights defenders are concerned about a new amendment that have toughened existing blasphemy laws. The Pakistan National Assembly unanimously passed the Criminal Laws…
IMAGE: BACA Officer on left side, Son Kashif (green shawl), wife Josephine (centre), daughter Sawera (black shawl) and daughter Misbah (burgundy shawl). https://youtu.be/ddNwmRVYMJg A gang of thee Muslim men brutally shot a struggling Christian guava farmer in Okara, Pakistan. The patriarch was shot dead before his family, after he asked the trespassers on his orchard to stop stealing fruit. After shooting the farmer the men threatened the frightened Christian family with death if they told the police, then laughed as they ran away. As the made their getaway the men shouted out ‘you Christian chura [filthy sweepers] have no chance…