Image: Volunteer Rajeshri Chouhan with officer from Westminster Drug Project who regularly undertakes Lateral Flow Tests for COVID-19 with our visitors. British Asian Christian Association announced the termination of our ‘Meals for the Homeless’ Project for the end of April and we came very close to terminating due to a lack of volunteers. However after Al Bayan Welfare Centre (a local mosque), local churches and food businesses compelled us to continue and committed to providing food and free use of Clementswood Community Centre, we agreed to continue the work. Professionally cooked food prepared by local restaurants has made our work…
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By Hannah Chowdhry After a Rabbi was attacked on Sunday 16th May at around 13:15 it made international news. Police who investigated the attack have listed the crime as a hate crime but have said that the attack “is not based on attacks happening overseas or anywhere else in the country.” You can read a fuller account of the attack (here). A 15 year old and 18 year old have been arrested and charged with racially motivated assault (GBH with intent) and are still in custody. Redbridge Council’s leaders Jas Athwal also sent out a message via his Twitter: The crime seems to…
Saleem Masih (22 yrs) was beaten to death for rinsing himself off in the tube well of Muslim land owners in Choonia District, Kasur. It should be noted that many Muslim men have been permitted to rinse themselves off in the well for many years, however it was the fact that a ‘ritually unclean’ Christian dared to use the well in this fashion that led to his murder. Read more (here)
Nabeel Masih a Christian Teenager of only 16 years old when convicted of blasphemy had been released from prison on bail on 18th March, after a two year long campaign and legal battle led by British Asian Christian Association. Read more and watch video (here)
A small Christian village were subjected to a violent mob attack by over 300 Muslim villagers on 14th May 2021, creating fear and anxiety and leaving a trail of injured victims. People from the christian community of Chak 5, Okara are still in fear of a further attack and little help or support is being provided by police who are claiming that they are powerless to defend the innocent people in the community.
Pak-Christian wife Nawab Bibi (72 yrs) has been living alone since her husband of over 30 years, Zafar Bhatti (57 yrs) was arrested and sent to prison under evidentially false blasphemy charges in 2012. As a committed and loyal wife, Nawab has been visiting her husband weekly and has been providing home cooked food and companionship, despite her ailing health. Nawab Bibi prays with and for her husband and believes strongly that he will one day be exonerated like the many Christians before him but fears such a release may be too late for her to see the day come…
After the patriarch of a family with 5 children died, British Asian Christian Association stepped in to provide some financial support. Babar Ishaq was the first ever Pak-Christian asylum seeker met by BACA when we first undertook a reconnaissance back in 2012. After our representative visited Christchurch in Bangkok on a hunch that Pakistani Christians would attend an English speaking church, Babar then introduced our group to the many of thousands of other Christians. There are thousands of Pak-Christian asylum seekers in Thailand trapped in limbo as they await resettlement in a country that has signed UN conventions for asylum.…
Homeless people in Redbridge will have access to Lateral Flow Tests for COVID-19 at our centre on Friday 30th April 2021. This will be the last day of our ‘Meals for the Homeless’ project which was serving up to 45 people 3 days a week. Throughout the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown we were serving up to 65 people twice a day, with two sets of hot meals in addition to the evening foodbank. Recognising our efforts, the whole community began to support our project and we became a beacon of hope for local people. 18 partner groups helped with the…
Ghafoor Masih (56 yrs) – Brave father of slain Saleem Masih continues to fight for justice despite threats he will be killed. Saleem Masih (22 yrs) was beaten to death for rinsing himself off in the tube well of Muslim land owners in Choonia District, Kasur. It should be noted that many Muslim men have been permitted to rinse themselves off in the well for many years, however it was the fact that a ‘ritually unclean’ Christian dared to use the well in this fashion that led to his murder. Read more (here) British Asian Christian Association have been paying for a…
On 4th November 2014, a mob of 3000 Muslims, beat and burned alive a Christian couple after a false allegation of blasphemy was made by a man enamoured by the beauty of the wife. Read more (here) Shama and Shahzad were burned alive in front of their young children who were going to put in a blazing brick kiln too, until some Muslim women stopped the rioters as they felt the sin of burning the youngsters was a step too far. The orphaned children have been supported by British Asian Christian Association as well as other charities. We helped sponsor a full-time…