A teenager concerned about knife crime has asked people to support her in a project that would provide a welcome place for East London teenagers to meet, socialise and ‘address personal problems together’, under a safe supervised environment. Watch Hannah live on Premier Christian Radio with Presenter :Mary Rodrigues: Hannah Chowdhry, wrote a letter to the London Mayor Sadiq Khan and and PM Theresa May earlier this year, which received personal responses from both of them. In this letter she refered to her roles as both an Essex and Redbridge Youth Councillor and shared the contents of a survey she…
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Usually the only help for an uneducated poor Christian woman in Pakistan is to marry herself out of poverty. The arranged marriage process has its faults but for many Christian families it has allowed social progress through beneficial loving Christian relationships. However for Rita Yousaf the process became a diabolical nightmare – not once but twice! Rita Yousaf was 23 when she married her Christian husband, a marriage her parents’ thought was a potential ideal escape for their daughter. Being one of six children, her struggling parents found it tough just to put food on the table and finding suitable…
Mehwish, Sehrish (bride in 2016), Farzana and a friend A Survivor of a Muslim gang-rape has chosen marriage over victimhood after receiving biblically based trauma counselling Farzana who had survived one of the most brutal gang-rape incidents that British Asian Christian Association has ever responded to, has chosen to forgive her rapists and drop her sense of victimhood in favour of marriage after a series of trauma counselling sessions with Mehwish Bhatti, our National Executive in Pakistan. Farzana’s sister, Sehrish, who was also attacked at the incident, married in 2016 after finding solace in her innocence and the love of…
Sania’s younger sister Muskan, mother Aasia Bibi and father Latif Masih along with BPCA officer Zeeshan A Muslim man has been detained for questioning by police during an investigation into the disappearance of an 8th grade Christian schoolgirl, Sania Masih (15 yrs). Please sign or petition calling for end to abduction, rape and forced Islamic marriage of Chrstian girls (click here) Razaabad police arrested Mohammad Nasir on the first day Sania went missing, Sunday 19th May 2019, but stopped the investigation a day before Eid-ul-fitr. Sania Masih is the 2nd child of Mason Latif Masih, (39 yrs) and housewife Aasia Masih, (35 yrs) and…
A mentally disabled man has been charged with blasphemy following a complaint by two Muslim men. Stephen Masih (42 yrs), was accused of making “derogatory remarks” against the Islamic prophet Muhammad despite repeated requests to stop. This follows several cases where Christians with learning difficulties have been beaten, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned in Pakistan. Mr. Masih, who then lived with his older sister and mother, caught typhoid at the age of 10, leaving him brain damaged and needing constant medication to control his fits, vocal outbursts and behavioural challenges, which the family are unable to afford. Two local Muslim men…
A body found near Puni Pulley area off Sargodha Road in Faisalabad, has now been formally identified as that of 33-year old, Javed Masih a Christian man who went missing on 16th May 2019. Mr. Masih who is from Chak 7 GB Kohala, Faisalabad was said to have sustained multiple injuries to his right arm, right ribs, pelvis, left leg and broken fingers. Mr. Masih had also suffered burns to both his hands and his left eye showed signs that it had been badly bleeding. Javed Masih was recently employed by Chaudhry Abbass Jutt (55 yrs), looking after animals and…
Most people can’t tell Aleeza has a limb replacement till they see it – now 3 years old. During the Quetta Bomb attack in 2017 an 18 month old child narrowly escaped death thanks to the help of our regular supporters. Not only did we pay for an operation to remove a gangrene infection but we also stayed in contact with the family and have bene very much a part of Aleeza’s life since. When the family needed a prosthetic limb for Aleeza we not only coordinated with the private hospital but paid for all the necessary treatment and travel…
The Leo twins, Rev Arif Bhatti and Asher Dewan, led worship and shared a revival message. Close to 200 Pakistani Christians gathered at Church in Newport Wales to celebrate freedom for Asia Bibi a mother of five who has spent the best part of the last ten years behind bars after falsely being accused of blasphemy. The event was organised by Pastor Mehboob Elahi who leads Praise and Power Ministries, who meet regularly every Sunday at Gaer Christian Centre, Newport, South Wales. At the event were Pakistan’s leading Gospel performers including the Leo Twins, Asher Dewan and rev Arif Bhatti…
Zeeshan Masih of BPCA, Shukantilla Farzand, Naveed’s younger sister, Tanveer Naveed’s youngest brother, Naveed’s wife with three children and other sister of Naveed When a Muslim man decided to stand in front of the home of a Christians family last Wednesday (15th May) the gentle approach by the family for him to move away from their doorway because of a perceived threat to the women of the house, became a nasty mob attack. The beleaguered family and other Christians were attacked by local Muslims who alleged a blasphemy had been committed and now several are facing blasphemy charges which could…
A large body of persecuted Christian refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka are in hiding at a Negombo police station. They have sought protection from the local police authorities after being harrased and threatened with death by angry Sri Lankans incensed by the carnage that followed last month’s Easter Sunday bombings. The Islamist attack claimed the lives of over 250 innocent victims and community tensions in the nation have escalated to epic proportions since. Several migrant communities in Sri Lanka who originated from South Asia or the Middle East have been forced to seek safety and Pakistani Christians make…