A multi-cultural and multi faith peace vigil is to be held outside Ilford Town Hall tomorrow at 6.30pm. The event which is organised by British Pakistani Christian Association and both Ilford and Newham branches of Emmanuel Christian Centre (Tamil Churches. At the event a bagpiper will be playing a lament before and after a one minute silence to the 300+ innocent people who were killed in the attack. We are urging people of all faiths shocked by the attack to come and join us in solidarity for the victims of this latest devastating attack. Event: Together Stronger (vigil for Sri…
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As Easter celebrations were taking place across Sri Lanka in particular within the cities of Colombo and Negombo – where the largest Christian communities exist – a depraved series of bomb attacks on churches and exclusive hotels brought terror to revellers and tourists. Early reports focused on 8 explosions but by the end of the day the final count was 10 in which over 200 people were killed and at least a further 400 injured. In the early hours of Easter Day (21st April 2019) at approximately 8.30am (3am GMT) while churches were in the midst of celebrations of the…
Image: BPCA Friend Cllr Sham Lal, met with the family of the kidnapped girls on our behalf. L-R Clr Sham Lall (46 yrs), Abji Mother of the sisters (48 yrs), Father Hari Das (60 yrs) and brother Shamaan Das (30 yrs) Two Hindu sisters who converted to Islam and their alleged rapist husbands will be provided security by the federal government, the Islamabad High Court ruled on Tuesday. Please sign our petition (click here) Holi is an ancient festival popularly known as the “festival of love”, or the “festival of colours”. It is a celebration steeped in ancient beliefs and customs,…
Escapee Shalet has boldly spoken about her ordeal in court. A 15 year old Christian victim of the latest forced Islamic marriage incident to rock Pakistan has been rescued from her captor and has given testimony to her ordeal. This morning (10th April 2019) at 3am a ‘planned’ police raid at an undisclosed home in Faisalabad enabled young Shalet Javed to escape the clutches of Muslim rapist Zafar Iqbal. Due to a police bungle Zafar managed to escape arrest by fleeing the scene of the crime before their arrival. On March 25th of this year Shalet Javed left her family…
Naveed Iqbal (37 yrs), Saima (35 yrs) and Danish (8 yrs) A family’s tumultuous period of running from home to home as they sought protection from the violent rapist of a Christian wife and mother of three children has come to an end, after British Pakistani Christian Association stepped in and put them in a safe house. Rapist Khalid Satti who kidnapped Saima Iqbal (35 yrs) 0n 25th February 2019, from her home, before her two of her three children has been scouring the community with violent friends of his trying to find the family so he can thwart justice. Please…
On Thursday 28th March Hannah and Wilson Chowdhry from the British Pakistani Christian Association were interviewed by Gateway Gazette, a Pakistani Christian current affairs programme, which airs on MATV. Anchor John Bosco asked several questions relating to the current status of a number of Christian victims of persecution in Pakistan and Hannah Chowdhry’s election onto both the Redbridge Youth Council and Essex Youth Council. Hannah is the first UK teenager to represent two constituencies. You can watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/q49_7iDBmHY
A Pakistani Christian girl was sold to a Muslim rapist by a Muslim woman who was close friends with her parents. The man who is known to traffick young girls has now said that teenager is in an Islamic marriage with him – forcing the parents into a long and difficult court case in order to rescue their child from his clutches. Please sign our petition (click here) On March 25th of this year their 15 year old daughter Shalet Javed left her family home in Dhandra, Faisalabad after an altercation with her sibling. Shalet didn’t wander the streets aimlessly. She…
Image of Royal Wedding event held last year. A peace event will be held in In Ilford Town Centre from the 29th – 31st of March 2019 that will also commemorate Mothers Day. The event will include commercial stalls, community stalls and a workshop for children to make gifts for their mothers for her special day. Community Group E-Gangs and anti-knife UK will be working towards eradicating teen knife crime in Redbridge and joining a plethora of other charities and groups. We believe tackling the social malaise of knife crime is a topic that goes hand in hand with celebrations…
Hannah Chowdhry speaking at Redbridge Peace pole. We urge adults and teenagers in the UK to sign our petition calling for stronger knife-crime reforms (click here) Support Hannah Chowdhry’s teen non-alcoholic bar project by donating (here). We know projects like this work as we have had success before: (click here), (here) and (here) Over 30 teenagers we polled on their concerns about knife crime and information form that was shared in a letter to the Government by teen community champion Hannah Chowdhry. All of those polled have suggested that teenagers are ignored when it comes to matters about knife-crime pertaining to them. To provide an opportunity for…