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Images lost after transfer of our website from the now terminated Adobe Business catalyst platform to Wordpress in September 2021. A Christian boy of only 7 years old was brutally sodomized by a Muslim rapist who later fled the scene when two Christian men ran to the screaming boy and rescued him from his terrifying and brutal ordeal. Please sign our petition (click here) Daim Masih (7 yrs) is a grade one student attending Bethel Christian School, from the district of Sahiwal in the Punjab. Daim’s school is 2km away from his home and usually he would be dropped to…

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During a chance discovery of a Pakistani Christian Community of at least 40 Pakistani Christian families in a section of Bangkok that Wilson Chowdhry, has not been to before, he spoke with parishioners of a makeshift church and heard the heart-wrenching pleas of mothers who had described the sorrow they feel that their children have been unschooled for over 3 years. The desperate plea and call to action has spurred Mr Chowdhry to consult with trustees and together they agreed to initiate a school for the beleaguered mix of asylum seekers and refugee children, who simply want to have access…

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Graves of the lost – some images have been lost during transfer of website. Mehwish Bhatti our lead officer joined the many beleaguered Christians of Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, who survived the Islamist attack on 17th December 2017. Mehwish described the experience and wrote: I started my journey at 10.45 from Islamabad and reached Quetta at 4.30pm in the afternoon on 24th of December. My target was to meet as many blast victims as I could during a one day stay in the city. I travelled to  Civil Hospital where the victims were taken soon after the blast for…

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Image shows Mehwish Bhatti with Aleeza only days after Quetta Church bomb attack (several images from this article have bene lost during transfer of website). A one and a half year old child victim of the Quetta Methodist Church Bomb attack is fighting to save her life after poor medical treatment at  Civil Hospital, Quetta has led to a serious gangrene infection that has already lead to the loss of her right foot. During the Islamist attack on 17th December 2017, Aleeza Ashraf  was struck by several bits of shrapnel from the detonation of an explosive device worn by one…

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Some of the images from within this article have been lost during transfer to our new website. After the brutal murder of 9 people and over 50 casualties the survivors of the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church Islamist attack and families of the deceased, will all be joining with other parishioners to celebrate Christmas at a bittersweet ceremony on Christmas Eve and then again Christmas Day. The service tomorrow will be the first time the whole church has come together since the attack and will be a day of mixed emotions. Despite the heavy trauma, members of the church faced last…

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An 11 year campaign to return Jesus to the centre of Christmas celebrations in Ilford were brought to fruition when Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, installed a nativity at Ilford Town Hall on Tuesday 19th December 2017. Residents from Ilford swamped to take pictures of the new hand-painted fibreglass figurines which adorned the left tower of the historic town hall steps. For 5 years Mr Chowdhry has been leading a campaign for the return of the Nativity to the Ilford Town Hall after vandals destroyed the last one 16 years ago and the council refused to…

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While Christians celebrated the birth of Christ in Ilford Town Centre on Saturday 16th December 2017, after having applied for permission with Redbridge Facilities Management Department for a Christmas celebration, a local Islamic group caused a panic by playing the Azan (a Muslim chant used for call of prayer), that triggered fears of an impending terrorist attack. The peaceful family event which was held in Ilford Town centre on Saturday was organised by 9 local churches in collaboration, and was both well attended and appreciated by local residents (click here).  However at around 2pm during a prayer that was being said…

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A Yorkshire woman who had her head smashed against a wall so hard that it left her bleeding and unconscious, by three youths she believes to be Muslim, is concerned about the wall of silence that seems to have shrouded the culprits of the brutal crime. During the attack she suffered a large gash to her forehead and serious facial injuries. Nikki Hurst [real name protected] (32 yrs) was brutally attacked at 6.45 on 31st October 2017 in Batley a town in West Yorkshire, while walking to work. You can find her story in most of the main stream -…

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Usman Masih before being arrested. A Christian man accused of involvement in the lynching of two Muslim men believed to have been suspects in the twin church bomb attack at Lahore on 15th March 2015, has died in Kot Lakhput Jail on 9th December 2017. An autopsy report states that Mr Usman Masih (29 yrs) died from a heart attack but in similar fashion to previous deaths of Christians under police captivity, Mr Masih’s body was littered with bruises and welts, creating suspicion around the reasons behind his death. Usman Masih, a married father of two children, was arrested with…

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After vandals destroyed the last Christmas Nativity scene figures in 2001, Redbridge Council decided to terminate the annual expression of the Christian faith, removing the captivating reminder of the birth of Jesus, which is the very reason for the celebration of Christmas. The Council have instead chosen to focus on Christmas Trees and Santa as local celebrations of Christmas become increasingly commercial. However Churches of Redbridge have hit back and on a front page article in the Ilford Recorder this week (click here) demanded the return of the Nativity to the town hall steps, in order to preserve an ancient British custom…

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