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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…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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In the wake of the condemnable terror attack in New Zealand on Friday 15 March, the British Pakistani Christian Association held a peace vigil at Ilford Town Hall to commemorate those who were heartlessly taken too soon. In the early afternoon of Friday peace was disrupted in Christchurch as Brenton Tarrant descended on two mosques in the ordinarily quaint streets of Christchurch. The justification for the attack can be found in his crazed 73 page manifesto wherein he appears to profess a white superiority complex and hatred for Muslims. BPCA condemns such violence and does not see violent reprisal as…

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The Professional Standards Unit of the met police has initiated a review into the arrest and later de-arrest of Oluwole IIesanmi, a Nigerian street preacher. On Saturday 23 February in front of Southgate Tube station, North London the committed born again preacher was simply sharing his faith in the type of common preaching which churches and Christians across the country are often involved with. Please sign our petition calling for protection of Christian pastors (click here) Police officers said they arrested Mr IIesanmi, “in order to prevent a breach of the peace”, yet in the video that was shared with us…

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Terror on the Streets of New Zealand – crazed Australian zealot guns down innocent muslims in atrocious attack on Christchurch mosques CHRISTCHURCH: A quiet, innocuous day in the leafy streets of the usually serene city of Christchurch New Zealand, had its tranquillity irrevocably shattered by the actions of a crazed gunman, motivated by anti-muslim sentiment. Friday 15 of March is a day that will be etched on the minds of many horrified people, some of whom saw the attack on two Christchurch mosques as it was being live-streamed to the world. The gunman, 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant, an Australian citizen opened…

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Mother of three kidnapped at gunpoint has been forced into a false Islamic marriage under threat to harm her family Please sign our petition calling for justice for abducted, raped force Islamic marriage victims (click here) ISLAMABAD A resident of Iqbal town in Islamabad, Naveed Iqbal (37)is raising an outcry after his wife Saima Iqbal (35)  of  13 years was abducted at gun point by a member of an organised crime network, held against her will, and forcefully put the mother of three children into a Muslim Nikka with the kidnapper – Pathan Khalid Satti – under great threat to both herself and…

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