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Killing Christians: A State-Sponsored Crime in Pakistan
by Mohshin Habib
• November 27, 2014 at 5:00 am
The mob
beat them and broke their legs so they would not be able to flee. "They
picked them up by their arms and legs and held them over the brick furnace
until their clothes caught fire. And then they threw them inside the
furnace." — Javed Maseeh, family spokesman, to NBC News.
The
attack was not an isolated one. Rather it seems to be part of systematic
killings, community by community.
Imagine you are a person of Christian faith living as a citizen in the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: every moment your life is at risk. Imagine a
Pakistani Muslim shouting that you have burned a page of holy Quran when you
have not; or accusing you of having desecrated the Prophet Mohammed: you have
hardly any chance of saving yourself. There would be no question of providing
evidence or proof against you. You would be killed either by the mob or by
the country's legal system.
If you were one of the 3% minority Christians of Pakistan, you would
fear for your life every moment among the majority Muslims; any one of them
could shout and point at you as the Nazi collaborators did during the Second
World War against the Jews. You inevitably would be beaten to death by your
fellow countrymen.
This month in Pakistan, a Christian couple and their unborn child were
burned to death, because of a false accusation of burning pages of a Quran.
Message for Thanksgiving Day
November 27, 2014 at 4:00 am
We have so much to be thankful for – let us treasure and safeguard it. —
The Editors
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Killing Christians: A State-Sponsored Crime in Pakistan
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