Posted: March 06, 2010
9:20 pm Eastern
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
In Pakistan, a
Christian man was sentenced to life in prison after a neighbor with whom he had
a business disagreement
accused him of desecrating the Quran, and a husband
and wife were jailed for 25 years for touching Islam's holy book
without washing their hands. (While this is no doubt ridiculous charges, and an even more
ridiculous sentence handed down by a judge, this is far from the heinous acts
done in the name of Islam every day. On
the same day this article came out in Nigeria a bunch of Muslim’s armed with
knives and machete’s shouting Allah is Great they broke into houses
slaughtering men women and children 200 perished in this attack. Far from an
isolated incident Muslim attacks and slaughters in
I am
extremely troubled by these deaths as so many of these are CINO’s Christians In Name Only, being raised Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox,
Coptic. We are not suggesting that no one in these demoninations can not come
to the light of Jesus Christ and come into a deep personal relationship with
Jesus Christ, I personally have met several over the years that are working
within their denominational churches to bring others into the same light and
revelation of Jesus Christ that they have come into. There is a spirit of weeping for all of these
forgotten defenseless and poor Christians even if in name only in these Muslim
nations where every day they are threatened, robbed and spoiled for their
money, for their land and even for their wives and daughters.
While all of
these who so perish are considered martrys for Jesus Christ, somehow we do not
feel that Christ is not being lifted up and glorified in these situations. Where are the converts seeing these beleivers
great faith and peace as they do not bow the knee to the false god allah, and beast of mohammadism. What we see instead is the fourth beast of
Daniel making war with Christians and Jews breaking their homes and possesions
into pieces and trampling their men woman and children into dust. We are agast, we are
horrified concerning what these people suffer in the name of Christian and
Christianity. It breaks our heart that
there is no voice and no witness in behalf of these.)
The reports came from Compass Direct
News, the Center for Legal Aid
Assistance and Settlement and LogansWarning.com.
According to Compass, the life term
was imposed on Imran Masih, 22, of
The conviction was based on the accusation of a rival shopkeeper who was
accused of using a mosque loudspeaker to incite a mob that beat Masih.
Masih had been accused by Hajji Liaquat Abdul Ghafoor, the neighboring
shopkeeper, of tearing pages out of the Quran and burning them. But Masih
explained he was burning old merchandise records he had gathered while cleaning
his store.
Compass reported Masih's family members claimed Ghafoor fabricated the
blasphemy case because of a business disagreement. Other shopkeepers reported
to Compass they has seen the two arguing over business just a few days before
the accusations.
"Ghafoor started shouting that Masih had desecrated the Quran and made
blasphemous remarks about Islam and prophet
Muhammad," said one of the shopkeepers, according to Compass. "Ghafoor
spread misconceptions about Imran Masih, and a mob of angry Muslim men unaware
of the facts attacked Masih and viciously beat him, looted his shop and later
handed him over to police."
An appeal is planned to the Lahore High Court.
The second episode developed, according to reports from CLAAS, when Munir
Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi were accused of touching a Quran without washing their
hands.
The organization said the husband and wife were convicted of
"contaminating" the Quran when they touched it.
The group, which fights for the rights of the poor and marginalized in
Munir Masih was locked up in Kasur's district prison, and his wife went to
the women's prison in
Their convictions also are being appealed to the Lahore High Court, officials
said.
Christians in
International Christian Concern's
"If I say that as a Christian, I don't believe Muhammad is a prophet of
God, the state of
"Pakistani law limits my ability to talk about what I believe," he
explained. "The Pakistani penal code is literally against the United
Nations Charter of Human Rights which says I should have freedom of religious
expression."
The ICC Pakistani analyst went a step further.
"If anyone communicates the Gospel message in
Some nations are attempting to persuade
According to a statement from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,
Michael Rubin, the AEI's Central Asian expert, said
WND also reported recently when the
"We have expressed in the strongest terms possible that the Pakistani
government must prosecute acts of violence based upon religion," said Jay
Sekulow, chief counsel for the organization, as well as the U.S.-based
"Christians are being singled out and murdered because of their faith.
Only when the Pakistani government effectively prosecutes those responsible for
the acts of violence will attacks against Christians end," he said.
The ECLJ is urging the U.N. to call on