Category: Pakistan

Pakistan – Report of Mob Burning Christian Homes for Alleged “Blasphemy”

UCAN report: “Pakistan: Christians flee after Muslims destroy village”
— UCAN reports: “Smoke was still rising from the Christian village of Korian in Punjab province on July 31 after it was completely destroyed in a violent raid the previous night by thousands of Muslims.”
— “The village in Faisalabad diocese was attacked after Muslims accused a family there of blasphemy. In all, 60 houses and two churches belonging to the Church of Pakistan and the New Apostolic Church were destroyed and livestock stolen.”
— “Masih said the mob was armed with firearms and explosives. ‘They used trucks to break the walls and petrol to start the fires,” he said. “We saved our lives only by hiding in the fields until three in the morning, when relatives arrived with vehicles to collect us. The children cried all night,’ Masih said.”
— “Tension between the Christian and Muslim communities in the area arose after pages containing Islamic inscriptions were found in front of a Christian home on July 26 following a wedding.”
— “A group of Muslims then interrogated those who attended the wedding party, and accused the family of desecrating the Qur’an. ”

UCAN reports on Pakistan mob attack: "A Christian house set ablaze by Muslims"
UCAN reports on Pakistan mob attack: "A Christian house set ablaze by Muslims"

Pakistan: Children Being Taught Hate – Trained to be Suicide Bombers

Taliban using children as part of ‘Violent Extemism’
— “14-year-old boy recruited by Taliban in Swat recalls recruitment”
— “Intelligence reports estimate more than 5,000 children trained so far”
— 14 year old Hazrat Ali: “They first call us to the mosques, and preach to us. Then they take us to a madrassa and they teach us things from the Quran. They teach us to use machine gun, Kalashnikov, rocket launchers, grenades, bombs. They ask us to use them only against the infidels. Then they teach us how to do a suicide attack.”
— “Ali said he longed for the day when his turn would come to be a suicide bomber. ‘There are thousands of us. The Taliban now have the power to defeat the army,’ he added.”
— Pakistani boys recall ordeal at suicide training centre

Pakistan: Man kills cousin for ‘honour’

(Pakistan) Man kills cousin for ‘honour’
— “A 23-year-old girl was killed in the name of ‘honour’ in Nawankot police precincts on Sunday. According to the police, Imran allegedly shot his cousin Shumaila in her house. Police said Shumaila had eloped with her aunt’s husband a few days back and her family members took her back two days ago, after convincing her she would not be harmed. The police said the accused wanted to marry her, but got dejected after her elopement. It said Imran forced Shumaila to go into a room and killed her. He escaped without facing resistance.”

Pakistan: Jirga orders marrying off three minor girls

(Pakistan) Jirga orders marrying off three minor girls
— “Ghulam Sarwar and his wife Rahila Ghulam, residents of Tehsil Jhat Pat, district Jaffarabad, Balochistan”
— “I have three minor daughters Paras, 4, Sughra, 2, and Rehmat who is just eight months old and I will not marry my daughters to my paternal uncles, said Rahila while bitterly crying”

Pakistan – Islamists Get Minority Rights Leader Jailed

Pakistan – Islamists Get Minority Rights Leader Jailed
— “All three were remanded to two days of police custody under pressure from Islamists who have harassed Francis and the other two men with false accusations, CLAAS lawyers said, and on Sunday a magistrate sent them to the jail to await trial”
— Joseph Francis, “national director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS)”
— “along with CLAAS official Ashar Sarfaraz and Sarfaraz’s brother-in-law, Zulfiqar Wilson”

Pakistan: U.N. Posted Red Cross Report on “Honor Killings” in Pakistan

(Pakistan) U.N. Posted Red Cross Report on “Honor Killings” in Pakistan
— “Human rights groups say Pakistani women suffer severe discrimination, domestic violence  and ‘honour’ killings, and are increasingly isolated by spreading Islamist fundamentalism.”
— Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), Pakistan: honour killing of men; availability of state protection, 9 July 2009, a-6813

Pakistan – ICC Report: “Update: Jihad Attack on over 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan”

(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Update: Violent Extemism Attack on over 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan”
— ICC reports on mob violence and attacks on Christian women
— ICC reports: “ICC has received additional details on a Muslim mob that assaulted and robbed Christians before burning over 100 of their homes…”
— ICC reports that mob of “three to four hundred” used “sticks, hatchets, and acid”
— ICC reports that “the imam at the local mosque” said “Kidnap the Christian women, destroy their belongings, and get ready for Violent Extemism”
— ICC reports that “Noreen was in her home taking a shower when the mob attacked.  Frightened she tried to run onto the roof, but the Muslims dragged her out by her hair and threw acid on her.  She later tried to commit suicide.”
— ICC reports that “Allah Rakhi said, ‘I was sitting in my home when the mob came in and started breaking furniture and other things.  They beat me with a stick, ripped my clothes off, and took the money in the house.'”
— ICC reports that “Another woman miscarried her unborn child after being beaten.”
— ICC reports that “Despite promises of support from local politicians and officials, no arrests have been made.”

Pakistan – ICC Report: “Police Brutalize Christians after Robbing their Homes” – in Punjab’s Wazirabad

(Pakistan) ICC Report: “Police Brutalize Christians after Robbing their Homes” – in Punjab’s Wazirabad
— ICC reports on brutalization of Christians and attacks on Christian women
— ICC reports: “On June 4th, local police entered a Christian village in Pakistan, arrested several men, and dragged women out of their home and by their homes and through the streets by their hair.
— ICC report states that accusations are that Christians “not keeping the sewage lines clean enough”
— ICC report further quotes Stephen Gill “a local Christian leaer” who states “The police raided and ransacked Christian homes and stole our valuables, including cell phones, cash, jewelry, and other expensive household items”
— ICC report states “Police beat 11 Chritian men who protested the raid and then threw them into police vans.  They were all taken to the police station and later thrown into jail.”
— ICC report states “The police also grabbed the women by their hair and dragged them out of their homes and into the street, where they ‘ripped apart’ their clothes as they mocked them, calling them ‘choohra’ (a derogative word for ‘Christian’).  They arrested at least six women.”