The human rights of kaffirs living under Sharia oppression continue to be ignored in a world in which burning a Quran is big news.
The Christian community in Pakistan already faces human rights abuses including forced conversions and bogus accusations of blasphemy. Now comes news that they are allotted so little burial space that they are “forced to bury five to 10 bodies in a single grave that is already filled with skeletons and bones”; in other words, mass graves.
“Pakistan: Christians Facing Shortage of Graveyards, Forced to Bury 5 to 10 Bodies in Single Grave,” Zee News, February 16, 2023:
Islamabad: Christian community is forced to burry five to 10 bodies in a single grave that is already filled with skeletons and bones as there are four graveyards for more than 70,000 Christians living in Peshawar and other cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The News International reported citing members, The News International reported. Augustin Jacob, a representative of the Christian community in Peshawar, said that old graves are being dug up and used for burying the dead.
He said that no attention has been paid to this aspect due to the increased population rate, as per the news report. He said that there have been discussions with the government, however, the authority`s talk of giving land outside the city for graveyards could cause more issues for the Christian community.”If the administration gives us space, it is outside of Peshawar. It is difficult for people to survive in these economic conditions and it is also difficult to bear the expenses incurred on the burial of a dead,” The News International quoted Augustin Jacob as saying.
Jacob said that the Christian community needs a place in the city where people can reach easily. He said most of the Christians living in the region belong to the working class and cannot afford to purchase land for the new graveyard, as per The News International report. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa allocated Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 75 million for the construction of five cremation grounds for the Hindu community and the creation of seven graveyards for Christians in March 2019, as per the news report.
Officials said that PKR 24 million has been allocated for building five cremation grounds and PKR 51 million have been set aside for purchasing land for seven Christian graveyards.The purchase of four kanal land for cremation grounds in Peshawar and two-kanal each in Hangu, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and Now Shera districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been approved by the concerned department, The News International reported citing officials.
According to officials, the purchase of six kanal of land for Christian graveyard in Peshawar, five kanal each in Mardan, Kohat, Swabi and Lower Dir and four kanal each in Swat and Nowshera districts have been approved by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. Alaica Khan, a social activist from Peshawar, said the government had allotted land for the graveyard, as per the news report.
However, local Muslim community is not allowing them to construct a graveyard. Khan called on the government to take urgent action as they are forced to bury dead in old graves.”We ask for other land and urgent actions because we are forced to bury our dead in old graves,” The News International quoted Alaica Khan as saying. Former advisor to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister on minorities Ravi Kumar said the KP Department for Religious Affairs and minorities had procured land for a Christian graveyard and a cremation ground for Hindus in 2020 in Budu Samar Bagh region in Peshawar…..
somehistory says
Thankfully, this does not matter in the real scheme of things, as God doesn’t order each dead body to be buried alone.
mozlums have no real idea of what Jesus and His Father expect from those who want to worship in “Spirit and Truth. If a Christian dies, they do not feel or know or think any longer. The loved ones, if they have a good understanding of the Bible, know this. The survivors are aware that their loved ones are “sleeping in death,” and have no recognition of where they are buried.
If the only place available to bury a Christian was a field where hogs, or dogs, were allowed to roam, there would be no harm in God’s eyes to burying there.
However, mozlums are so stupid and misdirected by their fake ‘prophet,’ and false ‘god,’ they are afraid of everything that might look like an insult to their fakeness.
So, believing in these fake things, they believe they are insulting Christians in cheating them of places to bury their dead.
If the Christians just went about doing the best they could, and not complaining, it would pull some steam from the mozlum arrogance and cruelty. They wouldn’t change and do differently, but it might make the Christians feel better about their situation. There are more important things to worry about.
Burying the dead means they are protecting themselves against disease. Respect for the dead, is important only in that we loved that one and respected that one when they lived.
Keith O says
There is a simple reason why Christians want to be buried in cemeteries.
That is the soul is trapped there with the body until judgment day.
If a body is burnt, the soul is released. If the body is buried elsewhere, or lost at sea etc. The soul can’t be imprisoned to wait for judgment day.
somehistory says
Keith O,
I am a believer in Christ, hopefully, He considers me Christian.
This thing you mentioned is no where in His teaching, so I’m not sure where you have gotten this idea about why Christians “want to be buried in cemeteries.”
The “soul” is dead along with the body….just as Jesus said, God can destroy both soul and body, and as the Hebrew Scriptures reveal, the “soul that is sinning, will die,” and as we all sin, there is no difference between the soul of a Christian and that of another when each one dies.
Also, the Bible says that “all souls” belong to God, and He said when a person dies, their “spirit goes out, he goes back to the ground; in that day, his thoughts perish.” the body…and soul return to the dust.”
So, it really doesn’t matter to the dead Christian where they are buried. It matters to the living who loved and mourn the death.
The Bible says that the “tombs will be opened,” but it also says, “the sea gave up its dead,” speaking of a future time for the resurrection and Judgment.
Christians are not prone to superstition about the dead, and those who truly know Jesus’ teachings and the Hebrew Scriptures upon which His birth, life, commands, teachings, promises and death are all built upon, we do not worry about where our dead body may end up, waitng for the resurrection.
Keith O says
Not all Christians, this is Catholic dogma.
somehistory says
As I stated, the Bible does not support those ideas. Jesus said His voice would call out those in the “memorial tombs,” and Revelation…from God, to Jesus, to an angel, and to John, speaks about ‘”those dead” in different places who will be resurrected.
“Revelation 20:13
New International Version
13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.”
The “spirit” of life “returns to God” when a person dies, and He can return it to anyone He chooses by resurrecting them.
The Bible and the teachings of Jesus should be the guide of anyone who wants to be Christian. Catholic pr otherwise/
Aum says
Respect the dead.