“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Christians Shot in Christmas Attack on Pastor’s Home in Pakistan,” Morning Star News, December 27, 2024:
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Three Christians were shot and wounded in a Christmas Day gun attack on the home of a pastor and televangelist in Lahore, Pakistan, sources said.
Following a Christmas Eve confrontation in which Pastor Shahzad Siddique tried to stop Muslims from harassing guests, more than a dozen gunmen the next day opened fire on Christians at a gathering outside his home in Lahore’s Maryam Colony, said Siddique, a Pentecostal preacher on satellite television channel Praise TV.
“I had just returned home from my church and was resting when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire outside my house,” Sidique told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
He called a police helpline, and an assistant sub-inspector and another officer arrived within 25 minutes; at the same time, some church members arrived for the planned Christmas festivities, he said.
“I was briefing the policemen about the firing incident when, all of a sudden, youths riding motorcycles came there and opened indiscriminate fire on us,” Siddique said. “Unfortunately, three people – my uncle, driver and a church member – received bullet injuries on the arm, stomach, and leg. We were able to catch one attacker while the others fled on foot, leaving behind five motorcycles.”
Two of the three injured male church members, Pastor Siddique’s uncle Arif Masih and driver Adnan Pervaiz, were out of danger, but the third Christian, Akash Patras, remained in serious condition with a wounded abdomen, the pastor said. Police have arrested five suspects and were raiding sites to apprehend other assailants, he said.
“I believed that this country was safe for us, but now I’m forced to admit that it isn’t safe to be a Christian in Pakistan,” Pastor Siddique told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “I’ve always preached peace and tolerance, but this unprovoked attack has shown that extremist elements do not want a peaceful society.”
Nasir Jameel, a neighbor of Pastor Siddique and member of his church, said the attack resulted from a minor altercation on Christmas Eve.
“Pastor Siddique was leading a rally comprising church members including young girls and women on Dec. 24 when a group of local Muslims riding a car started misbehaving with the participants,” Jameel told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “Pastor Siddique and other elders confronted the Muslims and told them not to tease the congregants. This must have stoked anger in the Muslims and led them to plan the attack.”…
Joe Scott says
And still they are allowed in by incompetent pathetic governments 😡…
skeptiker says
Was für schnucklige Länder… Da, wo der Islam zu Hause ist, herrscht Brüderlichkeit, Gleichheit, Frieden und Glückseligkeit. Da freue ich mich, dass das ein globaler Exportschlager geworden ist und der Westen beglückt auf diesen zukunftsweisenden Trend aufgesprungen ist.
Demokratie, Freiheit, Aufklärung, das war gestern. …im Faschismus war schließlich auch nicht alles schlecht.