Jihad Watch reported at the beginning of this month that Saylani Welfare International Trust in Karachi was denying food aid to poor Hindus and Christians amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam’s five pillars), is reserved for Muslims.” Then came the report that Christians and […]
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Pakistan: Amid coronavirus, government launches “Islam friendly” action plan to keep mosques open for Ramadan
While deciding to keep all mosques open, the Pakistani government vowed to adhere to “precautionary measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.” How they intend to do this is unclear. And here’s the real comfort: the President of Pakistan, Imran Khan, “assured the clergy that he would soon announce a special worship day called […]
US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Denial of food to Christians in Pakistan ‘reprehensible’
This is refreshing. During the previous administration, the USCIRF would likely have responded to this by opening an inquiry into “Islamophobia.” “Denial of food to Hindus, Christians in Pakistan ‘reprehensible’: US government,” by Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Economic Times, April 14, 2020: New Delhi : The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has stated that […]
Pakistan: 1000s of Muslims gather in mosques, 60% of coronavirus cases linked to Muslims going to Islamic gatherings
“Our prayer leader told us that the virus can’t infect us the way it does Western people.” Even if people who think this way get infected, they won’t change their way of thinking. They will just assume they had displeased Allah in other ways, and redouble their efforts to please him. That’s why these kinds […]
Pakistan: Christians yet again denied food aid, coronavirus relief distribution for Muslims only
Jihad Watch has previously reported on two other incidents of this, one on April 1 and one on April 7, as well as on April 11 an incident in which Christians were forced to make the Islamic profession of faith to get food aid. EShaykh.com says that while one may give voluntary alms to non-Muslims, […]
Pakistan: Hindu family in Karachi forced to convert to Islam amid COVID-19 outbreak
Islamic tolerance. The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion. Remember Steve […]
Pakistan: Muslims pelt female police officer with stones for trying to stop Friday prayer in mosque over coronavirus
In late March, there was this in Islamabad: “‘We don’t believe in coronavirus, we believe in Allah. Whatever happens, it happens from Allah,’ said Altaf Khan, as worshippers wearing masks arrived for Friday prayers in the capital Islamabad.” And now this incident in Karachi. There is no reasoning with this kind of fanaticism, as those […]
Pakistan: Christians and Hindus only allowed food rations if they convert to Islam
Several days ago, Jihad Watch reported that Saylani Welfare International Trust in Karachi was denying food aid to poor Hindus and Christians amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam’s five pillars), is reserved for Muslims.” Then shortly afterward, International Christian Concern reported that Christians in […]
Pakistan scrambles to quarantine 100,000 Muslims who attended a Muslim event last month
In a country ruled by Islamic clerics, Pakistan isn’t faring so well with the coronavirus: Pakistan has quarantined 20,000 attendees of an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month and is still searching for tens of thousands more, officials said on Sunday.Over 100,000 worshippers congregated at the event, defying government orders to call off the gathering […]
Pakistan: Muslims again deny coronavirus aid to Christians, this time in Lahore
This was previously done in Karachi, as we reported here. As one Muslim writer put it: “It is not permissible to give Zakaah [alms] to any kaafir [unbeliever] except the one who is inclined towards Islam, in the hope that he will become Muslim if you give him zakaah (al-Tawbah:60).” That’s Qur’an 9:60. “Pakistani Christian […]