Armed Muslims Attack Christians in Pakistan
by Staff
July 3, 2007
(christiansunite.com) - On the evening of June 17, approximately forty Muslim men armed with guns, axes and wooden sticks attacked several believers while they were preparing for an evangelistic meeting at a Salvation Army church in the village of Bismillahlpur Kanthan, 20 miles from Faisalabad.According to a June 20 report from Compass Direct, seven Christians were injured and the church was desecrated. Local Christians said that the attack was sparked by their refusal to cancel the evangelistic meeting. The night before the attack, armed Muslims had stormed the home of Sawar Masih, one of the meeting's organizers, and assaulted his two young children and demanded he cancel the event.
Christians injured in the June 17 attack were forced to leave the hospital after only a few hours of treatment and doctors under-reported their wounds due to pressure from the militants.
Police initially refused to file a complaint against the attackers and did so only after lobbying efforts from local Christians. Several Christians ha ve fled the area in fear of further attacks.
Pray that the victims of this attack will display the love of Christ to their Muslim neighbours and trust God to avenge them as He sees fit (Romans 12:17-21). Pray that Christians in Pakistan will not give in to fear but rest in the fact that the Good Shepherd walks with them through their trials.
For more information on the persecution facing Christians in Pakistan, go to www.persecution.net/country/pakistan.htm.
