Pakistani Mob Murders Muslim: Will Killers Be Set Free Like Recent Killers of Christian?
By Shaheryar Gill https://aclj.org/persecuted-church
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https://aclj.org/persecuted-church
We recently informed you about a Christian man who was attacked by a Muslim mob after his neighbors falsely accused him of burning the Quran. Nazir Masih, the Christian man, was rushed to a hospital, but he did not survive. Only a few days later, another man was murdered by an angry mob. This time the man who was brutally murdered was a Muslim. This is yet another horrific tale of lawlessness and injustice that has stalked Pakistan’s legal . . .READ MORE
Nigerian Forces Rescue Over 300 Captive Women and Children From Boko Haram
By ACLJ.org
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14 days ago
For years the ACLJ has gone to the United Nations to urge the international community to put pressure on Nigeria to protect its countless Christians and other religious minorities who are being persecuted, abducted, and murdered by Islamic extremists. Now we are pleased to report that the Nigerian government has taken decisive action, and over 300 innocent women and children have been rescued from the captivity of Boko Haram – the violent . . .READ MORE
Christian Pastor John Cao Faces Major Setback
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21 days ago
Christian Pastor John Cao continues to face what amounts to wrongful detainment for his Christian faith in China. After seven years behind bars, Pastor John Cao, a U.S. permanent resident, was finally released from a Chinese prison after serving his entire wrongful sentence. However, despite being “set free,” Pastor Cao still can’t leave China and return to his family in America. In fact, Chinese authorities refuse to issue him a Chinese ID, . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Attains Justice for Family of Murdered Christian in Pakistan
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22 days ago
Two Muslim men, Wali Khan and Adam Khan, attacked and brutally murdered 50-year-old Shahzada Shahbaz, a Christian father of four daughters, because the men wanted his land. The ACLJ’s affiliate in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), just secured justice for Shahbaz’s family. Shahbaz owned about 11,000 square feet of agricultural land in a village, Chak No. 548. The land had been in his family for about half a century. However, the . . .READ MORE
500-Person Muslim Mob Attacks and Kills Christian in Pakistan, Burning Homes and Businesses
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28 days ago
Through our Pakistani affiliate, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), we have learned that Nazir Masih, a Christian victim of a Muslim mob attack, has died of injuries caused during an attack on him, his home, and his shoe factory. Masih was picking up and burning trash after a windstorm, as is customary in the town, when a Muslim neighbor, Muhammad Ayub Gondal, accused him of burning religious texts and pages from the Quran. While Masih went . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Urges Malaysia To Release Abducted Christian Pastor Raymond Koh
By ACLJ.org
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1 month ago
Christian Pastor Raymond Koh was forcefully abducted by the Malaysian government. He was targeted for allegedly evangelizing Muslims. Now we’re advocating at the U.N., demanding that Malaysia uphold its own constitution, provide answers about Pastor Koh’s forced disappearance, and ultimately find and free him. Who Is Pastor Koh? Pastor Koh ran Community of Hope, a charity focused on serving vulnerable populations, including the poor, single . . .READ MORE
Pakistani Court Soon To Hear Shahzad Masih’s Appeal
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2 months ago
Shahzad Masih has spent almost seven years in prison – over 2,475 days – over a false allegation of blasphemy. In July 2017, Shahzad, a 16-year-old Pakistani Christian, was arrested and put in jail. A Muslim co-worker had asked him about Christian prophets. Shahzad did not know much about religion and had no answer. The Muslim co-worker then told Shahzad about the Prophet Muhammad. Shahzad said that his father’s Muslim friend Ali says derogatory . . .READ MORE
Pastor John Cao Freed After Harrowing 7-Year Imprisonment in China
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3 months ago
We are pleased to announce that Pastor John Cao has finally been released from prison in China. He has completed serving a seven-year sentence after being wrongfully convicted for simply living out his Christian faith. We have represented his family throughout most of this horrific situation. As we have previously reported: Pastor Cao is a U.S. permanent resident residing in North Carolina, but he is currently languishing behind the bars of a . . .READ MORE
UN Working Group Decision Calls on Pakistan To Release Shahzad Masih
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3 months ago
We have been fighting for years for Shahzad Masih, a Christian who was only 16 years old when he was arrested and falsely charged under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. As we have reported before, Shahzad was arrested in 2017 for simply saying to a Muslim co-worker that his father’s Muslim friend named Ali reacts negatively whenever he hears the name Muhammad. Even though Shahzad’s comment did not constitute an offense and the investigating officer . . .READ MORE
Save Abducted Christian Pastor Raymond Koh
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Christian Pastor Raymond Koh was forcefully abducted by the Malaysian government. In a rehearsed maneuver lasting only 40 seconds, public footage shows at least 15 men emerging from three SUVs, forcing Pastor Koh into one of the vehicles, and driving off. He has not been seen since. Malaysian authorities had raided Pastor Koh’s church in the past, and he’s received death threats at his home. Now he has been missing for seven years, and the . . .
2023 Victories for ACLJ’s Affiliate in Pakistan
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6 months ago
As we begin the new year, let us share with you some victories that our affiliate office, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), has been able to secure for persecuted Christians in Pakistan. We began our work about 14 years ago and soon received a case that has been going on since then. In Samuel Masih v. Niaz Ahmed Jutt, Jutt had fraudulently transferred a Christian family’s 12.5 acres of agricultural land to his sons by illegally using a power . . .READ MORE
Urging Pakistan High Court To Expedite Hearing Case of Christian Sentenced To Hang for His Faith
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6 months ago
We have just filed a major petition for an expedited hearing in Pakistan at the Lahore High Court. Shahzad Masih, a young Christian man who was only 16 years old when he was arrested in 2017 over a false accusation of blasphemy, has spent over six years in prison. Five of those years have been spent waiting for the trial court to announce his fate. During the last year of that trial, he often said of his dire state: “They should just hang me now . . .READ MORE
Even on Death Row for Their Faith, Christians Form Bible Study – An Update From Pakistan
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7 months ago
As you know, the ACLJ has been working in Pakistan through its affiliate, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), for the last 14 years. I recently had the privilege of visiting our office, meeting with our staff and clients, praying with them, and working with our team. In our blogs, we have talked about Shahzad Masih and Amoon Ayub, two clients who are on death row due to false blasphemy claims. This visit showed me once again how the Lord uses . . .READ MORE
ACLJ’s Ministry of Presence Brings Another Victory for Christian Family in Pakistan
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8 months ago
At the ACLJ, I have heard the phrase “ministry of presence” many times in the last 14 years of my work. This ministry of presence (being in a position to take action when and where no one else can) cannot be more vividly evident than in the case we just won, again, this time on appeal. We started our legal aid affiliate office in Pakistan about 14 years ago. One of the very first cases we took on was Samuel Masih v. Niaz Ahmed Jutt. Unlike the . . .READ MORE
Highlighting Atrocities Against Christians in Nigeria
By CeCe Heil
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9 months ago
The Human Rights Council was established at the United Nations to promote and protect human rights around the world. It holds three sessions a year and discusses the pressing human rights issues that require attention. We have the opportunity to make written submissions, as well as oral interventions, at each session, and we don’t take that for granted. Our mission is to highlight religious persecution and request intervention at every . . .READ MORE
Pakistani Government Takes Action After Mob Violence Against Christians
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9 months ago
We recently informed you about a violent mob attack on a Christian community in Jaranwala, Pakistan. Over 20 churches and 80 Christian homes were attacked and destroyed. Thousands of men were incited to attack the Christian community after two Christian brothers were falsely accused of desecrating the Quran (a crime punishable by mandatory life imprisonment under section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code). After hearing that a mob was gathering . . .READ MORE
Demanding Justice for Christians Facing Unending Violence and Persecution in India
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9 months ago
Christians are facing increasing persecution and violence in the world’s most populous nation – India – and we’re taking direct action to defend them from this rapidly deteriorating human rights situation. Through our affiliate office in Strasbourg, France, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the ACLJ is again before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). We have filed several reports with the UNHRC detailing serious human . . .READ MORE
The ECLJ Submits Report at the UN on the Ongoing Violence in Ethiopia
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9 months ago
In Ethiopia, the Amhara people, who are primarily an Orthodox Christian community, have been subjected to violent and systematic persecution for decades. Now, their situation just worsened, and the government has declared a state of emergency. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) – the ACLJ’s international affiliate with consultative status at the U.N. – has therefore submitted a written statement to the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) . . .READ MORE
Demanding World Leaders Take Action at the U.N. for Christians in Pakistan
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10 months ago
As part of our work at the United Nations, we have filed several reports with the Human Rights Council (HRC), highlighting human rights violations in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and India. We raised concerns about increasing attacks on Christians in these countries. Our report on Pakistan focused on the recent attacks on Christians. As we informed you recently, over a dozen churches were burned down by an angry mob. On August 16, 2023, just one . . .READ MORE
Christian Churches Vandalized and Burned Down by Muslim Mobs in Pakistan
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10 months ago
Angry Muslim mobs in Pakistan attacked and burned down several Christian churches in Jaranwala, Faisalabad, after accusing two Christian brothers of desecrating the Quran and of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. Videos have been circulated on social media showing announcements from mosques inciting Muslims. After hearing the announcements on the morning of August 16, 2023, thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque near Cinema Chowk and . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Submits Reports to the U.N. Demanding Protection for Christians
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11 months ago
Recently, we told you how we used the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process at the U.N. to call attention to the atrocities being carried out against Christians every day in Nigeria. Through our international affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), we submitted reports on Mexico, Malaysia, Jordan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and Saudi Arabia, detailing the persecution being carried out against Christians. In these . . .READ MORE
Pakistani Court Unjustly Acquits Four Muslims Who Murdered a Christian Boy—ACLJ Affiliate Appeals
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11 months ago
In a heart-wrenching case, a Pakistani judge has acquitted four Muslims who raped and murdered Iftikhar Masih, a 12-year-old Christian boy. On August 22, 2021, Iftikhar went to play with his friends in the neighborhood but did not return home. After looking for him for a day or so, the family informed the police. A missing person’s report was filed, and the police began searching for him. Two months later, someone in the neighborhood heard three . . .READ MORE
Shocking Video Shows Hindu Mob With Sticks and Saws Beating Women
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11 months ago
We reported last month that we sent a letter to President Biden requesting that he discuss the situation of Christian persecution in India with Prime Minister Modi during his visit to the White House in June 2023. We specifically highlighted the May 2023 attacks by the predominantly Hindu Meiti tribe against the predominantly Christian Kuki tribe in the state of Manipur in India. Now a shocking video of two Kuki women being paraded naked by the . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Submits Report to U.N. on “Violence” in Nigeria
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11 months ago
As part of our international advocacy at the United Nations on behalf of the persecuted Christians around the world, we have filed another report at the U.N. detailing Christian persecution in Nigeria. Under the U.N. Human Rights Council’s mechanism called Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Human Rights Council reviews each Member State of the U.N. about every five years. This review deals with the situation of human rights in the country . . .READ MORE
Calling on UN To Stop Christians Being Slaughtered in Myanmar
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11 months ago
The rise in innocent civilian deaths in Myanmar (Burma) continues at an alarming rate. According to the World Watch List, the country is ranked as the 14th worst place in the world for Christians, as the believers face intense persecution from Buddhists, Muslims, and other tribal groups. The ranking has improved by two spots from 2022, but not because of declining persecution. Rather, religious persecution has only worsened in other parts of the . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Testifies at U.N. HRC in Geneva on Violence Against Christians
By CeCe Heil
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11 months ago
An innocent young Christian has been sentenced to execution by hanging under Pakistan’s barbaric blasphemy laws. Shahzad was just 16 when he was arrested and maliciously accused of blasphemy by an angry mob. The authorities in Pakistan conducted an investigation and concluded that no blasphemy had occurred. No actual evidence of the alleged offense was presented to the court. Even witnesses testified that Shahzad had not committed any blasphemy. . . .READ MORE
Pagans in State Department Willing To Sacrifice Nigerian Christians To Save Mother Earth
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11 months ago
The radical Left cares more about theoretically combating climate change than physically saving the lives of Nigerian Christians who are being slaughtered. We know this because of our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Biden Administration, and we have the evidence to prove it. It is often famously said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This refers to the moral duty of good men . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Hosts Event at UN for Persecuted Christians in Pakistan and Nigeria
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12 months ago
While the United Nations Human Rights Council is meeting for its 53rd Session, Christian persecution continues in many parts of the world at an escalating pace. In addition to violations of their rights to freedom of speech and religion, Christians are being killed on a daily basis in many parts of the world. As part of our advocacy at the U.N. for securing the rights of Christian minorities worldwide, the ACLJ, through its international . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Sends Urgent Letter To Stop Violence Against Christians in India
By Jordan Sekulow and Shaheryar Gill
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12 months ago
India, one of the largest trading partners with the United States, has been ranked as the eleventh worst place for Christians due to religious and ethnic persecution. Violent Hindu mobs attack Christians, kill them, and destroy homes and churches with impunity. Despite the severe persecution of Christians and other minorities in India, the United States continues to support India economically and militarily. In 2022–23 alone, the bilateral trade . . .READ MORE
Multiple Christians Sentenced to Death as Others Face Mob Violence in Pakistan, ACLJ Warns UN
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12 months ago
The U.N. Human Rights Council is having its 53rd Session this summer, and the ACLJ has again filed a number of reports with this international body, detailing human rights abuses in several countries. We have filed these reports for many years through our international affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), which has Special Consultative Status with the U.N. In addition to filing written reports, our attorneys regularly . . .READ MORE
Engaging With Civil Society and Members of Congress Against Christian Persecution in Nigeria
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12 months ago
Nigeria is ranked as the sixth most dangerous country for Christians due to violence by groups like Boko Haram and Fulani militants. Since 2009, more than 52,250 Christians have been killed, more than 700 Christians have been abducted, and more than 18,000 churches and 2,200 Christian schools have been burned down in Nigeria by Boko Haram and Fulani militants. This violence has forced 5,000,000 Christians from their homes to refugee camps. . . .READ MORE
Court Upholds Conviction of Man Who Raped a Christian Girl in Pakistan
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13 months ago
Four years ago, we told you about a case we won in Pakistan when a trial court sentenced a Muslim man to 25 years in prison for raping a three-year-old Christian girl. The man appealed the conviction. Four years later, we have secured a victory at the appellate court, ensuring the perpetrator will not walk free to harm any other little girls. The case began in 2017 when our affiliate in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA), was . . .READ MORE
Biden Team Focused on Woke Agenda, Not the Deaths of Christians
By Mike Pompeo, Senior Counsel for Global Affairs
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13 months ago
Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered, yet the Nigerian government and the Biden Administration continue to put their collective heads in the sand about it. Unless they face reality and take strong action, I fear things are only going to get worse. Last year, according to the human rights group Open Doors, 90% of Christians murdered for their faith worldwide were killed in Nigeria. Read that number again: 90%. This staggering number is up . . .READ MORE
Pakistani Girl Pleads for “Papa and Jesus Papa” After Kidnapping
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13 months ago
In November 2022, we informed you about Yasir Masih and his daughter, who were beaten and threatened by Yasir’s ex-wife, her Muslim paramour, and their accomplices to accept Islam. Yasir’s wife, Komal, left him and their two children (a three-year-old daughter and a six-month-old son) in January 2022 and eloped with a Muslim man, Nauman Ali. A few months later, Nauman and his accomplices began threatening Yasir, demanding that he leave his . . .READ MORE
Pakistani Court Upholds Life Sentence of a Man Who Raped a Minor Christian Girl
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14 months ago
In Pakistan, sexual abuse of young children is not uncommon. Often such abuse goes unreported and unpunished due to the lack of education and awareness about such crimes. This is especially true when the victim’s family is poor, uneducated, or a religious minority. However, when such crimes are reported and properly handled, courts do punish the criminals. A few months ago, we informed you about a case in which a trial court in Gujranwala, . . .READ MORE
New Report Reveals Uptick in Violence Against Nigerian Christians
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14 months ago
52,250. That’s how many innocent Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009, according to a recent report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law. That’s nearly 4,000 Christians a year gunned down, beheaded, and even burned alive by Islamic extremists simply for their faith in Jesus. Christian children are being abducted. Young women and girls are being sold into slavery, or worse. IT’S GETTING WORSE. A new . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Urges the UN To Save Dying Christians in Nigeria
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14 months ago
Last year, 80% of Christian deaths worldwide occurred in Nigeria, which means no other place in the world is deadlier for Christians. The ACLJ recognizes this sobering truth and fights to save our Nigerian Christian brothers and sisters in constant peril. We have detailed the mass atrocities being carried out against innocent Nigerian Christians to the U.N. Human Rights Council 22 times, yet nothing is being done. Who is responsible for this . . .READ MORE
ACLJ Partners With World Orgs. To Defend Persecuted Christians
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14 months ago
The ACLJ is constantly working to further religious freedom for Christians across the globe. Part of that work includes establishing relationships with key stakeholders in the international community. For example, we are members of the Business Council for International Understanding ( BCIU ), a group dedicated to strengthening the relationships between businesses, governments, organizations, and institutions. We attend events to look for . . .READ MORE
US State Dept. Ignores Express Warnings of Pending Genocide in Nigeria
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14 months ago
Christian persecution is out of control in Nigeria, and we are working hard to get the Biden Administration and the world to recognize the plight of Nigerian Christians. We have an important update about our ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for their abominable decision to remove Nigeria’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). H. Res. 82, a bipartisan resolution . . .READ MORE
This Easter, Give Thanks to the Risen Savior and Remember Innocent Christians Still Facing Persecution and Death
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15 months ago
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. – Romans 10:9 For so many of us, this is a holy week, as we remember Passover, when God rescued the Jewish people from bondage, and Good Friday, when Jesus Christ was crucified as the sacrifice for our sins. And on Sunday, we gather with our family and friends to celebrate the day our Savior – the ultimate Passover . . .READ MORE
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