simonyaqoob
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The whole nation is facing problems, you guys are not alone. If there are any "Community Specific" problems, I request you to please list them.
Yeah sure, here are "specific" problems faced by Christians in Pakistan.
1. Christians are facing discrimination in Schools, Colleges, Universities, jobs (both private and government).
2. Christians are called with some very disgraceful names like "chooray" or "American Agents".
3. Christians cannot become Prime Minister or President of Pakistan.
4. Christians cannot become head of any armed force of Pakistan.
5. There is a blasphemy law which is only for Muslims and Christians are trapped in this case falsely.
6. Our all Christian school were nationalized means they were all taken over by the government of Pakistan and the government is still not giving them back to us.
7. Whenever Christians are making a new Church they always face problems because people take away the construction material and give threats to the workers not to work for the church.
8. Many Churches are bombed and are burnt in Pakistan since 1947.
9. Many Christian villages are burnt in Pakistan since 1947....plus Christians who are living in Muslim majority villages are being kicked out so that the villages become 100% Muslim.
And the list can go on forever but I got other answers to give
A sad incident indeed, however, these incidents are not as common as you portray them to be. Kindly search for a similar incident before and after the Gojra incident. You will get my point.
These incidents are very common in Pakistan...you said that you want to know about a similar incident well here they are....In Sangla Hill, It was the blasphemy charge against Yousaf Masih (just one man) that ignited the rage of a horde of around 2,000 Muslims on 12 November. The mob attacked, destroyed and razed three Christian churches, a convent, two Catholic schools, the homes of a Protestant pastor and a Catholic parish priest, a girls' hostel and the homes of some Christians. That was 2006 or 2005.
Then there is another incident....there is a village in Multan called "Shanti Nagar" the whole Village was burnt by Muslims in 1995 or 1996. And the people of Shanti Nagar are still receiving threats from their neighbour Muslim villages in which they are saying that they can do again what they did many years ago.
Here is another one....60- homes of Christians set on fire by Muslim attackers in village Korian in district Toba Tek, Punjab ( 25 - miles south of Faisalabad ) at 9- P.M. on Thursday, July 30, 2009.
Again there are many incidents like the above mentioned but I got other answers to give!
Do you know General Knowell Israel ? He's one of the many(5000+) Christian Officers actively serving in Pakistan Army. As for education, the Christians have their own Educational Board ! What more could one ask for. Let's say for instance that you are being side-lined for being a Christian(as unlikely as it maybe), you can just register with the Board and they will accomodate you in a Christian/Missionary school WITH ALL EXPENSES BEING PAID BY GOP.
I dont know General Knowell Israel but I do know about Cecil Chaudhry he is a veteran fighter pilot and served in Pakistan Air Force. As a Flight Lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and later, as a Squadron Leader, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. During the 1965 war, Chaudhry and three other pilots, under the leadership of Wing Commander Anwar Shamim, destroyed the Amritsar Radar Station in a difficult attack. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) for his actions during that mission. And you know what happened to him later? After being denied promotion because of his religion (Christianity), he retired from the air force as a Group Captain in July 1986. That happened to a war hero....just because he is a Christian!
And about the education board yes we got our own education board but all our Missionary schools were taken over by the government of Pakistan in 1970s and they are still not given back to us!
Won't happen.
1) They have no case to support a call for the ban.
2) The constitution does not allow such a ban.
3) How much representation does the JUI have in Pakistan, I'm not even going to say anything. You tell me.
Maybe that wont happen but still someone tried to ban the Bible....and in the press conference that person from JUI - S used disgusting words to describe The Bible....Those words were so disgusting I cant even write them here. You know when that so called Pastor from USA whose name is Terry Jones did that shameful act.....he was condemned by all Christians here in Pakistan....all Churches condemned him....and to be honest....we don't even consider him a pastor because a pastor cannot do such thing...we hate him that much. But what happened when Maulana Abdul Rauf Farooqi of JUI - S used blasphemous and disgusting words to describe The Bible? what happened when he filed a petition to ban the Bible? NOTHING...no one condemned his actions! That means Pakistan and the people living in Pakistan wants to ban the Bible. And JUI - S may not have much representation in Pakistan but they are still a Political Party and are very strong plus they got lots of supporters...you know it well.