Killed only because they were Christians. This is the terrible fate of two young sisters in Pakistan who refused to convert to Islam after the constant sexual harassment of some work colleagues. They were kidnapped, handcuffed and strangled in cold blood. A former Muslim imam from Uganda who recently converted to Christianity also suffered the same fate: assassinated only for choosing a religion that the local Muslims do not like.
These murders are particularly disturbing because they were carried out with scientific premeditation and not with instinctual brutality. Their deaths occurred in recent weeks but the cases have emerged only today also due to the embarrassment of the local authorities who do not always actively collaborate in the investigation of the crimes both in Pakistan, where the scourge of Christian girls kidnapped, raped and forced converting to marry Muslims is rampant, but also in Africa where law enforcement officers often do not want to meddle in local rivalries
Abida and Sajida went missing after going shopping. (CLAAS)
Article continues below advertisement ↴
Two young Pakastani Christian sisters in their 20s are dead after continually being harassed by coworkers to reject their Christian faith.
The Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), a Christian charity dedicated to helping persecuted Christians in Pakistan, says that Abida 26, and Sajida 28, of Makhan Colony, near Lahore, were murdered last month after they continually refused to convert to Islam.
The police have arrested two Muslim men, Mumtaz Khan and Muhammad Naeem, on suspicion of killing the women.
Mushtaq Masih, Sajida’s husband said that both sisters were working in a medicine factory, and on November 26, 2020, they went for household shopping but never came back.
Christian Sisters in Pakistan Found Murdered After Months of Harassment and Disappearance
01/12/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Local reports in Pakistan claim two Christian women were found murdered in the Kahna neighborhood of Lahore after disappearing in November 2020. The family of the deceased claims the women were harassed by Muslim coworkers prior to their disappearance and murder.
The family of Abida Bibi, age 23, and her sister Sajida, age 25, claims the sisters were abducted after months of harassment from two Muslim coworkers.
“
They often complained about being harassed by two Muslim coworkers,” Rani Bibi, the sisters’ mother, told International Christian Concern (ICC). “
Five people were injured in a grenade blast in the main market of Turbat town on Sunday. AFP/File
GWADAR: Five people were injured in a grenade blast in the main market of Turbat town on Sunday.
The injured were identified as Liaquat Ali, Nasib Khan, Zeshan Ali, Muhammad Naeem and Liaquat.
Police said that an unknown motorcyclist hurled the grenade at a check-post of the Frontier Corps in the main city, injuring five people.
Police rushed to the blast site soon after receiving the information, cordoned off the entire area and started investigation.
The injured, all civilians, were taken Turbat Civil Hospital.