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Friday, November 20, 2009 11:33 PM

Gojra (Pakistan)

Type: City
Name: Gojra (Pakistan)
Country: Pakistan
Latitude: 31.15
Longitude: 72.690002
population: 139,767
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Praise in the midst of pain
I recently had the opportunity to visit Gojra and Korian, two towns attacked in the summer by Muslim extremists over the alleged desecration of the Koran by Christians. Four months on and the pain and sense of injustice over those horrific events is still ... [Christian Today - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents
A question of whom to trust
LAHORE, Pakistan : Last Sunday I attended a church service presided over by the Archbishop of Lahore, Lawrence Saldanha. There were armed guards at the entrance to the church plus nine plainclothes police placed in the congregation.Pakistanis do not know ... [The Indian Catholic - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/25/2009 - 1 Documents
Pakistan, a movement to raise awareness against the blasphemy law
IslamabadThe activist group People's Resistance (Pr) proposed for today, in Karachi, a panel discussion entitled 'The blasphemy law: an objective assessment from a religious, legal and social point of view.' The members explain that they are 'deeply troubled' ... [AsiaNews.IT - 10/25/2009]
First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 1 Documents
'Political allegiance' saved Gojra culprits: archbishop
By our correspondentLAHORE: Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha has asked if blasphemy law was so important for the Muslims, then why it did not exist in any other country except Pakistan.Addressing a press conference held by the Pakistan Christian Action ... [The News International - 10/26/2009]
First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack
LAHORE, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.Only one ... [Christian Post - 10/31/2009]
Entities: Assault, Torture, Pakistan
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents
Pak religious parties warn govt not to repeal blasphemy law
Pakistan's religious parties have warned the government that they will not accept any amendment in the country's existing blasphemy law. Pakistan's blasphemy law forbids-damaging a place of worship or a sacred object, outraging religious feelings, defiling ... [Sify - 11/02/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents
02-November - Pakistan - A statement by the Church of Pakistan
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the Synod: Church of Pakistan, at its meeting on 21 October, 2009, at MurreeThe recent tragedy of Gojra, where nine Pakistani Christians were burnt to death by a frenzied mob, has raised yet again the whole issue ... [Anglican Communion News Service - 11/02/2009]
First Reported 08/03/2009 - Updated 08/03/2009 - 5 Documents
Pakistan Christians Shut Schools Over Recent Killings
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Christians were closing their schools across the country for three days starting Monday to protest the killings of eight members of their community by Muslims, violence that drew condemnation from Pope Benedict XVI. Hundreds ... [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 08/03/2009]
First Reported 08/02/2009 - Updated 08/03/2009 - 2 Documents
Christian schools close after Pakistan killings
KARACHI (AFP) Christian schools and colleges went on strike in Pakistan Monday to protest against the killing of seven Christians in bloody riots that heightened fears of widening unrest, officials said. 'We are mourning the death of innocent people in ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/03/2009]
First Reported 08/01/2009 - Updated 08/02/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Pakistan mobs kill Christians
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Hundreds of rioting Muslims attacked Christians in eastern Pakistan yesterday, burning and looting their homes in a rampage that killed six Christians, including a child, and injured 10 others in the latest violence against minorities ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 08/02/2009]
First Reported 08/01/2009 - Updated 08/01/2009 - 1 Documents
Six Christians killed in Pakistan over Koran 'insult'
ISLAMABAD (AFP) An angry mob of Muslims on Saturday killed six Christians and wounded dozens after burning 40 houses and a church over the alleged desecration of the Koran in a remote Pakistani town, officials said.The incident took place in Gojra village ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/01/2009]
First Reported 08/04/2009 - Updated 08/04/2009 - 1 Documents
Pakistan Christian Attacks Planned In Advance: Rights Group
ISLAMABAD — An independent Pakistani human rights commission said Tuesday that rioting that killed eight Christians last week was not spontaneous but was planned by the attackers, some of whom belong to an al-Qaida-linked group. The findings ... [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 08/04/2009]

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...It was July 30. Interviewed by Lorenzo Cremonesi for 'Corriere della Sera' on August 3, Fr. Younis recounts: "As is customary, at the end of the ceremony in the church the guests tossed flowers, rice, a few coins as tokens of prosperity, and slips of paper with greetings or prayers written on them. The problem is that some Muslims started to claim that the slips of paper were pages torn out of the Qur an, an extremely serious offense for Islam and even more serious in these times of fanaticism. Very soon insults and accusations were flying, and then stones. A few homes were set on fire in the afternoon. But the more serious violence exploded on the morning of Saturday, August 1, in Gojra, around the Christian neighborhood. 'Our people counted eight buses full of extremists who had come from outside the area. Unfamiliar faces, people armed to the teeth. Their slogan was that we Christians have the same religion as the American soldiers, and therefore we are enemies, we deserve death. First they threw stones, then they sprayed gasoline, and finally came machine gun fire and bombs. Here around me everything is burned, charred. The death toll could have been much worse if the Christians had not fled immediately. My relatives were not fast enough, and they were burned alive, trapped in the flames.' The bishop of Faisalabad, Joseph Coutts, also interviewed by 'Corriere della Sera,' commented as follows: 'It is clear that these pogroms have been organized by groups that, for the purpose of disrupting Pakistan, in addition to Afghanistan, are doing everything they can to sow violence. They have proven this to us with their attacks on major Pakistani cities, and are now moving on to attacks on Christians. The most serious fact is that now they are able to mobilize great crowds of faithful against us. I find this an alarming phenomenon, worse than the isolated bombing attacks on churches that have terrorized Christians since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 2001.' The bishop recalls at least four anti-Christian pogroms that have seen the mobilization of large masses of demonstrators ready to use violence: 'The first time in recent years was in 1997, in the village of Shanti Nagar. Eight years later, the attack was repeated in the town of Sangla Hill. Last June 30, there was one in the village of Bahmani Wala, in the region of Kasur, not far from here And now in Koriyan and Gojra, they have set fire to dozens of homes.' The pretext for the violence and persecution is almost always law 295, which in the name of sharia stipulates extremely harsh punishments, even life in prison, for those who offend the Qur an or Mohammed. 'The problem is that this law is used in a completely arbitrary way. Often the word of a Muslim citizen is enough to have a Christian put in prison without any concrete proof,' Bishop Coutts continues. The latest trial concluded last April 17 in Lahore, with the acquittal of two elderly Christians, James and Buta Masih. The two innocent men had spent more than two years in prison. It has been calculated that since 1986, the accusation has been used against 982 Christians. 25 of these were killed by Muslim fanatics."
Christians Hit by Islamic 'Purity' Pogroms [Catholic Online - 10/13/2009]
He recounted the events that occurred at the end of July and beginning of August: "On July 30, the violence broke out with a crowd of furious and armed Muslim fanatics, who attacked the Christian neighborhood of Koriaan, close to the town of Gojra, and destroyed and plundered the houses."
Witnesses Recount Slayings of Pakistani Christians [Zenit - 09/05/2009]

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Praise in the midst of pain [Christian Today - 11/19/2009]
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Pakistan a leading player in imposing blasphemy... [Pakistan Christian Post - 11/17/2009]
A question of whom to trust [The Indian Catholic - 11/15/2009]
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Europe and West should help Pakistan repeal bla... [AsiaNews.IT - 11/12/2009]
Blasphemy laws and religious discrimination, an... [AsiaNews.IT - 11/12/2009]
Blasphemy in Pakistan and the European Court’s ... [AsiaNews.IT - 11/12/2009]
Is it same Pakistan which Founder of Pakistan p... [Pakistan Christian Post - 11/10/2009]
02-November - Pakistan - A statement by the Chu... [Anglican Communion News Service - 11/02/2009]
Pak religious parties warn govt not to repeal b... [Sify - 11/02/2009]
Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in ... [Christian Post - 10/31/2009]
Save Christians and Pakistan from the blasphemy... [AsiaNews.IT - 10/29/2009]
Methodist leader 'appalled' at atrocities in Pa... [Methodist Church of Great Britain - 10/27/2009]
'Political allegiance' saved Gojra culprits: ar... [The News International - 10/26/2009]
Pakistan, a movement to raise awareness against... [AsiaNews.IT - 10/25/2009]
CLAAS petitions UN Human Rights Commission to r... [Pakistan Christian Post - 10/21/2009]
More Violence Against Pakistani Christians [Suite101.com - 10/18/2009]
Islam and Modern Times: Is There a Case For Rei... [Chowk - 10/17/2009]
Rental power projects delayed for want of mobil... [The News International - 10/13/2009]
Christians Hit by Islamic 'Purity' Pogroms [Catholic Online - 10/13/2009]
Militant groups in Punjab [Daily Times - 10/12/2009]
Pakistans Minorities Minister vows to end perse... [Christian Today - 10/12/2009]
Protests mount against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws [World Socialist Web Site - 10/01/2009]
Concerns rise as new Pakistan church attacked [AFP via Yahoo! - 09/14/2009]
Witnesses Recount Slayings of Pakistani Christians [Zenit - 09/05/2009]
Sister of mercy for Pakistan Muslims [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/28/2009]
Intolerance is sweeping across Pakistan [Guardian Unlimited - 08/24/2009]
Extremist group leader killed [The Hindu - 08/17/2009]
Pakistan lacks visionary, qualified leaders: Ra... [PakTribune.com - 08/13/2009]
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Saad Khan: Growing Extremism in Pakistan [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 09/11/2009]
In yet another episode of violence against religious minorities in Pakistan - that has become a regular affair in this country - Muslims in a Punjab village ...
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