{"id":35948,"date":"2025-05-06T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/young-christian-in-pakistan-brutally-attacked-for-refusing-to-convert-to-islam\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:07:21","slug":"young-christian-in-pakistan-brutally-attacked-for-refusing-to-convert-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/young-christian-in-pakistan-brutally-attacked-for-refusing-to-convert-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonge christen in Pakistan brutaal aangevallen omdat hij weigerde zich te bekeren tot de islam"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 2 of 14 in the series Islam: Satan's Religion<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\n A Christian boy holds a crucifix during a protest in Karachi on Aug. 22, 2023, to condemn the attack on churches in Pakistan. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in an hourslong riot in Jaranwala in Punjab province on Aug. 16 after unverified reports that a Koran had been desecrated. \/ Credit: RIZWAN TABASSUM\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 26, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

Amid the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, a 22-year-old man was \u201cbrutally attacked\u201d on March 22 by his supervisor after refusing to convert to Islam.<\/p>\n

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) reported the attack<\/a>, pointing to it as yet another example of \u201cthe persistent religious intolerance present in much of Pakistani society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the 208 million inhabitants of the South Asian country, 96.47% are Muslim and 1.9% Christian. The remainder are Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and members of other local religions.<\/p>\n

Attacks against Christians in Pakistan intensified in August 2023 after Muslims looted and burned<\/a> more than 25 churches and at least 85 homes in Jaranwala. The local Church reported that \u201cpeople are frightened and feeling hopeless.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend, at the Subhan Paper Mills in Punjab, young Christian Waqas Masih \u201csuffered severe neck injuries\u201d after his supervisor, identified by ACN as \u201cZohaib,\u201d accused him of desecrating pages of the Quran found in the trash. The attacker was arrested by police and is charged with attempted murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pray for his speedy recovery and for the well-being of his entire family. The attack on Waqas Masih is a harsh reminder of the challenges faced by religious minorities in Pakistan and the urgent need for social change to promote tolerance and protect the rights of all citizens,\u201d Capuchin Franciscan Lazar Aslam, who visited Masih in the hospital, told ACN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe humbly call on the international community to pray for the victims and their families as well as to raise awareness about the difficult situation for marginalized communities in Pakistan, ensuring that their voices are heard and their rights protected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, in Pakistan, there are recurring reports<\/a> of Christians being sentenced to prison terms, or even death, for allegedly sharing messages against Islam on social media. Regarding this reality, Aslam emphasized the urgent need for local authorities to make efforts to protect the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, making false accusations of blasphemy and harassing vulnerable minority communities has become a disturbing trend in Pakistan. We urge state institutions and responsible individuals to take concrete steps to prevent such incidents and ensure the protection of minority rights,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n

Despite persecution and suffering, Pakistani Catholics look to the witness of the Servant of God Akash Bashir<\/a>, a young man whom everyone considers a martyr because in 2015 he sacrificed his life to prevent a terrorist attack on his parish. Bashir\u2019s witness has united Christians of all faiths<\/a> and even some Muslims.<\/p>\n

Dit verhaal <\/em>werd voor het eerst gepubliceerd <\/em><\/a>door ACI Prensa, de Spaanstalige nieuwspartner van CNA. Het is vertaald en bewerkt door CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This entry is part 2 of 14 in the series Islam: Satan's Religion<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

[ad_1] Een christelijke jongen houdt een crucifix vast tijdens een protest in Karachi op 22 augustus 2023, om de aanval op kerken in Pakistan te veroordelen. Meer dan 80 christelijke huizen en 19 kerken werden vernield tijdens een urenlange rel in Jaranwala in de provincie Punjab op 16 augustus, na onbevestigde berichten dat een Koran zou zijn ontheiligd. [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[1057],"class_list":["post-35948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","series-islam-satans-religion"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746532913_gettyimages-1616068054.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35948"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=35948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}