{"id":35682,"date":"2020-08-05T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T09:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35682"},"modified":"2020-08-05T09:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T09:28:12","slug":"pakistan-christians-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/08\/05\/pakistan-christians-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN: Christians are being forced out of their homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A high-profile minority groups\u2019 politician championing human rights in Pakistan, Joel Amir Sahotra has told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on the recent events in Pakistan, specifically on the death of a Christian man Nadeem Joseph \u2013 who was repeatedly shot by a neighbour for refusing to leave his house in a Muslim neighbourhood, Pakistani politician Joel Amir Sahotra explained that there is a worrying trend of non-Muslims facing fierce opposition if they try to move to Muslim areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The politician, who has served on Punjab\u2019s Provincial Assembly, said: \u201cDiscrimination against religious minorities, unfortunately, is very common in Pakistan \u2013 there is no respect or acceptance for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cPeople are not even willing to rent their properties to non-Muslims. They even advertise it openly that non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the properties \u2013 it\u2019s like the Stone Age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat kind of mentality is this? I really don\u2019t have an answer for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Sahotra said that minority faith groups supported the foundation of Pakistan in 1947, when they made up a significant part of the population, but there have been drastic changes since.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said: \u201cFrom 25 percent of the population, they have fallen to two percent of the population now \u2013 they are deprived of basic human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Sahotra added: \u201cI don\u2019t know if people in the West can understand what kind of difficult situation we are facing here on religious grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qamar Rafiq, a friend of the Joseph family, described the events that led to Nadeem Joseph\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn May this year, Nadeem bought a house in TV Colony in Swati Gate, in Peshawar, where he lived with his two children, his wife and his mother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNadeem\u2019s family was repeatedly harassed and threatened by Salman [Khan], a Muslim neighbour, who tried to force him to leave the area and move elsewhere, since this place was \u2018not for filthy Christians\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June Salman and his sons once again threatened Nadeem\u2019s family, ordering them to leave the district in the next 24 hours or be ready to face the grave consequences of having moved into a Muslim neighbourhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mr Rafiq, Mr Joseph called the police to report the threats, but later that day he was shot three times in the stomach, reportedly with an AK-47.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Rafiq said: \u201cThe neighbours, on hearing the shots, shut their doors and none of them came to the aid of the wounded men or attempted to call the emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nadeem Joseph was reported to be out of danger when he was admitted to the Lady Reading Hospital \u2013 but, following several operations, died on 29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-profile minority groups\u2019 politician championing human rights in Pakistan, Joel Amir Sahotra has told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that hard-liners in Pakistan are forcing Christians out of Muslim neighbourhoods and refusing to give them lodgings. 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