Greetings in the name of Jesus from The Islamic Republic of Pakistan!
May the Lord guide and keep you in his loving arms at all times during this New Year of 2010. Thank you for your Christian love, prayers for my family’s safety in Muslim country where the ISLAMIC PRESSURE is very high, and prayers for my ministry in the very hard and dark field of the Muslim country of Pakistan, and your sympathies. Thank you for your interest in my ministry and supporting through prayers and your financial help from time to time. By the grace of our God last year of 2009 me and my Co- Pastors, Elders, and Deacons could remain in His service and ministry for the completion of our Lord’s Great Commission. We are praying for His grace, power of the Holy Ghost, and all kind of resources that we can do more work for His kingdom in Pakistan than before in past years. We are also praying that may God bless you and your ministry richly in this year more than all years past.
Here are some clips of the Muslim cruelty and hopefully this will show you what types of troubles we are facing in this Muslim Country of Pakistan and how needy we are of your prayers, your Christian love, and sympathies.
Thank you, may God bless you richly!
Bishop Khan, National Overseer of Pakistan
Church of God of Prophecy
Christian Houses burnt by Muslims in Gojra, Pakistan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-JEOOaJILk&feature=related
Gojra, Pakistan - 8 Christians men, women, and children burned alive and over 35 homes burned down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czm4mOv5kHA&feature=related
Christians attacked in Gojra, Pakistan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrDA0qN9Qw&feature=related
Gojra Attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhmWyNZDnk&feature=related
Pictures of burnt Christian people and homes in Gojra, Pakistan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KINccZg0EMg&feature=related
Harvest Partner Director - not pictured
Pakistani Blasphemy Law
An old blasphemy law, which was written in 1927 during colonial days, banned insults directed against any religion. In 1986, Dictator General Zia-Ul Haw modified the law to protect only Islam. The law requires a life imprisonment or a life sentence for anyone who defiled the name of Muhammad or committed other blasphemy. In 1990, a religious court ruled that the penalty for crimes under the law (Section 295-C of the country's Constitution) is execution. The law states: "Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly defiles the sacred name of the Holy prophet Mohammed...shall be punished with death and shall be liable to a fine." The law is being used in Pakistan to discriminate against religious minorities: largely Christians, and Ahmadis. Under the present law, a Muslim may blaspheme Christianity with impunity but a Christian doing the same against Islam can theoretically be executed.