Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Pakistan: Muslim landlord prohibits Christian tenant to offer family prayers


Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC has expressed grave concern on interference of Muslim landlord in prayers of Christian tenant.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int"l Desk
Source/Credit: Pakistan Christian Post
By Shamim Masih | March 10, 2015

Under nose of Prime Minister of Pakistan and other national and international human right organizations in capital city of Pakistan, a Muslim landlord interfered in family prayers of his Christian tenant and threatened him to stop Christian prayers in his property.

A prominent Christian journalist and human right activist and his family members were offering prayers on death anniversary of his mother when his Muslim landlord thundered on door and instructed him not to sing Christian religious hymns and recitation of Holy Bible in his property and urged him to offer prayers in Church instead of home in future.

Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC has expressed grave concern on interference of Muslim landlord in prayers of Christian tenant.

The 98% of Christians in Pakistan are living under poverty line residing in slums of every city of Pakistan because they have not been given due share in housing projects by government and to buy land to build homes in private housing schemes is out of their reach.

The middle class Christians are also facing problems to buy homes in housing schemes and are forced to rent homes which are owned by Muslims.

The sad incident which is very alarming for national and international human rights and religious freedom organizations in Pakistan that Christian tenants will be barred to offer family prayers then on which direction Pakistan is heading?

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