Monday, September 5, 2016

Pakistan: Christian teacher tortured, harassed for standing up against religious discrimination

There is an environment of extreme religious bigotry, daily during the morning assembly insults were hurled at Christians and other non-Muslims.

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Source/Credit: Christians in Pakistan News
By Madeeha Bakhsh | September 5, 2016

A Pakistani Christian teacher Musa Attique was bashed and recurrently harassed by fellow teachers at a government school as he raised his voice against religious extremism nurtured at the school. Musa who was employed as a teacher at the Government High School number 1, Ambanwala, Kot Radha Kishan in District Kasur landed into 'miry pit' when regularly started opposing his colleagues who incited hate against other religions.

“On March 19, 2015, they even attempted to force me into conversion, however, God was my helper,” he states in a letter to Christians in Pakistan. He further detailed his ordeal that on September 15, 2015, one of his colleagues Muhammad Akbar stormed into his class and started bashing him violently, “I had to run to the principals’ office to save my life.”

There is an environment of extreme religious bigotry, daily during the morning assembly insults were hurled at Christians and other non-Muslims, he states. “I have had heated arguments with my fellow teachers over these issues several times.”

"Ever since I was assaulted by Akbar, school administration has taken no action against him," he added.

He further referred to another incident when another school teacher Muhammad Sarwar uttered awfully hateful words about Christian faith.

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