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Miguel
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PERSECUTED BELIEVERS in Pakistan
4. Eleven Pakistani Christians Currently Jailed on Blasphemy Charges
Sentenced to Death: (Compass)
Praise the Lord- Acquitted and fled Pakistan
Ayub Masih* (35): Arrested in Arifwala near Sahiwal on October 14, 1996, Ayub Masih was accused of blasphemy against Mohammed by encouraging a Muslim villager to read Salman Rushie’s book, The Satanic Verses. He was convicted and sentenced to death on April 27, 1998, by the Sahiwal Sessions Court. After more than three years on death row, his appeal was denied on July 25, 2001, by the Multan bench of the Lahore High Court. His final appeal is now pending before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Unmarried, he is in a solitary cell in the New Central Jail in Multan. He has survived two attempts on his life since his arrest.
Ashiq ‘Kingri’ Masih (25): Arrested in Faisalabad on May 3, 2000, Kingri Masih was accused of slandering Mohammed to some Muslims who questioned him about changing his religious faith. Born into a Christian family, the young man had reportedly converted to Islam in an effort to marry a Muslim girl, but later changed his religion back to Christianity. He was convicted and sentenced to death on June 29, 2002, by the Faisalabad Sessions Court. Unmarried, he is on death row in the Faisalabad District Jail, with an appeal pending before the Lahore High Court.
Appealing Life-in-Prison Sentences:
Aslam Masih (70+): Arrested in Faisalabad on November 5, 1998, Aslam Masih was accused of preparing a charm containing verses from the Quran to hang around a dog’s neck. He was convicted on May 7, 2002, by the Faisalabad Sessions Court, which sentenced him to serve double life-sentences in prison. The verdict is under appeal before the Lahore High Court. He is imprisoned in the Faisalabad Central Jail.
Amjad and Asif Masih (29 and 28): Arrested in Jhang near Faisalabad on February 4, 1999, for allegedly selling drugs, these two Christians were later accused of burning some pages from the Quran in their cell. According to a local bishop, police officers who failed to extort bribes from the two men fabricated the blasphemy charges. They were convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 21, 2001, by the Jhang Sessions Court. Their appeal has been pending before the Lahore High Court since April 2001. Amjad is married with four children, and Asif is unmarried. They are imprisoned in the Jhang District Jail.
Rasheed and Saleem Masih (35 and 31): Arrested in Pasrur near Sialkot on June 2, 1999, these two Christian brothers were accused of blasphemy against Mohammed during a dispute over ice cream bowls with a Muslim street vendor. They were convicted and sentenced to 35 years in jail on May 11, 2000, by the Pasrur Sessions Court. Their appeal hearings have been adjourned repeatedly by the Lahore High Court, now on recess until September 2002. Both married with children, the brothers are imprisoned in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Currently under Trial, Jailed without Bail:
Ranjha Masih (54): Arrested in Faisalabad on May 8, 1998, Ranjha Masih was accused of throwing stones that damaged a shop sign on which was written a verse from the Quran. He was charged seven weeks later with blaspheming against Mohammed. Trial hearings on his case did not begin for another two years before the Faisalabad Sessions Court, which by June 2002 had yet to hear the defense side of the case. He is married with six children and several grandchildren. He is imprisoned in the Faisalabad Central Jail.
Pervaiz Masih (34): Arrested on April 1, 2001, in a village near Sialkot, Pervaiz Masih was accused of slandering Mohammed to several teenage Muslim boys he was tutoring several months earlier. A well-known high school principal, he has been refused bail, and the police did not complete their prosecution brief on his case until the first week of July 2002. He is being tried before the Daska Additional and Sessions Court. Unmarried, he remains imprisoned in the Daska Jail.
Anwar Kenneth: Arrested on September 25, 2001, at the Gawal Mandi police station in Lahore, Anwar Kenneth was accused of making derogatory remarks against Mohammed. His case is now under trial before the courts in Lahore, where he is imprisoned in the Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Shahbaz Masih (24): Arrested on June 4, 2001, near Faisalabad, Shahbaz Masih was accused of tearing up leaflets with verses from the Quran and desecrating the grave shrine of a local Muslim holy man. According to his family, the defendant is mentally unstable, having been admitted to a mental hospital twice in the past five years for treatment. Trial proceedings in his case began in June 2002. Unmarried, he is imprisoned without bail in the Faisalabad District Jail.
*The name “Masih” is a derivative of the word for “Messiah” or “Christ.” It is used as a family name by many Christians in Pakistan to identify themselves as members of the Christian minority community, which constitutes 2.5 percent of the population..
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Pakistani Christian gets life imprisonment for blasphemy
A Pakistani court in central Punjab province has sentenced a Christian man to life imprisonment for a blasphemy conviction, police said ...
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