The Punishment for Christians Using Wells in Pakistan: Death
When Asia Bibi was working in the fields, she stopped to take a drink of water from a local well. A local Muslim woman who despised Christians witnessed this and grew angry, telling Asia that Christians were forbidden to drink from the same utensils as Muslims because they were unclean and proceeded to mock Asia's faith. When Asia defended her faith, it landed her in prison for Blasphemy, where she spent nine years on death row. Now, another Christian, 22-year-old Saleem Masih, has fallen victim to this as well.
On Feb. 25, while working as a farm laborer in the Punjab district of Pakistan, Saleem stopped to bath in a tube well. The Muslim landlord and four individuals accused Saleem of "contaminating the water" and proceeded to severely beat him with iron rods for two hours. After leaving Saleem for dead, his broken body was found by other laborers and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Sadly, Saleem died from his internal injuries three days later.
Presently four of Saleem's killers are in jail, but it remains to be seen if justice will be served. All too often the murder of Pakistan's religious minorities by mobs goes unpunished. The societal prejudice against Christians and other minority religious faiths runs so deep in Pakistani society that it has infected every aspect of it, including the law enforcement aspect. Presently there are many international organizations as well as religious leaders within the country who are demanding that justice be served. Only time will tell if justice will be done.
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On Feb. 25, while working as a farm laborer in the Punjab district of Pakistan, Saleem stopped to bath in a tube well. The Muslim landlord and four individuals accused Saleem of "contaminating the water" and proceeded to severely beat him with iron rods for two hours. After leaving Saleem for dead, his broken body was found by other laborers and taken to a local hospital for treatment. Sadly, Saleem died from his internal injuries three days later.
Presently four of Saleem's killers are in jail, but it remains to be seen if justice will be served. All too often the murder of Pakistan's religious minorities by mobs goes unpunished. The societal prejudice against Christians and other minority religious faiths runs so deep in Pakistani society that it has infected every aspect of it, including the law enforcement aspect. Presently there are many international organizations as well as religious leaders within the country who are demanding that justice be served. Only time will tell if justice will be done.
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