Bridge of Grace

This Pakistani woman was a Shiite Muslim who recently accepted Jesus as her savior.  To protect her identity, I must refer to her as "Kerri."  "Kerri" came from a very religious and conservative Muslim family.  She was a strong seeker, who wished to learn who God really was and what he wanted of her.  She prayed the Islamic Prayer five times a day as prescribed in her faith and asked everyday:  as   “Where are you,” but never got an answer.   For years "Kerri" tried idol worship, went to tombs to pray, even tried magic with her father, but it was all in vain.  She c alled on Allah to prove he’s God, but nothing happened.    She began to feel great fear and  asked:  “Did God create me only to forget about me?”   Sometime later, she began watching Christian testimony on TV.  The program is called Isaac Channel , and it's very popular in Pakistan.   After watching the programs, she began to go to church.  She felt it was strange, that women were n

On September 11, 2019, in the city of Qasoor, Pakistan, a Christian man by the name of Robin Masih was attacked by four Muslim brothers.  The four brothers had been pressuring Robin to sign his land over to them.  After refusing repeated demands, they opened fire on his home.  Robin was hit by four bullets and was badly injured, but he miraculously  survived. The police did not take any immediate action against the criminals, and it's unknown if they will.  Crimes against religious minorities often go unpunished in Pakistan.  

A young Hindu medical student by the name of Namrata Chandani was found dead in the medical university hostel room in the town of Ghotki, located in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.  Currently, the authorities are trying to claim that Namrata's death was a suicide.  However, Namrata's family is insisting that the autopsy report reveals strong evidence that she was murdered.  A number of witnesses have also come forward and stated that they believe Namrata was murdered by her Muslim classmates because they did not want to see a Hindu girl become a doctor.  This would make Namrata the latest causality of Paksitan's ongoing persecution of their religious minority population.   The Hindu community of Ghotki currently numbers 30% of the population, but the persecution of the community is ongoing.  Just three days earlier, a Hindu teacher was accused of blasphemy.  Later that day, his home and school was destroyed by a mob of Islamic extremists, who then destroyed a local Hin

The month of September has witnessed a series of brutal rapes throughout the nation of Pakistan.  On Sept. 5th,  a 22-year-old schoolteacher by the name of Farwa Shakeel from the city of Bahawalpur, Pakistan was abducted and killed by a group of gang rapists.  Farwa had rejected a proposal by her 17-year-old neighbor Muhammad Muavia.   Neighbors reported to the police that they heard her screaming but by the time they arrived, they were too late.  The police were notified and her body was later found at a canal nearby.  Autopsy reveals she was tortured and raped multiple times.  Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for women in Pakistan to be killed for rejecting marriage proposals.   Women who reject marriage proposals are not the only ones at risk from this ongoing rape epidemic.  Recently, Imam Masjid of Islamabad was arrested for attempting to rape a 12-year-old girl.  This child was one of his students in his Qur'an instruction class.  Luckily, her parents heard her c

On August 22, 2019, 21-year-old Palestinian makeup artist Israa Ghrayeb was murdered by her brother in an honor killing.  Israa's brother Ihab grew angry when he saw a video posted by Irsaa on social media in which she and her fiance were out on a chaperoned date together.  Ihab was reportedly angry because it showed his sister spending time with her fiancé before her official wedding ceremony.  Ihab was instructed by her father to beat her after the family saw the video.  Israa tried to escape the beating, causing her to fall off the second story of her family home and break her spine.  Her family claimed she jumped out of a window because she thought she was "possessed by demons."  Her family later murdered her in the hospital, but claim she had died of a heart attack.  This is a blatant lie as medical experts show that Israa clearly died of severe blows to the head and hospital staff testified that they heard her screaming and pleading for her life shortly before her d