Pakistani Christian Fired After Company Receives Death Threats from Islamic Radicals

Fatwa Issued Calling for His Death for Acting as Witness in Christian/Muslim Marriage
 
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned Mr. Zahid (30) worked as an insurance agent for a Pakistani life insurance company called Eastern Federation Union (EFU) for the past several years. He was targeted by Muslim radicals because he acted as a witness in a marriage between a Christian man and a Muslim woman.
 
On May 14/15, local Muslim clerics learned of Mr. Zahid’s involvement with the marriage and approached his employer, demanding that they fire him since he was an “enemy of Islam.” In addition, the clerics threatened the EFU executives saying that if the company did not punish Zahid, then they could not be held responsible for any attacks that might be carried out against the company and its staff.
 
On May 16, 2008, the company immediately called a staff meeting to discuss the actions that they could take against Zahid. The EFU executives included Zahid on the meeting, but ordered him to sit apart and be silent. The company dec m other religions, and causes Muslims to wink when Muslim men rape Christian women but demand death for those who even assist a freely chosen marriage between a Christian man and a Muslim woman.”
 
Zahid is currently living in fear for his life, and is worried that he will never be able to move freely in public, or even meet openly with his family and friends. He will never be able to escape the fatwa because it guarantees a spot in heaven to any Muslim who kills him.
 
Please pray for the Holy Spirit to comfort Zahid, and contact the Pakistani embassy in your country and ask them to protect the rights of Christians and all religious minorities.
 
Pakistan Embassies:
 
USA: (202) 243-6500, info@embassyofpakistanusa.org
Canada: (613) 238-7881, parepottawa@rogers.com
UK: 0870-005-6967, hoc@phclondon.org

 

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