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India-Pakistan
Christian hospital under attack in Pakistan
2011-07-07
A group of Muslims tries to seize forcibly a Christian hospital in Taxila, 32 kilometres from the capital Islamabad by making false claims with police. The intervention of Christian leaders and Bishop Rufin Anthony stops the threat.

Lahore (AsiaNews) -- An attempt by a group of Muslims to take over the Christian Hospital in Taxila was recently foiled. On Saturday, Malik Nur Muhammad, Malik Riaz and Malik Abdul Razzak, influential local Muslims,
According to Wikipedia, this Arabic term for "king" came to be adopted as a term for "tribal chieftain" in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan, especially among Pashtuns, for a tribal leader or a chieftain. Maliks serve as de facto arbiters in local conflicts, interlocutors in state policy-making, tax-collectors, heads of village and town councils and delegates to provincial and national jirgas as well as to Parliament.
filed a First Information Report (FIR) with police against the administration of the hospital. The facility, which is located almost 32 kilometres from Islamabad, was established by United Presbyterian Church. They complainants say they bought the hospital and accuse the administrators of refusing to hand it over. They also accuse the current administration of blasphemy but did not include such an accusation in their original application.

After filing their complaint, Malik Nur Muhammad, Malik Riaz and Malik Abdul Razzak went to the Christian hospital to have the administrators arrested based on their charges. Four members of the staff were held by police. However, the hospital director Ashchenaz M. Lall rejected the claims made by the Muslims.

"The property was not sold," he said. "Malik Nur and his sons, with the help of a local politician from the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) fabricated a case against the administration of the Christian hospital. The Christian hospital was established in 1922 by missionaries from the United Presbyterian Mission. Only the Presbyterian board holds the right to sell the property. This is an attempt to take over a missionary property by force."
Posted by:Eohippus Phater7165

#2  "Nice hospital ya got here. Be a shame is sumpin' were to happen to it..."
Posted by: PBMcL   2011-07-07 01:20  

#1  UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MISSION

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* WORLD NEWS > OSCE: CHRISTIANS ARE THE LARGEST PERSECUTED RELIGION WORLDWIDE, wid 105,000 Christians of all faiths being murdered every five minutes for their beliefs.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-07 00:26  

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