{"id":2544,"date":"2007-05-16T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/05\/christians-have-10-days-to-con.html"},"modified":"2007-05-16T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T14:14:00","slug":"christians-have-10-days-to-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/05\/christians-have-10-days-to-con.html","title":{"rendered":"Christians have 10 Days to Convert to Islam in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A religion that forces people to worship, isn’t much of a religion. The Pakistanis<\/a> are demonstrating what we all know: Islam doesn’t mean peace it means submission:<\/p>\n

Christians in Charsadda, a town in North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan, have been warned that if they do not convert to Islam by 17 May they will face “dire consequences and bomb explosions”, Christian Today has learned.
\nThe threats were made in a letter circulated last week to the town’s Christian population, according to the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance.
\nThey come as Pakistan’s National Assembly overwhelmingly rejected proposed amendments to the blasphemy laws, which were tabled by a minority representative Member of Parliament, Mr Bhandara. On 8 May, the Government led the movement in the National Assembly to defeat the reforms.
\nUnder the existing blasphemy laws, anyone convicted of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad faces life imprisonment or the death penalty, according to section 295C of the Pakistan Penal Code.
\nMr Bhandara, a Parsi, proposed a bill which would amend the penalty for blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad to a five year prison sentence and a fine. He also proposed applying the law to other religions, not only Islam.
\nHis proposals were greeted with cries of “shame” from Government and opposition benches and were rejected by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister as un-Islamic. “Islam is our religion and such bills hurt our feelings. This is not a secular state but the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the Minister said according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
\nIn a statement, APMA said: “Christians and other religious minorities are being roped into false cases under the blasphemy law. They are being murdered by zealots … This law is proving to be a sword hanging on the heads of non-Muslims and secular-minded people. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Join me in praying for the Christians in Islamic nations. They are being persecuted daily and yet they persevere in the faith despite the danger. Praise be to God that he’s given them such strong faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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