Then a Muslim mob demanded that the family withdraw its criminal complaint.
In Pakistan, a group of Muslims gang-raped a 14-year-old Christian girl. Usually, in such cases, the Christian family is cowed by the Muslim rapists not to press charges. In this case, her family reported the rape to the authorities. In response, a gang of Muslims attacked the girl’s relatives, in an attempt to terrorize the family into withdrawing their complaint.
More on this latest example of Muslims raping Christian girls, and then terrorizing their families so as to escape punishment, can be found here.
Muslims in Pakistan accused of gang-raping a Christian girl attacked the victims’ relatives on Sunday (April 12) in an attempt to coerce the family to drop sexual assault charges, sources said.
The group injured two Catholic young men and later set fire to their home in Chak 437-GB village, Tehsil Samundri in the Faisalabad Division of Punjab Province, according to a police complaint filed on Monday (April 13).
Arshad Masih alleged that Zaman Shafique, along with five to six accomplices, assaulted his relatives Faisal Masih and Naveed Masih on Sunday (April 12), leaving them injured, according to the First Information Report (FIR). Masih stated that later at about midnight, the assailants returned and set fire to a thatched section of the family’s home.
The police complaint linked the attack to an ongoing criminal case registered last year over the gang-rape of a 14-year-old Christian girl, a cousin of the young men assaulted. Shafique and the suspects in the sexual assault case had been attempting to coerce the family to settle out of court, according to the FIR.
“My paternal uncle, Riaz Masih, had registered a case against Zaman Shafique and others for the gang-rape of his daughter,” Masih stated in the complaint registered with Samundri Saddar Police. “The accused had been using various pressure tactics to force us into reconciliation. When we refused, they attacked my cousins and later set fire to part of our house.”…
The Rev. Khalil Maqsood, parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the village, said the suspects had repeatedly pressured the victim’s family to withdraw the sexual assault case.
“There are about 30 Christian families in this village, and the accused had publicly threatened that Christian homes would be burned if the victim’s family did not agree to a settlement,” Maqsood told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
The Muslims threatened to attack not just the relatives of the girl, but also to set fire to all thirty Christian homes in the village. Muslims believe in the collective guilt of the Christians. And many Muslims do not believe that Muslims should ever be punished for their crimes against Christians, including the gang-rape of girls. --->READ MORE HERE
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Muslims accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl.
Muslims in Pakistan accused of gang-raping a Christian girl attacked the victims’ relatives on Sunday (April 12) in an attempt to coerce the family to drop sexual assault charges, sources said.
The group injured two Catholic young men and later set fire to their home in Chak 437-GB village, Tehsil Samundri in the Faisalabad Division of Punjab Province, according to a police complaint filed on Monday (April 13).
Arshad Masih alleged that Zaman Shafique, along with five to six accomplices, assaulted his relatives Faisal Masih and Naveed Masih on Sunday (April 12), leaving them injured, according to the First Information Report (FIR). Masih stated that later at about midnight, the assailants returned and set fire to a thatched section of the family’s home.
The police complaint linked the attack to an ongoing criminal case registered last year over the gang-rape of a 14-year-old Christian girl, a cousin of the young men assaulted. Shafique and the suspects in the sexual assault case had been attempting to coerce the family to settle out of court, according to the FIR.
“My paternal uncle, Riaz Masih, had registered a case against Zaman Shafique and others for the gang-rape of his daughter,” Masih stated in the complaint registered with Samundri Saddar Police. “The accused had been using various pressure tactics to force us into reconciliation. When we refused, they attacked my cousins and later set fire to part of our house.”
Masih could not be reached for additional comment. A church official corroborated Masih’s account, describing a pattern of intimidation in the months following the filing of the rape case. The Rev. Khalil Maqsood, parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the village, said the suspects had repeatedly pressured the victim’s family to withdraw the sexual assault case.
“There are about 30 Christian families in this village, and the accused had publicly threatened that Christian homes would be burned if the victim’s family did not agree to a settlement,” Maqsood told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
He added that neighbors intervened during Sunday’s assault and helped rescue the injured young men, but the attackers returned later that night to carry out the arson.
Police responded after residents alerted them and registered a case, but none of the suspects has been arrested, as they have fled the area, Maqsood said.
Katherine Sapna, executive director of Christians’ True Spirit, a rights organization providing legal assistance to the Catholic family, said her group had also faced intimidation.--->READ MORE HERE
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