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Arrested for Christianity
« on: July 22, 2015, 12:20:07 AM »
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  • Two Christian brothers were arrested on charges of blasphemy after one of them was accused of having published offensive material on his website. As Fides learns, already in 2012 an official complaint had been registered against Qaisar and Amoon Ayub, both from Lahore. Qaisar is married to Amina and have three children, whileAmoon is married to Huma who is a teacher in the active school at the Cathedral of Lahore.
    According to Qaisar the website was closed in 2009, but one of his Muslim friends, Shahryar Gill, somehow managed to reactivate and manage it on his behalf, although the property formally remained in Qaisar’s name.
    According to the findings, after a quarrel which took place in his office, Qaisar began receiving death threats and then had to hide. When the situation deteriorated, both brothers fled for a period to Singapore and then to Thailand. When Qaisar returned to Pakistan in 2012, he was informed that a complaint of blasphemy was registered against him. In November 2014 Qaisar and Amoon were stopped by the police and arrested. The NGO CLAAS, "Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement", which defends Christians in legal proceedings in which innocent people are involved, is looking into the case, clearly based on false accusations. So far attempts to obtain bail or the release of the two have failed. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 21/07/2015)

    http://www.fides.org/en/news/38217-ASIA_PAKISTAN_Two_Christian_brothers_arrested_on_charges_of_blasphemy