Mobs Attacks Christians with Axes and Guns

Our friends at Compass Direct have this startling story coming out of Istanbul. Here's a summary of the story, and you can read the whole article here.

Police slow to register case; Muslim extremists pressure doctors to under-report injuries.
ISTANBUL, June 20 (Compass Direct News) – Christian families fled a Pakistani village in Punjab province this week after an armed mob injured Protestants preparing for an evangelistic meeting, the victims’ lawyer said.

Seven Christians were injured when at least 41 Muslim men armed with guns, axes and wooden sticks attacked a Salvation Army church in Chak 248 north of Faisalabad on Sunday night (June 17), lawyer Khalil Tahir Sindhu said.

The Christians’ refusal to give in to demands that they cancel the evangelistic meeting prompted the attack, Sindhu said.

Armed Muslims had stormed the home of Christian Sawar Masih on June 16, injuring his teenage son, Shahbaz, and daughter, Robeela. They warned Masih, a member of the Human Life Association that was organizing the outreach, to cancel the evangelistic meeting scheduled for the following day at 6 p.m.