for Eight years, she sat in the death cell. Innocent, eight long years. As the first woman in the history of Pakistan they should be executed. Blasphemy. Asia Bibi is a Catholic Christian woman, 51 years old, a mother of five children. Your case went around the world, fortunately. Because there are others who were convicted in Pakistan due to the strict blasphemy law to death and no one fights. The arbitrariness meets Christians as well as Shiite Muslims and followers of the Ahmadiyya community.
Before three months had been spoken of Asia Bibi by the Supreme court in Islamabad. Subsequently, radical Islamic groups, the country-wide road had organized protests. The violence ended only after the government was broke and the Islamists, pledged to appeal and to let Asia Bibi not be deported. The Revision was heard by the Supreme court in Islamabad. The result: It remains in the acquittal of Asia Bibi from leaving the country. Maybe she flies to her children to Canada. Also, the Federal government had agreed to the Christian. The main thing, the “Martyr of the faith”, as Pope Francis once called it, is soon in safety.
Christians around the world are in Distress. They are persecuted, displaced, tortured, and murdered. Also in this case. The list of the countries in which Mission and conversion, read the Bible and the public exercise of religion are prohibited, in itself, is a long one. Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Nigeria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan. Some of these countries – such as Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan – are currently members of the UN human rights Council, is particularly cynical. In article 18 of the UN human rights Charter, the right to freedom of religion is defined clearly and unambiguously.
do Good to everyone – is the good Samaritan
It took a long time until the Christian churches have addressed the persecution of Christians worldwide. Some of the dignitaries had to be recognized in fear of Evangelical forces, others misunderstood the parable of the good Samaritan, to the effect that the criterion of proximity should play at the next love no role. Here, the Apostle Paul writes to the Galatians: “Let us do Good to everyone, all the household of faith.”
do Good to everyone – is the good Samaritan. All of the most of faith Enjoyed – this is an appeal to the Christian sense of community, beyond denominational boundaries. Whether orthodox, Catholic or Evangelical: Christians Persecuted than Christians, therefore they must show themselves as Christians together in solidarity.
community grows from proximity. The feeling of proximity can, in turn, is fed from many sources: gender, age, origin, social Status, sympathy for a particular football club, a preference for a particular party. Women are coming together under the Twitter Hashtags #Aufschrei and #MeToo, Vegans under the Hashtag #deutschlandist vegan.
Alice ryegrass. for Asia Bibi
Also used of Christians share one Faith and a common vision of the world They see themselves as sisters and brothers. The required. But it was only in 2010, the Lutheran Church commemorates every second Sunday of passion time (Reminiszere) on the fate of the persecuted Christians. The Catholic Church is in this respect very much more attentive.
lets Hope the reaction of some Muslims in Germany on the case of Asia Bibi. The Central Council of Muslims has welcomed the abolition of the death sentence expressly and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Pakistani Christian woman asked. To grant the corresponded in a rare show of unanimity, with the commitment of the AfD Co-Boss, Alice rye, who was also in favour of Asia Bibi asylum in Germany.
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Pakistan court rejects appeal against acquittal of Asia Bibi
So the bitterness mixes in the joy of Asia Bibi’s acquittal on the continued persecution of many other Christians. And also the fact that the asylum application of refugees who have converted from Islam to Christianity and therefore had to flee, is recognised in Germany increasingly rare. The reports, at least spiritual. Apparently going to doubts in the Federal office for Migration and refugees, the credibility of many of the Crossings. Asia Bibi warns – us.