Christian students expelled from Pakistan because of picture of Jesus Christ

Tolerance alert in Pakistan. BosNewsLlife

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Christian head of a hostel and two Christian students from a nearby medical college in Pakistan's Punjab province have been expelled after Islamic extremists wanted to kill them on "false" charges of "desecrating the Koran", seen as a holy book by Muslims, Christian leaders told BosNewsLife Sunday, February 22.

The Christian hostel warden Martha was dismissed and two fellow Christian nursing students, Ammara and Sittara, expelled from ‘Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry’ (FMHCMD) in Shadman town, part of the provincial capital Lahore, officials said. They only identified their first names, apparently for security concerns.

The three women were forced to leave last week, February 13, "because the students had
hung a picture of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in their hostel room who they deeply
love," confirmed Christian provincial legislator Tahir Naveed Chaudhary, who also is a
regional leader of advocacy group All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA).

Chaudhary said that picture "displeased their Muslim room mates because Muslims
believe that angels carrying blessings of Allah, the god of Muslims, do not allow
pictures or images of living things."