Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Christian journalist in hiding for refusing to convert to islam

"You should change your name and embrace Islam, or else you will suffer along with your family.”

Nothing to see here folks, just some muslims threatening to kill a Christian if he doesn't convert to islam. Christian Today

A Christian journalist in Pakistan has received death threats after publishing articles calling for greater democracy and for refusing to convert to Islam.

George Masih, 43, who writes for the Lahore-based newspaper Aaj Kal, wrote a number of columns which provoked the ire of Muslims.

Last August, he wrote a column entitled “The Nation should wake up now”. In the autumn he wrote a further three columns entitled “The Sunrise of Democracy”, “The Triumph of Democracy” and “I am Pakistan”.[...]

Masih claimed to receive the first threatening letter late in October from the Islamic Tanzeem Organisation, which threatened “dire consequences” for him and his family if he did not become a Muslim.

The letter said, “George it would be better if you embraced Islam as soon as possible. Your name is the same as the [ex-president] of the USA, George Bush. We hate that stupid American. You should change your name and embrace Islam, or else you will suffer along with your family.”

In December, Masih said he received another letter in which the senders “directly threatened to kill” him and his family if he still did not convert.

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