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Meet T he Naseems
Rev. Altaf Naseem ("Al") graduated from an American college in Asia. He
later traveled extensively in Asia and Europe. He accepted the Lord in
1971 while studying in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1976 he attended the Montreal Olympics Crusade. There
the Lord called him into full time ministry.
He resigned his job as chief auditor in
Germany and came to the USA. There he worked with the Internationals for
a year and half.
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Altaf, Eileen,
Annan Naseem |
He returned to Asia, and married
Eileen, in 1984. They have one son, Annan, 16
years of age, who is the only Christian in his Moslem high school
where, Bin Laden is worshipped as a hero. Please pray for his studies
and security.
They are mainly stationed in Pak-is-tan. This
part of Asia is 96% Moslem. Only a tiny 2% of this Asian nation makes up
the suffering Christian community.
In the early 80s Altaf worked with the
United Bible Society and was in charge of the production of literature.
During these years he earned an additional degree in journalism. |
In 1986 he went to the
Philippines to work on his M. Div., which he completed in the shortest
time ever accomplished in the history of this seminary. A record yet to
be broken. In 1990 he was appointed to S. Korea as director of an
international mission agency project. Having finished their assignment to train
the Korean staff, Altaf and his family traveled
to Australia to work in establishing the Asian fellowships.
In 1991 Altaf came to the USA for nearly a
year of deputation, while his wife continued to pioneer the Asian
fellowship in Brisbane, Australia.
At present Altaf and his
wife are serving in South and central Asia as inter denominational
missionaries. This includes Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of
central Asia. They are just next door to Afghanistan,
where Qaeeda has prevailing influence.
They have a great burden for this continent
where Christianity is greatly misunderstood as the faith of the colonial
powers. His beloved wife presently studies extension courses, with an
open theological seminary.
In this part of the world fundamentalism is
on the rise especially after 9/11. Pray for their ministry in this very
difficult context.
Sectarian killings are rampant, some underground religious factions are
well armed. Recently there have been attacks on Christian churches,
school and hospitals. 30 were martyred in four separate attacks by
grenades or shootings while scores are injured.
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Minority report in
this
Asian nation
MUSLIM: 96%
CHRISTIAN: 2%
-Protestant: 1%
HINDU: 1.5%
OTHER: 0.1%
-Animist: 20,000
-Parsee: 6,000
-Buddhist: 2,000
Source: Operation World
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Recently President
Mush-raff, banned some Islamic militant factions, Terrorists are blocking
the foreign and local investors and ultimately its the poor man who
suffers. These factions are gone underground. They are trained by
Qae-eda, and carry out attacks on the Christian institutions.
Please pray for peace in Pak-istan, and
for the President who is trying to eradicate the terrorism, from this
society. May the peace of God rule in this region. Pray that we can
live together in harmony. |
Thank you, and God bless you.
Altaf Naseem

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2/15/08
Muslims Seek Revenge Murder Christian
Teenager After Settling Dispute
Amir Saleem, a 13-year-old Christian boy,
was murdered by Attiq and
Sharjeel,
Muslim neighbors from a village in Sheikhupura district, on January 11,
2008.
Full Story.
For more general information please
go to ICC's webpage on
Pakistan.

2/10/08
Christian
Youth "Kidnapped" for trying to marry Muslim woman.
The
father of a Pakistani Christian continued to search for his son (Anneal) who
was
allegedly kidnapped two weeks ago by suspected religious
extremists, after attempting
to marry a Muslim woman.
Full Story.
For more general
information please go to ICC's webpage on
Pakistan.

01/23/08
Pakistan (ICC) Muslim Radicals Mistakenly Murder Brother of a
Pakistani Christian Accused of Blasphemy
Islamic
extremists have murdered a man after mistaking him for his brother,
who had been accused of blasphemy against Islam. Simon Emmanuel was
shot to death after his brother, who has been living in the United
States, came home to visit his family. The police tried to cover up
the! murder as a suicide.
Full Story
For more
general information please go to ICC's webpage on
Pakistan.

Pakistani Taleban
kidnap five Christians:
PESHAWAR: Suspected militants
associated with Commander Baitullah Mahsud on Friday kidnapped five
Christians in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), Pakistan's English Daily
"The News" has reported.
The story quoted unnamed
sources as telling "The News" by telephone from the troubled region that
the armed militants stopped a vehicle, which was carrying passengers
from Wana, headquarters of South Waziristan,
(Northern Pakistan, the strong holds of Alqaeda) to D. I. Khan.
Among the passengers,
five were Christians, whom the militants
took into custody and drove them later towards an undisclosed location.
Local officials of the
political administration confirmed the kidnapping and said no effort
could be made for their release as the area where they were disembarked
from a vehicle was a stronghold of Mahsud tribal
militants, (in Afghanistan) it added.
On the other hand,
militants affiliated with Baitullah Mahsud made
the release of Christians conditional with the freeing of six prominent
militants now in custody of law-enforcement agencies.
(ANS)
Please pray for the release
of these kidnapped Christians.
Altaf

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Benazir Bhutto
Assassinated
Dec. 27, 2007
Bhutto
was the only
Pakistani
politician who had a soft corner in her heart for the
(Christian) minority. May God be with her family and give them
strength, at this very difficult time of grief .
This has brought us to the point that we can not
keep the office of the ministry, in the house. The upper floor
of the house is being used as office. According to the recent
developments
we have to
move it away for security
reasons. We feel that it should be done soon. |
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Benazir Bhutto
Assassinated
Dec. 27, 2007
She wanted equal rights for
the Christian minority |
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We have visited some places in the
suburbs, that could be safe in the future during the street protests.
Please pray for this immediate move, and lift it before the Lord that he
takes us to the right location. We believe, that the Lord will provide
the required finances needed to buy the property.
Pakistan, is
97% Moslem and there are only 2.5% Christian, under persecution.

BLASPHEMY
ACT
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typical
hanging scaffold |
Under this article (295--C) a Christian
can falsely be sent to jail and ultimately hanged. Dozens of Christian are
in jail at this time waiting for their fake trials.
This law is being misused to settle
personal disputes. Any Moslem can accuse any Christian of (self claimed)
derogatory remarks against their prophet Mo-ham-mad.
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This way the whole town rises up in anger
and beats up on the accused, even to death. This law has sent waves of insecurity among the Christian
community. Recently a pastor was martyred while building a village church.
The entire judicial system is in the hands of the Moslems, so
justice is hard to come by. Several attempts to amend this law have
failed.
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Please PRAY for this black law to be undone. Praise God for Ayub Masih, who is just
acquitted by the supreme court after 7 yrs in jail.

References for more information:
See below articles concerning
Persecution in Pak-is-tan
[Some words on this page are obscured as a
precaution]
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