Converted Christian Family Faces Life Threats

Muslim man & his family receive life threats after embracing Christianity. Written by: Jawad Mazhar (ROD)

Sargodha, Pakistan, Dec 18th, (ROD): Formerly known as Salhey Muhammad, who renamed himself Salhey Luca and his wife Saleen Joseph, now known as Tasneem John and their family comprising of four daughters namely Sabahat Iqra 14, Sanobar Maria 11, Sarcilla Iffat 10 and Sabeqa Ulffat 7 and their only son Zephaniah Anjum 5, are living under grave danger and receiving life threats by Luca’s Muslim siblings in a predominantly Muslim country after accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior. Talking to ROD fact finding team via telephone from an undisclosed location Luca’s wife Tasneem John said that she belongs to a Christian family of Liaqat Abad, Maria Khayel Mianwali. She said that she married a Muslim man Salhey Muhammad of Chakwal in 1992. She added that after FIVE (05) years of their marriage her Muslim husband abandoned Islam and embraced Christianity in March 1997. Salhey Luca said that he belongs to very conservative Islamic religious family widely known as ‘Qutab Shahi Awan’. He maintained that after his conversion to Christianity his family members including his two sisters and his only brother, now deceased, turned against him and his family. Luca added that his sisters are compelling him to divorce his Christian wife Tasneem John and recant Christianity. Otherwise they are threatening to kill his wife and Children. Moreover they are also trying to illegally occupy the inherited part of cultivated land. Concerned and trembling Luca went on saying that his Muslim sisters threaten him to convert to Islam again or face the music. Luca’s wife Tasneem John told ROD that her Muslim in-laws have twice tried to kidnap her daughters from the girls’ hostel where they live and study. She said that on Sept 11, 2007 her Muslim in-laws and a Muslim Security Guard of the Girls Hostel recognized as Sajjid Hussein kidnapped her eldest daughter Sabahat Iqra from her hostel at Rawalpindi, where she used to live for her studies. Luckily Sabahat Iqra managed to escape from the vehicle of the kidnappers, as they stopped at a traffic signal and reached home. Mrs. Tasneem John continued that soon after this incident her in-laws tried to kidnap her second daughter as well, but this time they were totally failed by the Grace of Lord Jesus Christ. The couple said that now they have left their home town and shifted to Sargodha in search of refuge from the atrocities of their Muslim siblings. Replying to question posed by ROD fact finding team they said that they are looking for respectable source of income and refuge, away from their native cities. The concerned couple appealed ROD chairman to help them, they said inalienable right to live freely as Christians, but it is impossible in this Muslim State. They said that it would be much better if they find asylum somewhere out of Pakistan or somewhere very safe in Pakistan. They said trembling that otherwise they might have to face grave circumstances.