Article: Can a Christian learn from Ramadan? (click0
Two traveling Christians top and are served lunch. Two policeman approach and ask why they are desecrating Ramadan. The Christians say they are not permitted to observe it (I’m assuming because of their convictions about other gods). The men are hauled away and charged.
As freedom of speech for Christians continues to be cornered further and further away from the mainstream one wonders what happens when “tolerant” Islam gains a larger foothold here in the United States. Will they be tolerant of us to practice what we believe or will we be forced to observe their holiday restrictions? One wonders.
Police in Pakistan arrested two Christians for eating during the Islamic fasting season of Ramadan in the city of Silanwali on Aug. 25.
International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org , says that Gull Masih and Ashir Sohail were traveling to Lahore when their bus stopped at the Bismillah Hotel to let off passengers.
In a media release, ICC says that after the waiter served them tea and a snack, several policemen started to question them as to why they were desecrating Ramadan by eating during the Islamic fasting season. The two Christians told the police that since they are Christians, they are not supposed to fast during Ramadan.
ICC said: “The police then threw them in a van and took them to the Silanwali police station and registered a case against them, alleging that the Christians desecrated the Islamic fasting month. Later the police transferred the Christians to the district jail in Sargodha. Now their case is pending before a court.”
via Two Christians Arrested by Pakistani Police for Eating During Ramadan.