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Shopkeepers in Pakistan beat evangelist for preaching

Voice of the Martyrs Canada reported that the night of February 11, Daniel Sodager Masih was beaten for preaching. Sodager refused to stop preaching God's Word when a Muslim man came out of his shop to the roadside where Sodager was to shout at him, reports MNN.

The encounter escalated after that when another Muslim man came and began beating 55 year-old Sodager.

Another news report stated that Sodager's right ear, mouth and eyes were injured during the attack. The report also said that, the same day, 500 Christian men and women marched to the office of a Christian politician named Tariq Jarev Tariq to demand that the attackers were brought to justice. They came shouting Jesus' name asking for equality in religious rights. Christian shopkeepers closed their shops in protest.

The same report said that the two men accused of the attack had been arrested but no report had been filed at that time.

A local man reported that Sodager has been preaching this way for 25 years.

An Open Doors report from Pakistan recently voiced concern that there is extremist Muslim influence moving into Lahore. Sharia law was adopted in Pakistan in 1998. A field officer from a Christian NGO urged authorities to bring justice to the criminals or risk hunger strikes and weekly protests because of the incident with Sodager.

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[02/18/2008]

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