Christian Students In Pakistan Are Being Pressured To Convert To Islam

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Staff in Asia, Christian, News // 1 Comment

Christian school children living in Pakistan are being pressured to convert to Islam, the allegations that have been claimed has now prompted the Pakistani government to launch an investigation into the claims.

Christian Daily reports,

Last year, Pakistani Christian leaders filed a petition with the Supreme Court to put an end to discrimination against minorities in the education sector. Earlier this year, the Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to launch an inquiry into victimization and religious persecution of non-Muslim students, Christian Today reports.

In response to the association’s call, the Punjab government sent PMTA chairman Prof. Anjum James Paul a letter promising to investigate the issue. In the letter sent to the government in April, Paul cited the example of eighth-grade Pakistani Christian student Naveed Rafique who failed in an examination after refusing to recite the Islamic statement of faith, Christians in Pakistan details.

The Pakistan Minorities Teachers Association sent a letter to the Pakistani government expressing concern that state-sponsored schools are intentionally seeking to convert non-Muslim students to Islam.

“They are not ready to accept the religious identity of non-Muslim students at any cost,” the Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association said in the letter. “They are forced to study Islamic beliefs and practices in the subjects of languages, social sciences, pure sciences and Islamic Studies from school education to higher education.”