Source: Morning Star News, March 6, 2025
Muslim landowners in Pakistan abducted a Christian laborer, shaved his head and facial hair, blackened his face, and paraded him on the back of a donkey for allegedly stealing wood from their property, his brother said.
On the assumption that impoverished Catholics in Muslim-majority Pakistan have little chance of obtaining legal defense, at least seven Muslims attacked Wasif George, 34, of village Chak 110-GB Chak Jhumra in Faisalabad District, Punjab Province, after he had gone to gather wood the evening of February 27, said his brother, Patras George.
Wasif George has since plunged into depression, telling his family that he wanted to end his life, his brother said.
“If he had indeed committed any wrong act, the landowners could have had him arrested and charged under the law,” Patras George told [reporters]. “But they instead used this as an opportunity to spread their fear in the village.”
“The entire village lined up on the streets and witnessed the inhumane treatment meted out to my brother,” he said. “No one had the courage to stop his persecutors as they brandished guns and threatened to shoot any person who dared to rescue the Christian.”
The assailants warned the villagers against recording videos of the abuse, and no one dared take out their phones, he said.
See read another story from Pakistan, this one about a Christian man who won the legal battle to reclaim his religious identity after it was fraudulently changed by his employer (Christian Post).