Christians in a small village in Punjab are demanding the right to pray in their own church, two years after district authorities shut it down. The local community, about 40 families in all, complain that the Full Gospel Assemblies Church in Nayya Sarabah, a village in Toba Tek Singh district, was sealed because of opposition by Muslims.
As reported by Asianews.it, Rev Samuel Taskeen remarked that “Last month the police had us sign a document with which we had to agree to build a new church in a different place. They forced us to remove all religious symbols from the present building and to use the church only as a residence and conduct prayers in our own homes, until the construction [of the new church] is completed.”
At present, they pray at the homes of the faithful or in other locations. But to end the impasse and regain possession of their place of worship, Christians have a filed a writ petition to a higher court.
Source: www.asianews.it
