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| Kidnapped priest found in MMA politicianâs home |
| 2004-05-20 |
| A Christian preacher who was allegedly kidnapped by Islamic hardliners was recovered from the residence of a Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal member of the National Assembly, according to a Capital Police official on Wednesday. Balochistan provincial Police Officer Dr Shoaib Saddle contacted his federal counterpart Fayyaz Turo and told him about the kidnapping by an unidentified Islamic group of Wilson Fazal, a Christian priest in the city of Quetta. Capital Police parties were given the task of recovering the abducted Christian preacher. Police officials approached several priests who came to Islamabad to protest against the gang rape of a Christian girl at Narowal. After getting a tip-off, police officials rushed to Parliament Lodges and recovered Mr Fazal from the room of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Member of the National Assembly Asia Nasir, Capital Police Additional Superintendent of Police Asim Gulzar told Daily Times. However Mr Rafique, Ms Nasirâs father, called the kidnapping âfakeâ and said secret agencies were trying to malign the MMAâs image. Meanwhile, Mr Fazal claimed that he had received a threatening letter from an unidentified Islamic group urging him to stop preaching Christianity and convert to Islam or face dire consequences. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 Let's all try to figure this out. Asia Nasir is a woman who lives in Islamabad. In her room there was a Christian priest, Wilson Fazal, who had disappeared in Quetta, Balochistan. The police in Quetta believed he had been kidnapped by some Islamic hardliners in Quetta. But now he's in Islamabad, in Asia Nasir's room. Priest Wilson Fazal was associated with some other Christian priests who traveled to Islamabad to protest the gang rape of a Christian girl at Narowal (in Balochistan?). A Balochistan police officer advised an Islamabad police officer to discuss Wilson Fazal's disappearance with the Christian priests who had traveled to Islamabad to protest the gang rape. After that discussion, the Islamabad police went straight to Asia Nasir's room and "recovered" Wilson Fazal from Asia Nasir's room. Asia Nasir's room is part of the home of her father, Mr. Rafique. Asia Nasir herself is a member of the National Assembly, representing the political party called Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). Asia Nasir's father, apparently also an MMA member, says the kidnapping was "fake," an attempt by secret agencies to malign the MMA. After Wilson Fazal was "recovered" from Asia Nasir's room, he spoke of a letter from an Islamic group threatening him if he continued to preach Christianity. What do you think? Has Asia Nasir betrayed her Moslem father and helped to protect the Christian priest? Or is she still such a fanatic and evil Moslem woman that she has helped kidnap a Christian priest to prevent a protest against a Moslem gang rape of a Christian girl? . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-20 9:19:03 PM |