Reality Check about Christians in Pakistan
From the archive (2011): a reality check on Christians in Pakistan — against caricature in both directions, the harder kind of honesty.
Listening to the commercial media in Western countries, one can be forgiven for thinking that in countries like Iraq or Pakistan, there is a Klashinkov-toting Muslim around every corner hunting down Christians and other non-Muslims.
On my last trip to Pakistan, I stayed in one of largest Christian neighbourhoods in Pakistan, which has an approximately fifty-fifty Christian-Muslim population. And, in line with the overt religiosity of Pakistanis, I was awakened on Sunday morning with sound from the Sunday mass disturbing the neighbourhood, just as Muslim events do.
Enjoy some pictures from Lahore:
A minaret and a church spire:
My barber – notice the ‘Lamb’-themed portrait in his shop:
Posters advertising Christmas events:
