The community of 40 Christian families in this village of 400 people in Toba Tek Singh district near Faisalabad has since been holding weekly prayers in their homes.
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By Kamran Chaudhry | June 16, 2018
Community cries foul after parish blasted as affront to Muslim faith but new land deeds outside village still not forthcoming
Christians have been told to remove all religious symbols from the church in Nayya Sarabah village in Pakistan’s Punjab province, which belongs to the Full Gospel Assemblies (FGA) group. (Photo by Kamran Chaudhry/ucanews.com)
Six months after villagers in Muslim-majority Nayya Sarabah in Pakistan’s Punjab province colluded with police to shut down the only Christian church in the village, negotiations remain deadlocked pending a new land deal.
Christians claim they are being persecuted after the church, run by Pastor Samuel Masih, held its last service in December and has since been sealed, with orders in June to remove all religious symbols and traces of Christianity from the property.
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