"Si el mundo os aborrece, sabed que a mí me ha aborrecido antes que a vosotros. Si fuerais del mundo, el mundo amaría lo suyo; pero porque no sois del mundo, antes yo os elegí del mundo, por eso el mundo os aborrece. Acordaos de la palabra que yo os he dicho: El siervo no es mayor que su señor. Si a mí me han perseguido, también a vosotros os perseguirán; si han guardado mi palabra, también guardarán la vuestra" Juan 15:18-20
Encontré una nota que me hizo recordar estas palabras de Jesucristo. La comparto con ustedes a continuación:
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Muslim threats to Christians rise in Pakistan
By Anjum Herald Gill THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LAHORE, Pakistan | Christians in Pakistan are feeling increasingly insecure after several violent attacks by Muslim extremists in the past two months.
In one case, eight Christians were burned to death by a Muslim mob after reports that the Muslim holy book, the Koran, had been desecrated.
Growing Talibanization of the country and a blasphemy law in place for two decades make non-Muslims, especially Christians, easy targets for discrimination and attacks, Christian and human rights activists say.
"The attacks on Christians seem to be symptomatic of a well-organized campaign launched by extremist elements against the Christian community all over central Punjab since early this year," Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairwoman Asma Jehangir said at a press conference last month.
The situation has become so serious that Pope Benedict XVI and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discussed it during a meeting Thursday at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the Associated Press reported.
The Vatican said the two stressed "the need to overcome all forms of discrimination based on religious affiliation, with the aim of promoting respect for the rights of all."
Most of the attacks on Christians' houses and churches followed claims of desecration of the Koran. Subsequent investigations generally proved the claims to be false.
Pakistani Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian himself, said that no Christian would even think of desecrating the Koran. Some elements wanted to create an atmosphere of disharmony, but the government would not allow anybody to play with the lives and properties of the Christians, he said.
On June 30, a mob attacked Christians' houses in the village of Bahmani Wala in Kasur district of Punjab province, destroying more than 50 houses after looting.
On July 30, eight people were burned alive in the village of Gojra, also in Punjab, after a purported incident of desecration of the Koran in the nearby village of Korian Wala. Churches were attacked and copies of the Bible and hymn books were burned in both villages. In Korian Wala alone, more than 50 houses of Christians were ransacked.
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Ojalá sepamos encontrar valor y consuelo en las siguientes palabras:
"Os echarán de las Sinagogas. Y se acerca la hora en la que quien os mate creerá que da culto a Dios. Os harán esto, porque no conocieron a mi Padre ni a Mí. Pero yo os lo digo, para que cuando llegue el momento, os acordeis que ya os lo había anunciado (...) En el mundo tendreis tribulaciones; pero confiad: Yo he vencido al mundo" Jn. 16:2-33
En verdad démosle gracias a Dios por todos los mártires que con su sangre alimentan la fe de la Iglesia y reparan el daño que tantos católicos hacemos.
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