Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
“O you who believe, the idolaters only are unclean….” (Qur’an 9:28) In traditional Islamic theology, Christians are idolaters for
believing in the divinity of Christ. “They indeed have disbelieved who
say, Indeed, Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary.” (Qur’an 5:17)
A Christian sewer worker fell unconscious after entering a
known dangerous sewer with high toxicity, after being threatened with
the sack when he initially refused. Two Christian friends concerned about the unconscious man lost their lives trying to rescue him from the known death trap.
Company regulations were broken: One of the rescuers and a survivor
had been on suspension due to previous unauthorised absence after
already contracting illness while working in the drains. One of the dead men was not permitted to work in a main drain because
he is on a self employment contract and was not a regular employee
Emergency services officers with breathing masks refused to help two unconscious Christians because they were ritually unclean.
At 9pm, 3rd October 2021, Michael Masih (33 yrs) was called to work
at Metropolitan Corporation Sarghoda for an emergency sewage clearance,
by the Sanitary Supervisor Muhammad Farooq. This was despite still being
on suspension as he awaited the result of a disciplinary hearing for an
unauthorised absence from 28th September 2021. Threatened with the sack
Michael arrived at work only to be told to enter an unsafe sewer
without any personal protective equipment (PPE).
Michael tried to refuse the work but received a heavy verbal tirade
full of expletives. The disgusting language included the use of the term
choorah an insult given to Christians meaning dirty cleaner and was
heard by many of his colleagues. Having not been paid any salary during
his suspension and desperate to bring some food and other domestic
necessities to his home, Faisal grudgingly entered the dangerous sewer
at around 10pm with intent to clear a blockage. Three sanitary
supervisors Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad and Muhammad Rashid were
present when Michael entered the sewage pipe without any safety
equipment.
Within minutes Michael had passed out and other staff raised the
alarm. The result of which was a barked command from Mohammad Farooq to
two other Christian men Nadeem Masih (40 yrs) and Faisal Masih (34yrs) ,
to enact a rescue. The two men terrified for their own lives asked for
some PPE but were refused, desperate to save the other mans life
however, they quickly entered the main sewer. It should be noted that
Nadeem Masih was a contracted member of staff without appropriate
training for the main sewer and should never have been asked to enter.
The two rescuers grabbed Michael from the floor of the main sewer and
managed to heave him above out of the sewer with the help of other
workers. But as they were to begin their ascend out of the sewer to
safety they were bought caught in a heavy current of water which dragged
them to the floor far away where they became unconscious. Only at this
point did Muhammad Farooq call emergency services on 1122.
An emergency team got to the sewer within 10 minutes but on arrival
they looked down the pipe and could see the men but refused to save
them. This was on account that they were choorah and would cause the
Muslims to become ritually impure.
The refusal lead to a call being made
by one of the elderly Christian men at the site to his younger nephew
Shahbaz Masih (38 yrs) who was off work at home – to come and rescue the
two men….
