The Muslim superintendent of a hospital in Pakistan has been accused of forcing his Christian staff to memorize Quranic verses — and carrying out harsh punishments against those who refused to comply.
Dr. Muhammad Sarfaraz, Medical Superintendent of Government Mian Mir* Hospital in Lahore, slapped one Christian employee, Adnan Masih, for refusing to memorize portions of the Quran, and detained another Christian employee, Marshal Ashiq, 23, in a hospital storeroom for two days.
In addition, Christian staff were marked as absent if they did not attend the hospital’s morning assembly – such as is held in schools – which all staff (and even patients) were asked to attend to listen to Islamic preaching, reports World Watch Monitor.
Ashiq told WWM: “Sarfaraz…ordered me to recite verses from the Quran. At that time I didn’t argue. But when he asked me later, I clearly told him that I cannot do this,” he said.
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