ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- A Pakistani couple who co-produced a dramatic new documentary on the terrible events that took place in Korian and Gojra in 2009 when Pakistani Christians were burned alive by extremist Muslims, have since faced life-threatening threats.

Leonard and Nosheen D’souza who were attacked

Husband and wife team, Leonard and Nosheen D’souza who, along with Professor Anjum James Paul of the SHADOW Organization, produced the dramatic documentary called “Burning Alive: The fate of Pakistani Christians,” have now told the ASSIST News Service (ANS) about the threats.

Leonard D’souza, who along with his wife, founded the South Asian Research and Resource Center (www.sarrcpk.org), said that after the documentary was released and also after he produced some 18 research reports on the plight of minorities in Pakistan, including one called “Religious Fundamentalism and its Impact on Non-Muslims” -- funded by Church of Sweden -- life has become very dangerous for him and his family.

He told ANS that on May 7th, 2010, he and his wife Nosheen, along with their two sons, Leslie and Loren, were driving slowly in heavy rain in their Honda car in Islamabad towards a medical store in a local supermarket, when “five mullah type persons with long beards and white caps on their heads, jumped in front of our car.”
 

The Honda in which they were traveling

He went on to say, “They stopped the car and one of them attacked me and dragged me out from the vehicle. The others covered the heads of my wife and sons, while one of them slapped and abused me.

“The man shouted, ‘You, who, through USAID, work for Chuhras [menials i.e. Christians] and blame us throughout the world. Stop all of this immediately otherwise, after killing you and your wife, we will treat your children in such way that Americans dogs and whole worlds will understand that what are the consequences of talking against us.’”

Leonard D’souza went on to say, “There was no sign that we would be spared, but fortunately a few people began running in the heavy rain towards my car. When the attackers saw this, they ran away to a nearby street.”

He concluded by tell ANS that that he and his family have since been forced to leave Pakistan to “save our children from Islamic extremists who want to kill them both for their own jihadist purposes.”

You can view the documentary in two parts by going to:
1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyy6K6dPUA
2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=moDbIWYMaQ4

Dan Wooding, 69, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 46 years. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC., and now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California and which is also carried on the Calvary Radio Network throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK. Wooding also a regular contributor to The Weekend Stand on the Crawford Broadcasting Network, and a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 192 countries. He is the author of some 44 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link. Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his first novel “Red Dagger” which is available here