A christian barber in Sargodha, Pakistan is recovering from broken bones and other injuries sustained earlier this month after eight Muslims allegedly
beat and sodomised him for cutting a young Muslim’s beard.
Marwat Masih, 29, initially refused to cut 19-year-old Qandeel Cheema’s beard, knowing that Sunni Muslims in the area believe the Koran prohibits it. But Cheema, a high school student, told Masih that he had lived and studied in Lahore and therefore wanted a more modern look...
When Shakeel Cheema saw me shaving his younger brother’s beard, he became angry and started vandalising mirrors, the sound system and chairs, and he desecrated a wooden cross perched on the top of the front mirrors. He also started beating my head with his shoes...