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Pakistan is home to major places of worship that reflect its strong religious diversity. We will follow several families belonging to the Christian minority as they prepare for the Christmas festivities. We will witness their daily religious practices and the challenges they face.
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00:00MFP subtitles.
00:30Despite the Sharia rule, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a multicultural and multireligious country
00:38in which peoples and empires of the past have left a rich legacy.
00:54Christmas festivities are there to remind us of the secular presence of which there are
00:59over two million followers of Christianity.
01:07Happy birthday to you.
01:11Happy birthday to you.
01:14Happy birthday, dear Jesus.
01:18Happy birthday to you.
01:20Here, there are about 100 to 150 Christian homes.
01:41During the Christmas period, we decorate the street.
01:45We collect monies, and we also distribute cakes.
01:52On Christmas Eve, we cut the cake together, and it's a party, a time to share.
01:56At 11 a.m., we hold a mass.
02:09When we go to these people's homes, they are also Christians.
02:16They are our neighbors, and we can return home without fear.
02:21But we cannot go like this among Muslims.
02:24On the one hand, because their women are veiled, and secondly, we have no contact with them.
02:29We say hello and goodbye, and that's about it.
02:32Contrary to the opinion conveyed by Western imagination, you can go quietly to your neighbors, to your friends.
02:46In terms of the Catholic obedience, women, girls, wives are not veiled.
02:52They are pretty, and even wear makeup.
02:53The time to come for Christians will be very bad.
03:11Every day, Muslims find an excuse.
03:14They are struggling against the Christians, so Christians are suspicious.
03:18If there is a riot or a conflict between Christians and Muslims, they always bring up the history of blasphemy by saying,
03:25Ah, they burned a Koran, they insulted the Prophet, and because of that, we are always scapegoats.
03:35Josephine and her family are going to their neighbors.
03:38On Christmas Eve, tradition dictates that one goes around to the neighbors' houses,
03:43where many discussions are held over tea and pastries.
03:45The courtyards are richly decorated, and as women are veiled,
03:50we still feel that we are indeed in the heart of the city of Peshawar.
03:57In larger towns and areas, protection is provided by Christians.
04:01They are between 10 and 20, in which they do rounds,
04:04and they even go on the roofs to ensure that no one touches us.
04:07In addition to this, the government also put in place a security police.
04:19But still, we do not trust the police,
04:22because too often, as the police are Muslims,
04:26they are the ones that give information to the fundamentalists.
04:29In this case, no one protects us.
04:31In smaller places frequented by Christians,
04:34they cannot leave their homes.
04:36They are so afraid that they are really hidden.
04:43As Josephine said,
04:45in the future, things will get worse.
04:48It is because of madrasas.
04:50People only see the benefits to their children in madrasas.
04:53They will be fed and educated,
04:55but it will also teach them to be anti-Christian.
04:58They are taught that all the others are impure,
05:02that those who kill the impure are performing the work of true Muslims.
05:07They will go to heaven.
05:08Who is a traitor then?
05:10One who is not a Muslim.
05:13In our education system until the 7th grade,
05:16despite the changes,
05:17the first thing that is quoted in the books is,
05:20we are Muslims and Pakistan is our country.
05:22It is good to believe in Islam,
05:38but if it's a history lesson or a science course,
05:41This does not happen to be.
05:43Whatever the discipline,
05:45It always starts like this.
05:46So students are unaware of other religions.
05:49And so there may be a Muslim sitting beside a Christian,
05:53but they don't know who he is.
05:55The Christian must also say and write this sentence.
05:59Initially, the Muslim does not know I am a Christian,
06:01and as soon as he knows,
06:03he may distance himself from me asking what is a Christian.
06:06When he did not know that I was a Christian,
06:13He was perhaps my friend.
06:15We were together and we laughed.
06:17And the problem here is because of education.
06:20The only improvement was evident on the commercial side
06:23because people wanted to do business with each other.
06:25Pakistan and particularly the Punjab region
06:36have long been at the religious and civilizational crossroads.
06:41The Khattas Temple is the timeless witness to this phenomenon.
06:45The Mandir is a grand center of the Hindu religion.
06:49Built there over 1,200 years ago,
06:51it is still the place of pilgrimage.
06:53In Hindu mythology,
06:57when Shiva's wife Parvati left,
07:00Shiva was very sad.
07:01He cried a lot,
07:03and one of her tears fell here.
07:05The Shakwal district is very dry.
07:08The tear that fell in this place formed a lake
07:10and became the source of which the entire region feeds from.
07:14For political reasons dating back to the independence,
07:17it is now very difficult to reach this place of worship.
07:21Despite the promise of the Pakistani government
07:23to include the site as a world heritage in 2007,
07:27the Khattas Temple abandoned remains.
07:30Archaeologists and restorers are denied access to the Mandir.
07:34The Hindus, who migrated to the East Punjab, however,
07:38refused to give up the Khattas.
07:40Today, the faithful of all faiths
07:42are allowed to enter the building complex only once a year.
07:59For pilgrims,
08:01bathing in the sacred pond will lead to the renunciation of sins
08:04and achieve ultimate salvation.
08:07Until recently,
08:08the belief was that the source of water had unlimited depth.
08:12However,
08:13the intensive use of groundwater for industrial purposes
08:16has led to the gradual drying of the land.
08:19The funeral of the Sabbath went mostly from the high school's
08:36COP3.
08:37Thank you.
09:09Peshawar is considered to be the center of international terrorism,
09:20yet it has at its heart a church and a Christian cemetery dating from 1821.
09:28The Peshawar Catholic Church was once a synagogue erected in 1883 by Worthington Jukes.
09:39When this church was built, there were eight deaths that day.
10:02The mark of their martyrdom is in the cross.
10:05We can still make out the bullet holes.
10:07In the past, people here thought that with the minarets,
10:37the building was going to be a mosque.
10:39But no matter how the church was designed, the plan represents a cross.
10:44When we wanted to raise the cross, the locals attacked us, and that was in 1883.
10:49In my experience, people in Punjab are much harder.
10:54Here, Pashto are men of honor.
10:56They never caused us problems.
10:58Do you see the houses there?
11:00Shiites live there.
11:01This is the hardest area of Peshawar.
11:04This really is their center.
11:06This is where all the events take place.
11:09Everything happens here.
11:11And we live here.
11:13Even when there is a big party, I open the church every day.
11:16People come to pray nine, even ten hours.
11:19We are always present regardless.
11:21Peshawar, December 24th.
11:35Far from the rumors in the media in the West,
11:38there is neither an Islamic terrorist nor a woman veiled on every corner.
11:42A couple does their Christmas shopping easily.
11:57Together, they experience the excitement of the city from one store to another.
12:01And they experience the excitement of the city from one store.
12:31At the heart of the hustle and bustle of the city,
12:35women buy beauty products in a cosmetics shop.
12:53Here is a family choosing new clothes in a shop run by a very prime seller.
12:58The choice of sweater is an overall debate.
13:01Like the Western community,
13:24the Catholic community of Peshawar prepares to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
13:28On Christmas Eve,
13:30one tries to be beautiful and elegantly dressed.
13:32going to be beautiful and elegantly dressed.
13:35And the Mohawk is she and won't be beautiful.
13:37It's the pasquanta cheons.
13:41Wow.
13:44Wow.
29:02In certain places where there are riots, and if we analyze these problems,
29:06They never started because of religion.
29:09To tell the truth, they were never religious.
29:12And if we analyze these problems, things will change.
29:17In all places where there are problems,
29:21They never started because of religion.
29:24This is primarily where social relations have been transformed.
29:27in social relationships.
29:37There is a place where people have worked,
29:39It's a place where, 70 or 80 years ago,
29:40People worked for the Muslims.
29:48And children worked,
29:50and after working,
29:52They worked for the parents.
29:54among the French Mrs.
30:20The stocks were used for their canned goods.
30:23A Christian who was returning with his tractor asked a Muslim who was blocking the street
30:34with his bike, said, stand aside so I can go.
30:39The other answered, who are you?
30:41Please, just let me go, says the Christian.
30:45The Muslim retorted, you forgot that you were good for nothing and now you have tractors.
30:50That is why today there are conflicts.
30:59Something was converted to a religious status that it was not.
31:04If we analyze this, it's always a question of jealousy or a social problem.
31:08Christians were progressing.
31:11Before that, they were lower than dirt.
31:14The country should take advantage of that.
31:16The more people who work the land, the more there will be agriculture.
31:22The government should take advantage of this situation.
31:25Working the land is a vision for the long term.
31:28More agriculture causes more irrigation, which increases more work.
31:35Yes, we are Christians.
31:36We were there like them.
31:38We were nobodies.
31:39As we progressed a little, they found it unbearable.
31:42There are attacks.
31:55It is a small group that did this.
31:57They have their own philosophy.
31:59I think these people do not like Pakistan.
32:02If they continue like that, how do you expect the country to progress?
32:05When I go abroad, I am proud to say that I am Pakistani, whether I am in Italy or Germany.
32:28There are some problems in Pakistan, do not worry.
32:33We manage ourselves.
32:35We want peace.
32:40Last year, a father had organized a contest for peace card wishes.
32:55There were plenty of schools that took part.
32:58He also asked a madrasah to participate.
33:03And young people who were there had made greeting cards representing people with folded hands,
33:07chanting,
33:07God, grant us peace.
33:10This proves that everyone wants peace.
33:13But when a social problem is transformed into religious conflict with anger,
33:24people are able to do things beyond their control.
33:27And then they are able to do everything and anything.
33:30They must take time to understand.
33:32In Laor, the Christmas festivities are in full preparation.
33:52The remit family belongs to a most favored social class,
33:56and great importance is given to the education of each of its members.
33:59The beautiful girl prepares a meal.
34:24The smell emanating from different foods is more than enticing.
34:33Dinner consists of various recipes using chicken and raw vegetables in salads.
34:44Everyone settles in, ready to share a moment of conviviality around a beautiful table.
34:49Today, I am a teacher in a graduate school,
35:00and teaching in higher education is only second to my greatest pride,
35:04that I am a Christian.
35:07I am highly qualified, and my school is a Christian school.
35:14Despite this, 90% of our students are Muslims.
35:19As their teachers, we are very happy.
35:23However, when it comes to talking about religion,
35:26We are very wary.
35:27because Pakistan has the 295C law,
35:31which is the law of blasphemy.
35:36In this case, I tell the students that I am not a Muslim,
35:39in order to not express anything against Islam.
35:41So I ask other Muslim teachers,
35:47How should I talk about this?
35:50And I add,
35:50if there is a problem, please tell me.
35:57We must always keep this law in mind.
35:59The 295C law means,
36:16Article 295C of the law means that no one can speak against the Prophet or against Islam.
36:31that he cannot speak of the mind or spirit.
36:39If anyone helps him, there will be a short trial, and people will be punished to death.
36:46Subtitling by Radio-Canada
36:49“Until now, whether a Christian or a Muslim, no one has ever been hung up.
36:54They will be killed long before.
36:56They would be killed in front of the police station…
36:58even before the trial takes place.
37:00»
37:02“The first trial took place because of a public water problem.
37:11Witnesses certified that there was never any profanity, it was just a conflict.
37:15...
37:24...
37:28...
37:33...
37:35...
37:37...
37:43They choose someone to do strides, but this law can never be repeated.
37:49I've never seen anyone die.
37:52That is to say, he hadn't died there long before.
37:54outside the police station or courthouse.
37:58That is to say, he did not die there.
38:00That is to say, he did not die there.
38:08Changing style here,
38:10it's Christmas morning, December 25th,
38:13and the Bataroff families go to the temple in Lahore.
38:16In Pakistan,
38:18one can attend both Catholic and Presbyterian churches.
38:28Good morning, happy Christmas place, happy Christmas room.
38:32Amen.
39:02Subtitling by Radio-Canada
39:32It is those who were lower than lepers who were converted.
39:41We quickly realized that it is whites who would solve our problems.
39:45And every time we would see them and held out our hands, they found a solution.
39:50They put something in our heads, and we began to praise the white man.
39:54This system has become well-established here.
39:59I'm from a Sikh family.
40:00My father and my grandfather were Sikhs.
40:04We became Christians in 1947.
40:08There were those that no one wanted to touch, but it was not the fault of the missionaries.
40:13They helped us whenever we had a problem.
40:15We could make a little disappointed face, and the priest was there.
40:43He approached us, and the first thing he did was give us money.
40:48He said, you take the money, and now, what exactly is your problem?
40:52Once he had given the money, there was no problem.
40:57It's a bad habit we have undertaken.
41:00If I have two children, the church will say, do not worry, I will raise them.
41:07If I have five children, no problem, the church will do it.
41:11There are families who have found themselves with up to 16 children.
41:16The church responded, it doesn't matter, but none of them were educated.
41:23Someone became the chauffeur of a priest, and another worked for him as a carpenter.
41:27Small jobs, so that there is no progression, and that Christianity can continue,
41:32and that one is always below them.
41:38Today, too, we are still used to begging,
41:41yet we do not know how to give 10 rupees to the church,
41:44even though we know how to ask.
41:47We still have the custom of reaching out.
41:49They have not explained to us that we must also give.
41:53Because of this, Christians are still too far away to improve their lot properly.
41:57I have not explained to us that Christians are too far away.
42:01...
42:31...
42:53Pakistan was created 60 years ago. Nevertheless, we are still not considered true Pakistanis.
42:59See this Presbyterian church? These are Christians who have a social status.
43:06These are people who have dedicated everything to their education.
43:11Those you see in other churches are poorer. They are poor because they are not educated.
43:17People always have in mind to say, if I am not educated, so my child does not need to be either.
43:25If they don't find a job, it doesn't matter. They will become cleaners or a garbage collector.
43:31That has become a family occupation. Those who have realized that ideal have sent their children to school.
43:38After the Mass, the family is having fun at the Iqbal Park.
43:48Today is Christmas Day. The whole family is here.
44:03We went to church this morning.
44:18We saw all the people in our neighborhood, and we welcomed everyone there.
44:25It has become a tradition.
44:29After Mass, we have a picnic with family, and then we go about our business.
44:39We had already come here with our parents when we were not married.
44:44Now I am married with children. Even they tell me that later, they will come here after the Christmas Mass.
44:54We will come here with our parents. We are very happy.
45:01Church of the Mass is a whole family.
45:08There is our village in the village in the village in the village in the village.
45:15It's the village of these people in the village in the village.
45:21There is a village within the village.
45:25It is very interesting.
45:28If you look at history, since independence,
45:36we cannot say prudishly and willingly that we are Christians.
45:44We always make a distinction between Christians and Muslims.
45:54I am Romael.
45:56If I go to the office, the officers will say I have to wait.
46:00If my name is Mohamed Yousaf, they will receive me immediately.
46:14We, like Christians, are treated like Americans.
46:17We are not considered Pakistanis.
46:19because our roots are here, in Pakistan.
46:22They are very old.
46:24But if we have a problem with the United States, France, or Britain,
46:33or in any western country
46:35The people here are together, and the Christians.
46:38They are located in the office.
46:41If there was an event there,
46:43There would have been revenue here.
46:45In cities, this is somewhat less true.
46:47But in the villages, it's terrible.
46:50People invent Christians to mean Americans
46:52from Afghanistan.
46:54And they said,
46:55“And you, Christians,
46:56of their Christians.
46:57Go ahead, go with them.
46:58»
46:59“We all have Christians,
47:00but they are not Christians.
47:01They are not Christians.
47:02They are not Christians.
47:03They are not Christians.
47:05They are not Christians.
47:06We are Pakistanis. We love Pakistanis.
47:22We love Pakistanis.
47:23Since then, we consider ourselves to be foreigners.
47:26as if we came from shelter and had no connection with the earth.
47:31It's very much appreciated.
47:34We don't know how to see that we don't know.
47:38I don't have an attachment.
47:40I don't have an attachment.
47:41I've never seen anything like it.
47:43I've never seen anything like it.
47:44I don't have an attachment.
47:46I don't have an attachment.
47:48I don't have an attachment.
47:51I also could have made myself into a suit with explosions if I didn't have the country.
47:55But we are all countries.
48:04stephaux.
48:05We're not going to tie up.
48:08I have no attachment to chaos.
48:10I have no choice but to accept this situation.
48:11I had to be exhaustive.
48:13I don't have the attachment with the data for the family and the countries.
48:16I am not attached.
48:18I am not a country alone, not just attached to all of them and the French.
48:22With education, I'm sure people will change.
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