Witness the Christmas preparations of Christian families in Pakistan, and explore their daily religious practices and the challenges they face in a diverse society
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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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