In the nineteenth century, armed British Catholic soldiers would parade to church, led by a Drum Major wielding his baton, with two bagpipers and two or four kettle drummers.
[2] The church was not constructed using traditional Catholic architecture, but was built to resemble a Muslim Mosque, even engraving scriptures in the local language of Pashto.
John William, the parish priest at asked the Pakistani government for soldiers to guard Christian churches and housing developments after threats of violence had been made in Peshawar.
[5] Church leaders and Christian communities received letters warning them to convert to Islam or face suicide bombings.
A group of church leaders met with police officials on August 11, 2007, and urged authorities to protect the minorities and apprehend the fundamentalists for causing unrest.