Source: MSN By Umar Farooq and Jibran Ahmad ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets […]
Source: The Guardian A Pakistani man on trial for blasphemy has been shot dead in a courtroom, in the latest violent incident connected with the country’s blasphemy laws. Tahir Ahmed […]
Source: The Guardian The report is largely based on testimony from 76 people in the eight countries surveyed By Harriet Sherwood Atheists and humanists are facing discrimination and persecution in […]
USCIRF condemned the arrest of Ramzan Bibi, a 55-year-old Ahmadi Muslim woman in Cheleki, Pakistan, on blasphemy charges.https://t.co/yZvvztDBFy — USCIRF (@USCIRF) May 28, 2020 Suggested reading Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let […]
Ali Khan’s comments follow reports that Ahmadis will join a new minorities council Ali Muhammad Khan denied media reports that Ahmadis would be part of a new minorities council. (Photo […]
PARIS (AP) — A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, and who faced death threats from Islamic extremists, said she is going […]
Sentenced to death for blasphemy: Surviving Pakistan’s death row Source: Al Jazeerah By Asad Haashim The story of a man who spent 19 years awaiting execution reveals the power of […]
Epigraph: “Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good […]
The story of a man who spent 19 years awaiting execution reveals the power of a false blasphemy claim to destroy a life. Source: Al Jazeera By Asad Hashim After […]
Source: MSN By Asim Tanveer MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a Muslim professor of blasphemy, sentencing him to death for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas. Junaid […]
Source: The Economist Despite the abolition of outdated laws, a culture of freedom is failing to take hold Until last month, a Greek citizen could be jailed for up to […]
Source: BBC News A Mauritanian blogger who was jailed for more than five years after being convicted of blaspheming the Muslim Prophet Muhammad has been released. Rights groups had waged […]
A Pakistan doctor, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was taken into custody on charges of blasphemy while angry protestors set fire to shops owned by Hindus and burnt tyres on road […]
Source: Religion News Service BY John Longhurst WINNIPEG, Canada (RNS) — When he heard that Asia Bibi — the Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy — was on her way to […]
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Pakistani Christian man and wife sentenced to death for text messages sent to Muslim The case of a Christian couple on death row […]
This week a cross-party group of 51 Members of the European Parliament issued a collective letter addressed to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressing their concerns and seeking […]
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippine journalist and vocal critic of the country’s president, was arrested Wednesday in connection with “cyber libel” charges against Rappler, the news […]
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being […]
Source: The Star OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign ministry says it is prepared to do everything it can to ensure the safety of a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy by Pakistan’s top court. […]
Source: The Washington Post By Shaiq Hussain ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its decision to acquit a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy that kept her […]
