My latest in FrontPage: Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who has for years been on death row in Pakistan for alleged “blasphemy” against Muhammad, has been acquitted by the Pakistani Supreme Court and ordered to be freed – but she is by no means out of danger. It all started for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani […]
Pakistan: Muslim group calls for death for judges who freed Christian woman on blasphemy charges
Jihad Watch reported earlier that Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who has been imprisoned since 2010 for blasphemy, was finally acquitted. This acquittal was followed by Muslim riots and calls for her death. We may hope that Asia Bibi will be able to leave Pakistan, given the ongoing fury her case has generated. In […]
Pakistan: Christian woman imprisoned for years for blasphemy is acquitted, Muslims riot and call for her death
She will not be safe unless and until she gets out of Pakistan. “Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi has death penalty conviction overturned,” by Sophia Saifi and James Griffiths, CNN, October 31, 2018: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges. […]
Pakistan: Mentally disabled Christian sentenced to life in prison for blasphemy against Islam
This is what the European Court of Human Rights chose yesterday for the future of Europe. “Mentally Disabled Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison,” International Christian Concern, October 24, 2018: 10/24/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 28, Yaqoob Bashir, a 25-year-old mentally disabled Pakistani Christian, was sentenced to life in prison by the Session […]
Pakistan: Muslim “spiritual healer” advises man to kill his wife and daughter for “honor,” he complies
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but “the new law says a […]
Pakistan: Muslims call for jihad against the Dutch and infidels over Muhammad cartoons
A diplomatic rift opened between Pakistan and The Netherlands after populist right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders announced in June a Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition with a $10,000 prize. That row was fueled by Pakistan’s new leader Imran Khan, who vowed to stop Wilders before he canceled his event, and to take the matter to the […]
Pakistan: Thousands of Muslims rally to demand death for Christian woman accused of blasphemy
When have we ever seen thousands of Muslims rallying against the jihad terrorism that supposedly hijacks their peaceful religion? “Pakistanis rally to demand death for Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy (PHOTOS),” RT, October 13, 2018 (thanks to A.): Several thousand protesters hit the streets of Pakistan calling for the Christian woman accused of insulting […]
Pakistan: Muslims warn of “terrible consequences” if Christian “blasphemer” is shown any “softness”
Asia Bibi is back in the news. The “mother of four, in 2010 became the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws.” Her recent appeal hearing was postponed. Now, a so-called “hard-line Islamist group” has warned of “terrible consequences” if she is shown any mercy: The ultra-religious Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) […]
Pakistan: Appeal heard of Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, Christians call for prayer, Muslims for riots
Nonetheless, the Left will continue to claim that all religions are equally capable of inciting their adherents to violence. “Asia Bibi death sentence appeal lights up social media: Christians call for prayer while Muslims call for riots,” by Keri Gibbs, British Pakistani Christian Association, October 7, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): After an […]
Pakistan: Muslims open fire on polio vaccination team, murder security official
A Pakistani Muslim cleric has said that polio vaccinations are un-Islamic. And such “extremist” clerics are not just in Pakistan: in Nigeria, a Muslim cleric was arrested for playing a role in sparking the murders of polio workers. “Levies official killed as polio team attacked in Bajaur,” Daily Times, September 24, 2018: A security official […]