After the Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the dastardly jihad terror attack on Hindu tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on Tuesday, April 22, India came down heavily on Pakistan. This incident has intensified Indo-Pakistani tensions, raising concerns of potential military escalation in the region. While Jammu and Kashmir shares […]
UK: Pakistani diplomat makes throat-slitting gesture toward Indians protesting Pahalgam jihad attack
Taimur Rahat doesn’t seem to be in a conciliatory mood. Neither does Pakistan as a whole. The UK should have expelled him for this gesture, but that would require someone in the UK government to have some spine, and no one does. “Pak diplomat makes throat-slit gesture at UK protest over Pahalgam attack,” by Rimjhim […]
Pakistan: False rumors of blasphemy accusation against Christian spark panic in Christian community
The rumors of the accusation sparked panic because the Christians in Pakistan live on a knife’s edge. They know that a false accusation can make them the victims of Muslim mob violence in a matter of minutes, and Muslim authorities will turn a blind eye as their homes and businesses go up in smoke. “False […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob beats Ahmadi to death outside Ahmadi mosque
The Pakistani news source below can’t call the Ahmadi mosque a mosque, because Pakistani law declares that Ahmadis are not Muslims and must not be considered to be Muslims. Then in the U.S., Ahmadiyya spokesmen such as Kashif Chaudry, Haris Zafar and Qasim Rashid, in a curious instance of Stockholm syndrome, carry water for their […]
Pakistan: Christian accused of desecrating Qur’an to appeal death sentence for blasphemy
It won’t be too much longer now that we will start seeing sentences of this kind in Denmark, Sweden, and then in the rest of Europe. Think that’s hysterical? Think again. Remember that when Salwan Momika was murdered, he had been scheduled to appear in court for the crime of burning the Qur’an. In Sweden. […]
Grand Mufti of Pakistan declares jihad against Israel an ‘obligatory duty’ for all Muslim governments
This recalls the classic Islamic theological distinction that jihad is an obligation on the community as a whole (fard kifaya), and an individual is released from it if others are taking it up, but when a non-Muslim force enters a Muslim land, so-called defensive jihad becomes the individual obligation of every Muslim (fard ‘ayn) rather […]
Pakistan: Court sentences five men to death for posting ‘blasphemous’ content online about Muhammad
We’re much more civilized in the West. Here, those who are perceived as having insulted Islam don’t get sentenced to death. They just get fired from their jobs. “Court sentences five to death for ‘online blasphemy,’” AFP, March 26, 2025: ISLAMABAD: A court has sentenced five men to death for posting blasphemous content online, a […]
Pakistan: YouTuber apologizes after sparking blasphemy charges by seeming to name perfume after blasphemy law
Only in Pakistan could anyone have ever gotten the idea that the perfume was named after the blasphemy law in the first place. “295: It smells like terror, torture, and murder in the name of Islam.” Who could resist? “‘I did not do anything intentionally,’ Rajab Butt apologizes after blasphemy allegations,” Asian Mirror, March 26, […]
Pakistan: Woman arrested on charges of blasphemy on TikTok
In the enlightened West, you don’t get arrested for blasphemy against Islam. At least not yet. But you do get fired from your job. “Pakistani TikToker arrested on blasphemy charges,” India Blooms News Service, March 22, 2025: India, March 22 — Pakistani police have arrested a Tiktoker on allegations of blasphemy from the country’s Muzaffargarh […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric who repeatedly supported jihad suicide attacks is killed in jihad suicide attack
““Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed.” — Qur’an 9:111 “From Preacher to Merchant of Death: How the Killing of a Controversial Cleric Deepens Sectarian Fault Lines in Pakistan,” by […]