No one cares, because it can’t be blamed on Israel, and doesn’t fit the establishment media narrative, in which Christians are always white oppressors and Muslims are always brown victims. “Christians face ‘devastating’ persecution under Pakistani blasphemy laws, expert says,” ChristianPure, July 7, 2024: A Catholic leader has called for an end to Pakistan’s blasphemy […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders his divorced niece in the name of ‘honor’
In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for […]
Pakistan: Breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
The problem here was with the mixing of milk from different sources, so that it would be impossible to know who was whose foster mother. This comes from a hadith: “Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hadhaifa, lived with him and his family in their house. She […]
Muslims in Pakistan Murder One More Christian
One recent horror tale — there are so many — about Muslim murders of Christians in Pakistan should not be overlooked. It is a simple story of an 18-year-old Christian man, Waqas Salamat, who wanted to leave his job at a Muslim-owned factory where he had been receiving slave wages and treated miserably. In response, […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Church pleads for Christian sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’
These people are courageous to protest, as the entire governmental and law enforcement apparatus in Pakistan is on the side of those who are persecuting Christians and other religious minorities. “Church in Pakistan pleads for Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy,” by Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News, July 5, 2024: The Catholic Bishops of Pakistan have joined […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob lynches tourist over claim he desecrated Qur’an, torches police station
The idea behind this outpouring of violent rage is to frighten people to the extent that they will never dare to insult Islam again. Which is not to say that this “blasphemy” happened at all. The accusation is enough. “Pakistani mob lynch tourist over allegations he desecrated Islamic holy texts,” Jerusalem Post, June 22, 2024: […]
Christians living in Pakistan endure a constant nightmare
Dennis Albert, a Pakistani Christian, has been charged with “blasphemy” because he happened to step on a few pages lying on the ground that turned out to have come from a Qur’an. His attorney, Asad Jamal, has defended others who were similarly accused. More on this can be found here: “Christian in Pakistan Jailed for […]
Pakistani Christian Inadvertently Steps On Qur’an Pages, Arrested For Blasphemy
One more grave injustice, possibly with fatal consequences, is now being endured by a simple, poor man, a Pakistani Christian who is a rickshaw driver. He has been charged with “blasphemy” — a charge that potentially could lead to a sentence of death or life in prison — because he happened to step on a […]
Pakistan: Muslim abducts Christian mother, rapes her, tries to force her to convert to Islam and marry him
The victim has little hope of legal recourse, for the authorities are largely sympathetic to the perpetrators, as they hold the same religion and world view. “Abducted Young Mother in Pakistan Refuses Forced Conversion,” Morning Star News, June 13, 2024: LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A young Catholic mother’s eyes welled up […]
Pakistan: 2,500 Muslims protest arrest of Muslims who murder Christian on claims of blasphemy
It’s just a tiny minority of extremists, we’re told. Yet we see massive rallies of this kind, but we never see rallies against the jihadis who have supposedly “hijacked” the peaceful religion of Islam. “Massive Rally in Pakistan Backs Killing of Christian,” Morning Star News, June 12, 2024: LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) […]