In less than 24 hours, two Hindu temples were attacked and torn down in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. While such barbaric actions are not unheard of in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh and Pakistan, one would imagine that the Pakistanis, shaken with poverty and financial breakdown, would channel their energies towards something productive. […]
Pakistan: Muslim arrested for ‘offending the prophet’s companions’
Charging someone with disrespect for Muhammad’s companions is essentially saying that the offender is a Shi’ite. Someone who “defiles the sacred name of any wife” of Muhammad is likely deriding Aisha, Muhammad’s child bride. Shi’ites hate Aisha, because she opposed Ali ibn Abi Talib, whom they believe was Muhammad’s rightful successor. So this law is […]
Pakistan: Christian arrested for blasphemous Facebook post even though Muslim cleric denied it was blasphemous
This is not the same case as that of Haroon Shahzad, which is referred to in the report below, although the two are very similar. Christians are being arrested and persecuted with impunity in Pakistan while the UN passes resolutions against “Islamophobia.” “Arrested Christian in Pakistan Denies Sharing Facebook Post,” Morning Star News, July 12, […]
US and EU vote no as UNHCR approves Pakistan’s resolution against ‘religious hatred’
The outrage over a Qur’an burning in Sweden by an Iraqi man is increasing. The UN Human Rights Council has now “approved a resolution, introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, on religious hatred in the wake of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.” It’s a harsh and threatening […]
Pakistan: Islamic group demands that the government declare war on Sweden over Qur’an burning
How long will the mainstream media ignore the true significance of Islamic blasphemy laws and their encroachment upon the freedom of expression? While MILLIONS are protesting in Pakistan against a Qur’an burning, they support the persecution of religious minorities. Just weeks ago, Pakistan “signed a twelve-point agreement with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Party (TLP) Pakistan and agreed […]
Pakistan: Christian charged with blasphemy for Bible verses post on Facebook, Christian families flee their homes
Islam mandates death for non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state who mention “something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), or Islam” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.10), and such laws are based upon passages in the Hadith and Sira in which Muhammad orders the murders of people who have insulted him. These […]
Pakistan: Parliament condemns Qur’an burning, calls on world to outlaw acts that ‘hurt religious sentiments’
“The House also urged that incidents of Islamophobia be dealt with the same seriousness as hate against other religions.” That would be great. The Pakistani parliament doesn’t realize it, but in the West, people express hatred and contempt for, as well as thoughtful criticism of, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. without hesitation or fear. Only […]
Pakistan: Christians take to the streets to protest against Qur’an burning in Sweden
The Christians in Pakistan know that they are in danger from enraged Muslims who will murder them because someone they had nothing to do with half a world away burned a book. Meanwhile, even the UN is discussing the burning of the Qur’an, while no one cares about the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, Nigeria […]
Jihad group says it will attack Christians and churches in Pakistan in revenge for Qur’an-burning in Sweden
What do the Christians in Pakistan have to do with the burning of the Qur’an in Sweden? Nothing whatsoever. But Sweden is nominally Christian, and so as far as these jihadis are concerned, all Christians are responsible. Islamic apologists in the West frequently accuse those who dare to discuss Islam’s doctrine of jihad of blaming […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders Christian widow on her way home from work for refusing to convert to Islam
In yet another incident in Pakistan of a Christian woman murdered for refusing to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man. The torture of Shazia Imran was particularly brutal as the primary suspect got three other Muslims to join him in gang raping Shazia and slashing her throat — as the Qur’an directs to […]