The accusation was enough. “Blasphemy accused shot dead by unidentified assailants in Balochistan,” South Asia Terrorism Portal, August 6, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): An unidentified group shot dead an individual (name not stated), accused of alleged blasphemy, while he was on his way to attend a localjirga (council of tribal elders) to […]
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Pakistan: 150-year-old Hindu temple demolished, mayor falsely claims demolition didn’t happen
“War is deceit.” (Bukhari 4.52.268). “Historic Hindu Temple Demolished in Karachi, Mayor Vainly Tries to Deny It Happened,” by Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter, July 25, 2023: It takes a notable degree of effrontery to deny that a demolished building has been destroyed. Yet, this is what the controversial Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, whose […]
China expands Belt and Road Initiative with ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan ‘for regional connectivity’
The red-green axis continues to strengthen globally with America virtually out of the picture. The 60 billion (USD) CPEC infrastructure is an “important pioneering project” of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI is a powerful initiative of infrastructure projects to broaden China’s global influence. The Chinese Communist Party is also known to wield […]
Pakistan: 44 killed, over 200 wounded in jihad suicide bombing at political rally
The bombing was yet another show of Muslim-on-Muslim violence in a rivalry between jihad groups. According to the AP report, “the Bajur district near the Afghan border was a stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban — a close ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government — before the Pakistani army drove the militants out of the area.” The […]
Pakistan: Third blasphemy claim in less than a month leads Christians fearing Islamic retribution to flee homes
The UN is far too concerned over the desecration of a copy of the Qur’an to be concerned about Christians being terrorized in Pakistan. “Christians in Pakistan Flee Homes after Blasphemy Accusation,” Morning Star News, July 20, 2023: LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A third accusation of blasphemy in less than a month compelled […]
Pakistan: Government claims 400,000 social media accounts blaspheme Allah, Muhammad, the Qur’an and more
Many of these are Shi’ite accounts, as is clear from the references to blasphemy of “the Mothers of the Believers, the Companions of the Prophet.” Shi’ites often disparage Aisha, “the mother of the believers,” because she opposed Ali, and Muhammad’s companions, the first caliphs, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, for the same reason. In any […]
Pakistan: Three Hindu women married to Muslims who kidnapped them and forcibly converted them to Islam
The Qur’an forbids Muslim men to marry “polytheistic” women: “Do not marry idolatresses until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave woman is better than an idolatress, even though she pleases you. And do not give your daughters in marriage to idolaters until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave is better than an idolater, […]
Pakistan: Muslims attack two Hindu temples in 24 hours
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, […]