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: Pastor and founder of Jesus World Mission dies days after acquittal in blasphemy case
Zafar Bhatti was sentenced to death in Pakistan in 2022, a decade after he was charged with blasphemy. So his suffering was longstanding, and he finally died upon his acquittal. His health failed after the filthy and abusive conditions which his Muslim jailers forced him to endure. Also, it is commonplace for Muslim villagers to […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders his daughter for ‘honor’ over not deleting her TikTok account
The victim may have angered her father so much that it made him believe that she had transgressed this Qur’anic dictate: “And it is not fitting for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and his messenger have settled a matter, that they should claim any say in the matter, and whoever is […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Four men sentenced to death for blasphemy against Muhammad and Qur’an
How likely is it that they really dared to criticize Muhammad and the Qur’an, which would almost certainly mean death in Pakistan? Isn’t it more likely that someone has it in for them and knows that the blasphemy law is an easy way to destroy their lives? In any case, Pakistan being Pakistan, we will […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi Muslim hacked to death with an axe for being the wrong kind of Muslim
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but many Sunnis (and Shia as well) consider the Ahmadiyya to be hypocrites or apostates, and thus believe that they can lawfully be killed in jihad operations. “Ahmadi man killed in axe attack in Pakistan,” PTI, December 6, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Lahore, […]
Pakistan: Jihad suicide bomber murders at least 26 people, injures about 62 others at railway station
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) may be fighting for independence from Pakistan rather than for a global caliphate, but its tactics here are 100% Islamic: “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 […]
Pakistan army chief: ‘Islam is a religion of peace and there is no space for intolerance and extremism in Islam’
Pakistan recently saw Muslims set fire to a total of 21 churches and 40 Christian homes on false accusations of Qur’an desecration by two Christian men. Six Christians were also murdered. A cleric stated: “Better to die if you don’t care about Islam.” The Pakistani government encourages the ongoing mob attacks against Christians, while doing […]
Pakistan: Sunni Muslim authorities demolish houses of minority Hindus, Christians, and Shias
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Pakistan: Houses of minority Hindus, Christians, and Shias demolished in Rawalpindi cantonment area,” ANI, January 29, 2023: Authorities in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi have demolished houses of a minority community, a Hindu and a Christian family, who were living in the area for the past 70 years. As per the sources, at […]
Pakistan: Woman to be ‘hanged by her neck till she is dead’ for Muhammad images on WhatsApp
26-year-old Aneeqa Ateeq’s crime was depicting images of Muhammad for her WhatsApp status. In Pakistan, any potential insult, perceived insult, or even the vengeful conjuring up of an accusation about insulting Muhammad is harshly punished, in keeping with Islamic law. (See Abu Dawud Book 38 no 4348.) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan seeks to export […]
Pakistan: Court upholds life sentence of Christian falsely accused of blasphemy
All it took was a local Islamic leader Ahmed Khan filing “a complaint with local police that an unregistered number sent him text messages insulting the Prophet Muhammad’s mother. ” And that’s that. Zafar Bhatti, a Christian is now in prison for life on the word of Khan alone. Let’s now hope that Lahore High […]