PakistanMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.Life Sentences for ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan OverturnedMonday, May 21st, 2012After their children fought with Muslim children, a Christian couple was accused of blasphemy and sentenced to life in prison. This article goes into more detail of what happened as well as to how the ruling was over-turned. While this is a definite win for this couple, there are countless cases like this that do not end well. Hope: Despite Continued Attacks, Slow Improvement Seen in PakistanSunday, May 20th, 2012Attacks against Christians increased in Pakistan after 9/11 and again after Osama bin Laden was killed. Despite this, some Christian leaders believe the situation is improving. We at ICC are not so sure. UK Pols Briefed on Scale of Hate Crimes Against Christian Women in Pakistan and EgyptSaturday, May 19th, 2012No surprises here but it is really encouraging to see this topic examined at this level. We have shouted about this for years and have torn our hair out at the lack of any meaningful way to change the kidnappings. The elephant in the room of course, is Islam. The mistreatment of all women and Christian women (the lowest of the low) is well documented and comes from the Quran/Hadith/Muhammad. Convert in Pakistan Brutally Beaten, Tries to Rebuild Life. Islam Hunts HimFriday, May 18th, 2012Another incredible piece by Compass. Great depth of reporting. Christian rape victim receives threats instead justice in PakistanSaturday, May 12th, 2012The Pakistan Christian Post reports on the injustice shown toward of a 12-year-old Christian girl rape victim in Pakistan. Religious intolerance in Muslim societiesMonday, May 7th, 2012“Muslims in general… want themselves to be held to a different standard than that to which they hold others,” the Daily Times in Pakistan reports. On bloody day for Christians, martyr’s heir calls for peaceSunday, May 6th, 2012Paul Bhatti, the brother of the martyred Pakistani Christian political leader Shahbaz Bhatti, urged for the ‘rights and value of all people,’ regardless of religion, following attacks on churches in Nigeria and Kenya, reports the National Catholic Reporter. Pakistani Christian girls forced to convert to IslamSaturday, May 5th, 2012“Available figures show that on average, eight to ten Christians are being forced every month by fanatic Muslims to convert to Islam, mostly in Sindh and Punjab provinces,” Rediff News reports. The life and hardships of Christians in Pakistan – interview with Pakistani Catholic bishopSaturday, May 5th, 2012In an interview with Bishop Sebastian Francis Shah, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lahore, Aid to the Church in Need reveals the life and hardships of a Christian in Pakistan. Life of a Pakistani Christian in the tragic month of AprilThursday, May 3rd, 2012Chaudhry Irshad Younas, a Christian activist, was assassinated in Lahore on April 27 for unknown reasons. “The life of Christians in Pakistan is not easy, for reasons of violence, discrimination, sometimes even persecution, but the month of April 2012 will go down in history as one of the most tragic,” Agenzia Fides reports. Young Mother Jailed For Blasphemy in PakistanWednesday, May 2nd, 2012Pakistani Christians said Shamim Bibi, 26, has been falsely accused of blasphemy after she was detained at her home in Khichiwala village in Pakistan's Punjab province on February 28, BosNewsLife reports. Agony of Pakistani Christian familyTuesday, May 1st, 2012The Pakistan Christian Post publishes a letter from Paul D’Souza, a Pakistani Christian who, along with his family, has been accused of blasphemy against Islam. The family is in danger of being killed. Please pray! Peace rally to mark 3rd anniversary of Asia Bibi’s imprisonment in PakistanSunday, April 29th, 2012“A peace rally and concert is to be held outside the Pakistani embassy in London to mark the third anniversary of the imprisonment of Asia Bibi,” Christian Today reports. Muslim Persecution of Christians: March, 2012Saturday, April 28th, 2012Raymond Ibrahim writes for the Gatestone Institute that, “Saudi Arabia's highest Islamic legal authority decreed that churches in the region must be destroyed… American teachers in the Middle East were murdered for being Christian or talking about Christianity; churches were banned or bombed, and nuns terrorized by knife-wielding Muslim mobs.” Ibrahim’s series, titled ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ is published each month to document cases of persecution – whether it be general discrimination, arrests, or murder – committed by Muslims in majority Islamic countries, Asia and the West. Update on Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, sentenced to death for blasphemy in PakistanSaturday, April 28th, 2012“Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, sentenced to death on accusation of blasphemy… is scared in her high security jail cell,” the Pakistan Christian Post reports. Converted Muslim sisters flee persecution in PakistanFriday, April 27th, 2012“While the conversion of girls belonging to minority communities into Islam and their marriages with Muslim boys have been lauded in religious circles in Pakistan, two Muslim-turned-Christian girls and their husbands are on the run in Punjab province,” Rediff News reports. Christian couples on the run for conversion in PakistanThursday, April 26th, 2012Two sisters are on the run after their secret conversions to Christianity from Islam became known by local villagers, the Express Tribune reports. Human rights groups mourn loss of Pakistani Christian activist and war heroMonday, April 23rd, 2012“Had he not been a Christian, his promotion to higher rank would never have been denied,” Ishtiaq Ahmed writes in the Pakistan Daily News. The Miseries of Persecuted Christians of PakistanSunday, April 22nd, 2012The Pakistan Christian Post calls the condition of Christians in Pakistan “catastrophic” Forced conversions of Christian and Hindu girls reach Pakistani courtSunday, April 22nd, 2012“More than 800 Christian women and 450 Hindu women are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam every year in Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the Pakistan Christian Post reports. |
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