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Islamic scholar arrested on blasphemy charge in Pakistan

A prominent Islamic scholar who has opposed misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws against Christians and other minorities was ...
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Kidnapping, abuse traumatize Christian girl in Pakistan

A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution.
A human rights advocate is calling on Pakistan s Parliament to address the alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations ...
In August 2023, Muslims in the village of Jaranwala in the Diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan looted and burned more than 25 ...
MUMBAI – A May 25 attack on Christians in north-central Pakistan by an enraged Muslim mob, accusing a Christian man of having defaced the Quran, represents a “dark day” for the country’s ...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in ...
One year after the Jaranwala riots, Christian communities in Pakistan still face injustice and persecution under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws.
Christians are the largest religious minority in Pakistan, whose population is 95 percent Muslim. They have very little political power and tend to work in lower-level jobs, such as street sweeping.
Church officials strongly condemned a recent attack on Christians in Sargodha, Pakistan, and expressed disappointment over growing intolerance in Pakistani society.
Protesters march in Karachi after seven workers are slain at a charity office. KARACHI, Pakistan -- Shouting "stop religious terrorism," hundreds of Christians marched in Karachi on Wednesday ...
Christians believe they will be targets in a growing Muslim backlash against the United States’ war on terrorism. After a September anti-American demonstration in Rawalpindi, a mob dragged ...
Two of the dead man’s sons sobbed uncontrollably as preparations for Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s funeral took place in Lahore on Wednesday. But to the south, in Pakistan’s huge port ...