A mentally challenged Christian girl who was detained in Pakistan on charges of ‘blasphemy against Islam’ has fled to Norway with family members, a Christian official involved in the operation confirmed.
Pakistani police say they have found no evidence that a mentally challenged Christian girl burned pages with verses of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, in a case that sparked international upheaval, Worthy News learned.
The president of the Pakistan Christian Congress has urged that nation’s president and prime minister to re-investigate all cases of blasphemy that have been officially filed with local authorities.
A Pakistani Imam was arrested Saturday in what was initially thought to be a case of blasphemy by a Christian girl that has enraged an entire Muslim community already predisposed to violently deal with any non-Muslim accused of insulting Islam.
One of Pakistan’s most senior Muslim clerics vowed to protect a 14-year-old, mentally impaired, Pakistani Christian girl who he suggested may have been falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam.
A Christian girl arrested in Islamabad for blasphemy has been determined to be a minor, according to a recent medical review.
Muslims torched Christian homes and “destroyed” a church in a slum area of Islamabad while suspected militants shot at another church outside Pakistan’s capital, after the jailing of a mentally handicapped Christian girl for “blasphemy”, witnesses said Tuesday, August 21.
Pakistani authorities have detained an 11-year-old Christian girl in the capital Islamabad because she allegedly burned the Koran, viewed as a holy book by Muslims, an advocacy official told Worthy News.
Eleven Christian staff nurses at the Civil Hospital in Karachi were allegedly poisoned as punishment for drinking tea in their hostel rooms during the daylight hours of Islam’s Ramadan fast.
In a recent press release, the President of the Pakistan Christian Congress claimed that his government was planning to amend its constitution, replacing the phrase, “Reserved seats for Christians, Hindus, Ahmadi, Sikh and others,” to simply “Non-Muslims,” thus destroying the separate identities of millions of religious minorities living in the Islamic Republic.
The President of the Pakistan Christian Congress demanded the immediate release of Asia Bibi Saturday.
Thousands of Pakistani Christians live like slaves in Punjab’s Muslim-owned brick kiln industry.
The Center for Human Rights Education expressed deep concern about the numerous threats to the lives of human rights defenders in Pakistan.
A Christian couple in Pakistan sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy have been cleared on appeal.
The third anniversary of Asia Bibi’s illegal imprisonment will be marked by a rally and concert outside Pakistan’s London embassy June 14.
Pakistan’s parliament unanimously approved new guidelines Thursday to govern the nation’s relations with the United States.
A Pakistani Christian playwright will present “295-C”: a play concerning his nation’s notorious blasphemy law.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Secretary of State name Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern in its 2012 Annual Report.
A registered society that provides legal assistance to persecuted Christians in Pakistan is calling for prayer for yet another Pakistani woman arrested under that nation’s notorious blasphemy laws.
A Christian accused of blasphemy died in a Pakistan prison from a treatable disease after he was denied medical care.