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Catching Our Eye

November 15, 2018: Myanmar: Bible students ‘suffering health and psychological problems’ after escaping armed group
November 14, 2018: Young Kyrgyz Christian hospitalised, while his attackers go free
November 14, 2018: Angola: 2,000 unregistered churches forced to close
November 13, 2018: Indian Christian forum demands withdrawal of ‘bogus’ charges of forced conversions
November 12, 2018: Pope and Assyrian patriarch ‘share suffering’ of Christians in Middle East

Pakistan Christians wary as asylum offers flood in for Asia Bibi
November 14, 2018
Nigeriens call for Jeff Woodke’s release, 2 years after his abduction
November 13, 2018
‘Next time we will not survive’ – Middle East Christian refugee
November 12, 2018
Prince Charles bypassing Jos ‘robbed Nigeria’s Christians of opportunity to create awareness about our travails’
November 9, 2018
‘No grounds for review of Supreme Court ruling’ – Asia Bibi’s lawyer, who fled Pakistan
November 5, 2018

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November 2, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Pakistan paralysed following Asia Bibi’s victory in Supreme Court

The victory of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi in the Supreme Court has sparked nationwide protests, led by supporters of the Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP). . . . Read More

November 1, 2018 Asia Bibi, Caste, Gilgit, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Minorities, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Peshawar, Punjab, Quetta, Sindh, Sweepers

‘Untouchable’ caste identity haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi

Asia Bibi was on death row for blasphemy, after offering drinking water which she, as a Christian, was considered to have made “unclean” by her touch. . . . Read More

October 31, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Constitution, Imran Khan, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan Peoples Party, Prophet Muhammad, Punjab, Quran, Sharia, Sindh, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Pakistan PM appeals for calm after Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy

Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, this evening urged the nation not to let a fraction of people incite them to take the law into their own . . . Read More

Shahbaz Taseer. (Photo: beenasarwar.com)

October 31, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Islamabad, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Minorities, Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistan, Salmaan Taseer, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

‘A victory for Pakistan and millions of its marginalised people’ – son of governor who was killed for defence of innocent Asia Bibi

Demonstrations were held in several cities in Pakistan following the acquittal of Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges by the Supreme Court earlier today (31 October). However, . . . Read More

October 31, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Imran Khan, Islamabad, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Minorities, Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistan, Salmaan Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Pakistani mother Asia Bibi wins appeal against death sentence for blasphemy

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy since 2010, has won her final appeal. She is expected to be freed from prison soon, . . . Read More

October 26, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Pakistan, Police, Quran

Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties

Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June 2015. He has been in prison ever . . . Read More

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