By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
PAKISTAN (ANS) – More Christians are starting to face allegations of blasphemy under controversial laws in Pakistan.
According to a story by Aftab Alexander Mughal writing for Minorities Concern of Pakistan (MCOP), Christian families in Lahore were forced to flee for their safety while at the same time thousands >>>Continue reading >>>
Compass Direct News reports:
LAHORE, Pakistan – After a Muslim beat a Christian field worker for asking him to let him pass on Tuesday (June 30), a cleric in a village near here used a mosque loudspeaker to announce a call to attack Christians that resulted in more than 500 Muslims ransacking and looting at least >>>Continue reading >>>
Compass Direct News reports
LAHORE, Pakistan – A 37-year-old Christian is languishing in a Sialkot jail after police broke his backbone because his father was preaching Christ, according to a local advocacy group.
Arshad Masih had been in a hospital – chained to his bed on false robbery charges – after police torture that began Dec. 28, >>>Continue reading >>>
Compass Direct News reports:
Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a “blasphemy” case against a Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife.