LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (May 13) released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said. Lazar Allah Rakha told Morning Star News that Arifwala Additional Sessions Judge Ijaz Ahmad Phulwaran on Friday (May 12) admitted the post-arrest bails of […]
Christian Widow Accused of Blasphemy Released on Bail
School worker threatened with life imprisonment under draconian statutes.
May 15, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
Illiterate workers accused of intentionally burning pages of Koran.
April 24, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener were arrested in Pakistan this month on blasphemy charges after they were accused of intentionally burning papers containing koranic verses, attorneys said. The accusations arose when 46-year-old Mussarat Bibi and the Muslim, Muhammad Sarmad, were cleaning the storeroom of the Government Girls Higher […]
Excessive Bail Bond Required of Christian in Pakistan
Jailed on baseless blasphemy charge for more than three years.
February 20, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Catholic who spent more than three years in jail on a baseless blasphemy charge had to pay an exorbitant amount of bail for release this month, just one example of gross injustices against him and other Christians, his attorney said. The maximum amount for bail under Section 295-C of […]
Police Thwart Plan to Burn Church Buildings in India
One worship site torched.
February 16, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said. Pastor Mahesh Kumre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaukipura village (under tribal-dominated Sukhtawa block), Madhya […]
Christian Girl Kidnapped by 60-Year-Old Muslim in Pakistan
Police slow to respond to alleged forcible conversion, marriage.
February 13, 2023 By - 1 Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter – abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forcibly married her and converted her to Islam – until police in Pakistan finally registered a case after nearly two months. Sitara Arif, also known as Saira, was kidnapped on Dec. 15 […]
Pastor in India Kept in Jail on Baseless Charges, Christians Say
Anti-conversion statutes again weaponized by Hindu extremists.
February 10, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern India remains in jail after more than three months despite winning bail because Hindu extremists filed new false charges against him, his wife said. “We are going through troubled times, and we don’t know when this will come to an end,” said Preeti Masih, whose husband, […]
Christian Farm Laborer Beaten to Death in Pakistan
Muslim landowner and others accuse him of theft.
February 8, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim landowner in Pakistan on Monday (Feb. 6) beat a Catholic farm laborer to death, claiming he had stolen oranges from his orchard, the victim’s family said. The killing follows the shooting death last month of another Christian in the country after he stopped Muslims from stealing from his […]
Muslim Throws Acid on Young Christian Woman in Pakistan
Would-be suitor confesses to retaliation attack.
February 6, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday (Feb. 1) threw acid on a 19-year-old Christian woman for refusing his pressure to enter into relationship and convert to Islam, sources said. Sunita Masih, who lives with her sister after the death of her parents, left the house in Masoom Shah Colony, […]
Bill in Pakistan Would Expand Misused Blasphemy Law
Muslim threatens colleague in retaliation over work conflict.
January 26, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation to make the country’s blasphemy laws stricter even as their blatant misuse again came to light in a threat to falsely charge a Christian woman. The woman, a Catholic widow, was terrified after a Muslim colleague threatened to file the false blasphemy […]
Christian Falsely Accused of Blasphemy, Father Says
Image posted in social media group sends sanitation worker to jail.
January 17, 2023 By - Leave a Comment
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – His voice shaky, Saleem Masih said his family has been living in fear since Nov. 29, when his son was arrested on false accusations of blasphemy – which can carry the death penalty in Pakistan. Officials of the Federal Investigation Agency’s Cybercrime unit took Ishtiaq Saleem, a 31-year-old father of […]