LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in a village near Lahore, Pakistan yesterday after Muslim protestors called for the death of a young Christian accused of blasphemy, sources said. Patras Masih, an 18-year-old resident of Dher village in Shahdara Town area of Lahore, was taken into police custody late Monday […]
Christian in Pakistan Arrested for ‘Blasphemy’ to Appease Islamist Throng, Sources Say
Hundreds of villagers flee.
February 20, 2018 By -
Muslim Student Accused of Killing Christian in Pakistan Released on Bail
Move suggests suspect could be acquitted, advocates fear.
January 30, 2018 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student accused of killing a Christian in Pakistan has been freed on bail due to gaps in police investigations, sources said. Sharoon Masih, 17, died on Aug. 27, 2017 after Ahmed Raza beat him for drinking water from a glass used by all students in a […]
Suicide Attack on Church in Pakistan Darkens Christmas Celebrations
At least nine killed, more than 50 wounded, sources say.
December 17, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Terror struck Christians in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province today as four terrorists allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) attacked a church, killing at least nine worshippers and injuring more than 50 others. Police and church officials told Morning Star News that four suicide attackers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church […]
Government of Pakistan Bows to Islamists on ‘Blasphemy’ Suspects, Critics Say
Last chance for saving Aasiya Noreen (Asia Bibi) put in jeopardy.
December 4, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The Pakistan government’s surrender to demands of an Islamic extremist group jeopardizes the last chances for Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (Asia Bibi) to overturn her death sentence for “blasphemy,” sources said. The government’s inability to withstand the violent protests and demands of the upstart, Muslim extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah […]
Police in Pakistan Beat Christian Boy to Death, Father Says
Muslim classmate tried bullying 14-year-old into renouncing his faith, he says.
October 11, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan beat a 14-year-old Christian boy to death on Monday (Oct. 9) because he had gotten into a fight with a Muslim classmate who tried to bully him into renouncing his faith, sources said. Mushtaq Masih, father of Arsalan Masih, said that his son was a student at […]
Christian Father of Two in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for ‘Blaspheming’ Prophet of Islam
Muslim accuser had personal conflict with him, attorney says.
September 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian father of two in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam’s prophet in a phone text even though he is illiterate, sources said. Nadeem James, 27, was charged in July 2016 in Gujrat District after a friend, Yasir Bashir, complained to police that he received a […]
Christian High School Student Killed in Pakistan
Muslim classmates apparently covering up religious motive.
September 8, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The father of a 17-year-old Christian who was killed in a school in Pakistan by at least one Muslim classmate said the attack was religiously motivated, a charge that police dispute. Ilyasab Masih told Morning Star News by phone from his home in Chak 461 village, Vehari District in Punjab […]
Another Teenage Christian in Pakistan Beaten, Accused of Blasphemy
Muslim mob continues thrashing him at police check-post.
August 22, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim mob in rural Punjab Province, Pakistan stormed a police station to continue beating a 16-year-old Christian boy accused of blaspheming the Koran, sources said. Asif Masih, illiterate and mildly mentally challenged according to his father, was so badly beaten by the mob in Punjab Province’s Gujranwala District on […]
Judge in Pakistan Urges Parliament to Prosecute Blasphemy Cases under Terrorism Laws
Constitutionality questioned.
August 18, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – In an expanded order to remove “blasphemous” content from social media in Pakistan, a high court judge included a recommendation that Parliament include terrorism charges against those accused of blasphemy. Last Saturday’s (Aug. 12) recommendation by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court is unlikely to result in […]
Islamists in Pakistan Accuse Christian Minor of Blaspheming Islam’s Prophet
No motive given for alleged comment.
July 17, 2017 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A member of an Islamic extremist group in Pakistan has accused a Christian minor of blasphemy after the boy had an argument with a Muslim, sources said. Hina Shafaqat, mother of 17-year-old Shahzad Masih, told Morning Star News that her son had been wrongly implicated in the case by a […]