KARACHI, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Shouting that he was killing “an infidel who blasphemed against Muhammad,” a Muslim in Karachi on Saturday (Sept. 14) slit a Christian’s throat as police and others looked on, according to the slain man’s son. George Masih told Morning Star News that his father, 58-year-old Boota Masih, worked as a […]
Pakistani Muslim Cites ‘Blasphemy’ in Slaughter of Christian Rival in Business
Witnesses decline to come forward, fearing retribution.
September 19, 2013 By -
Assassins of Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Confess, Officials Say
Leader of Al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban captured with two others.
September 17, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – The killers of Pakistan’s first Christian to become a federal cabinet member, Shahbaz Bhatti, have confessed to the crime, Bhatti’s brother and security sources said. Paul Bhatti, brother of the slain Federal Minister for Minority Affairs, told Morning Star News that security officials and a senior government minister had told […]
Imam in Pakistan Acquitted of Desecrating Koran, Framing Christian Girl for ‘Blasphemy’
Rimsha Masih’s accuser goes free after witnesses retract statements.
August 18, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Islamabad on Saturday (Aug. 17) dismissed charges against a Muslim cleric arrested on suspicion of framing a Christian girl for blasphemy. Khalid Jadoon, leader of a mosque in the Meherabadi suburb of Islamabad, had been charged with desecrating the Koran and planting false evidence – pages ripped […]
More Christians in Pakistan Accused of Sending ‘Blasphemous’ Text Messages
Married couple jailed under laws that call for death or life in prison.
July 22, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian couple was arrested on Saturday (July 20) for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages to a Muslim cleric in Gojra, a religiously volatile city where a week before a young Christian man was sentenced to life in prison on the same charge. Shafqat Masih, 43, and his 40-year-old wife […]
Christian in Pakistan Sent to Prison for ‘Blasphemy,’ in Spite of Accuser’s Retraction
Clamoring Islamists pressure judge, threaten attorney.
July 15, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Saturday (July 13) sentenced a Christian to life in prison for alleged blasphemy in spite of the complainant retracting the accusation and admitting police pressured him into making it, his attorney said. Attorney Javed Sahotra told Morning Star News by phone that prosecutors in the […]
Calls for Attacks on Christians Emanate from Mosque Loudspeakers in Pakistan Villages
Tensions high where candidate who lost election strives to incite violence.
May 20, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Muslim political candidate suspected of murdering a Christian has instigated calls from mosque loudspeakers for attacks on Christians, whom he blames for his May 11 election loss. Tensions were high in Punjab Province’s Okara district after provincial assembly seat candidate Mehr Abdul Sattar, sought by police in connection with […]
Islamic Horde Attacks Christian Area of Gujranwala, Pakistan
At least five Christians injured, two seriously, in Muslim aggression following dispute among youths.
April 3, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Incited by calls from mosque loudspeakers after a dispute between Muslim and Christian youths, a Muslim mob attacked a Christian neighborhood in Gujranwala today, injuring at least five Christians and damaging a church and dozens of shops and vehicles. Only a few hours after Pakistan’s Supreme Court rebuked Punjab Police […]
Pakistani Court Overturns Younis Masih’s ‘Blasphemy’ Conviction, Death Sentence
Beaten, tortured Christian spent 7.5 years in jail.
April 3, 2013 By -
LOS ANGELES (Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan today overturned the death sentence of a Christian convicted under Pakistan’s “blasphemy” laws and ordered him released, according to an advocacy group. Younis Masih, who has languished in jail since his arrest on Sept. 10, 2005, was declared innocent by Lahore High Court justices Khaja Amtiaz […]
Christian Victims of Riot Damage in Pakistan Disillusioned, Fearful
Government promises leave residents of Joseph Colony empty.
March 22, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Christians living in tents here after Muslims destroyed more than 175 homes following a blasphemy accusation are disillusioned that authorities have not compensated them, but for some the greatest pain is what cannot be replaced. “I am still unable to recover from the trauma after seeing my house burnt […]
Islamic Mobs Destroy Christian Area of Lahore, Pakistan
Authorities order police to allow rampage, but arrest 150 Christians for protesting.
March 11, 2013 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Muslim mobs upset over an alleged derogatory comment about the prophet of Islam burned down more than 180 Christian-owned houses and shops and at least two church buildings here on Saturday (March 9) after authorities told police to “let them vent their grief and anger,” officials said. Lahore’s impoverished […]