A Christian teacher in Pakistan has been given a choice of converting to Islam or being killed after he spoke out about hate preaching. 43-year-old Musa Atique has been a primary school teacher in a school in Kasur, in the
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A Christian teacher in Pakistan has been given a choice of converting to Islam or being killed after he spoke out about hate preaching. 43-year-old Musa Atique has been a primary school teacher in a school in Kasur, in the
Read moreA chapel for Christian inmates has opened at Landhi Prison in southern Pakistan, after being built with the help of a charity called Angel Patient Care Services. Christian social activists and prison authorities jointly inaugurated the chapel on 5th August.
Read moreA one-man tribunal in Pakistan that was set up to investigate the riots in Gojra in August 2009 which killed eight Christians, has recommended a review of the country’s controversial blasphemy law. The 325-page report, produced by a former Lahore
Read moreA Muslim medical doctor in Pakistan has been harassed and received death threats because he treated a dying Christian man in hospital. The unnamed doctor said the Christian man arrived at the hospital, needing urgent medical treatment for his kidneys.
Read moreAccording to a UNHCR report on religious conversion in Pakistan, under orthodox Islamic law, converting out of the Muslim faith is considered a capital offence. In addition, family members and neighbours often feel honour-bound to kill friends or family if they discover
Read moreThe Punjab government in Pakistan has launched an inquiry into allegations that Christian students are coming under pressure to convert to Islam. Last year, leaders of Pakistan’s Christians petitioned the nation’s Supreme Court to end discrimination against minorities in the education
Read moreTwo months ago, a group of Muslims abducted a 14-year-old Christian girl, Mehwish’s, in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and later killed her father when he tried to bring her home. Tanveer Masih, 42, Mehwish’s father, lived with his family lived in Khalid
Read moreYesterday, June 20th, was World Refugee Day. At the Sabra refugee camp in Beirut, 12-year old Abdul Jabar Satouf lives with his grandmother Khadija and other family members, and works about 48 hours a week as a mechanic’s apprentice. “I’m
Read moreMaryam, accompanied by Romail, her 11-year-old brother, was walking home from a college in Lahore on a sunny afternoon, when suddenly she was brutally accosted. Two masked men jumped out of a white car and grabbed the kicking and screaming
Read moreA Christian from Pakistan’s Punjab province has been accused of blasphemy after allegedly watching anti-Islamic lectures on his mobile phone, and local Muslims are calling for the man to be killed. The incident has also affected the wider Christian population
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