Muslim radicals and the government itself may prevent Erica Robin, who won Miss Pakistan Universe, to compete in November’s Global Miss Universe.
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Pakistan, Court Summons Prime Minister to Crack Down on “Inauthentic Qurans”
The High Court of Lahore wants to forbid printing or posting versions of the Quran not presenting its “authentic meaning,” another blow to Ahmadis and other minorities.
Pakistan, Police to Christian Churches: “Hire Private Guards, We Cannot Protect You”
After bloody assaults to dozens of churches, Karachi police has found a solution for the Christians: “Deploy private security guards.”
Chinese Performer Offends Ukraine by Singing in the Destroyed Mariupol Drama Theatre
Wang Fang, the wife of pro-CCP blogger Zhou Xiaoping sang the Soviet song “Katyusha” in a place where Russians killed more than 300 civilians.
Here We Are: Leading Shiite Cleric Arrested in Pakistan Based on New Blasphemy Law
“Bitter Winter” correctly predicted that new penalties against those who “offend the wives and companions of the Prophet” were intended for cracking down on Shiites.
Belarus: Persecution of New Life Church Enters a New, Dangerous Stage
Courts have banned as “extremist” Internet postings the church had long since removed. These are steps preparing New Life’s Russian-style “liquidation.”
Russia Claims that Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Uses “Gay Super-Soldiers” Created by “Cults”
Academic Sergei Markov absurdly claimed on prime-time state TV that Ukraine cooperates with Neuro-Linguistic Programming to brainwash soldiers who become homosexual, zombie-like, and invincible.
Argentina: Government Promotes the Pseudo-Scientific Theory of Brainwashing
Theories about “coercive persuasion” most scholars of religion regard as debunked from decades are officially advocated by governmental agencies.
Pakistan: Mob Burned Churches, Police Arrests—Christians
The real instigators of the attacks against Christian places of worship have not been arrested. Two Christian brothers are in jail accused of blasphemy.
Shiites Risk Life in Jail Under New Pakistani Legislation
Maximum penalties for those “disrespecting wives, family members and companions of the Prophet”—some of whom are cursed by Shiites—pass from 3 years to life.