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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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Home / Archives for Anti-blasphemy Law

Anti-blasphemy Law

Noman Masih. From Twitter.

06/07/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan, Young Christian Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Noman Masih is accused of having shared caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp. He claims to be innocent.

Adil Babar. From Twitter.

05/26/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan, Two Teenagers Falsely Accused of Blasphemy and Detained

Adil Babar and Simon Nadeem Masih are accused of having called their dog “Muhammad Ali.” Only, they do not have a dog.

The Government Girls High School in Tehsil Arifwala, Pakpattan. From Twitter. 

05/16/2023 Massimo Introvigne

New False Blasphemy Charges in Pakistan 

A Christian woman and a Muslim man have been falsely accused of burning Quran pages. They now risk the death penalty.

A Twitter image of the Chinese man being arrested.

05/09/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Blasphemy Is Allowed in Pakistan—If You Are Chinese

Dozens accused of blasphemy languish in jail for years. A Chinese man has been promptly released on a $700 bail.

TV coverage of the lynching and the suspension measure of local police officers in Pakistan. Screenshot.

02/17/2023 Marco Respinti

Pakistan: Why Lynching of “Blasphemers” Continue

Another man has been lynched in the Nankana Sahib District in Punjab. Do the anti-blasphemy laws inspire the criminals, or do the mobs influence the MPs who pass and support such laws?

Professional Ahmadi hunter Hassan Muawiya. From Twitter.

01/14/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Ahmadis Killed in Burkina Faso, Booked for Printing the Quran in Pakistan 

Nine were slaughtered in Burkina Faso, five have been charged for blasphemy, as a radical cleric incites Sunni Muslims to “pour petrol rather than water” on Ahmadi houses on fire.

The boy accused of blasphemy. From Twitter.

01/12/2023 Marco Respinti

Pakistan: Boy Charged with Blasphemy for Calling God “Cruel” on Social Media

Confronted with tragedy, a young man shared his anguish and wrote God should be cruel if he allows it. Now, the boy risks the death penalty.

Goraya (left) and the hitman hired to kill him (right). From Facebook.

12/09/2022 Marco Respinti

Pakistanis Accused of Blasphemy Persecuted Abroad as Well

Blogger Ahmed Waqas Goraya now lives in the Netherlands. He says the long arm of Pakistan is coming for him—and many others.

Ashfaq Masih. From Twitter.

07/11/2022 Daniela Bovolenta

Ashfaq Masih: Another Christian Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy in Pakistan

Claiming during a commercial dispute that he “follows only Jesus” and does not give discounts to members of Sufi ascetic orders was enough for getting a capital sentence.

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