In yet another case of abduction for forced conversion to Islam and marriage, the police freed the girl but her future fate remains unclear.
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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.
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza: Moderate Islamic Theologian in Trouble in Pakistan
He just escaped his fourth assassination attempt. The new amendments to the blasphemy law may send him in jail for life.
Sunita Marshall: Pakistani Media Pressuring Catholic Actress to Convert to Islam
Sunita Marshall has been happily married to Muslim actor Hassan Ahmed for 14 years. He is now under pressure too.
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.
2023 Jalsa Salana Celebrated Sorrows and Hopes of the Ahmadis
“Bitter Winter” visited the annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the muddy countryside of Surrey, discovering rich pearls of faith and humanity.
Harry van Bommel: “There is Enough Evidence, in 1971 in Bangladesh There Was a Genocide”
The former Dutch MP led a fact-finding team to the Asian country. His conclusion: no more doubts are possible.
Historic Hindu Temple Demolished in Karachi, Mayor Vainly Tries to Deny It Happened
Hindus woke up on July 15 to see Mari Mata Mandir demolished. Mayor Murtaza Wahab tried to deny the facts until Sindh Provincial Government confirmed them.
Pakistan Claims 400,000 Social Media Accounts Spread Blasphemy
It also reports eleven “Internet blasphemers” have been sentenced to death, and two of the sentences have already been confirmed on appeal.
The 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh: Still Unacknowledged, Says a New Documentary
3,000,000 people killed, 400,000 women raped, tens of thousands abducted, 43,000 who were girls at the time still missing. Global Human Rights Defence’s movie calls for justice.