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?
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Vandals Attack Ahmadi Mosques in Pakistan—Encouraged by the Police
New attacks against the Ahmadiyya community in Karachi raise concerns about the complicity between public security forces and private bands of thugs.
UN: Pakistan Should Halt Forced Conversions, Marriages of Christian and Hindu Girls
Six Special Rapporteurs wrote to the government of Pakistan. They have now decided to publish their letter.
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.
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.
Daya Bheel: Hindu Widow Raped, Tortured, and Beheaded in Pakistan
A horrific murder in Sindh leads Pakistani politicians and India to call for a more effective protection of the Hindu minority.
Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami Does Not Want Women to Ride Bikes
The party attacked a bicycling camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Islamic fundamentalists are concerned that riding a bicycle may break a girl’s hymen.
Chanda Maharaj: Kidnapper Claims the 15-Year-Old Girl Has a “Biological Age” of 18
A medical certificate puts again the Pakistani Hindu girl at risk of being delivered back to the man who forcibly converted her to Islam, raped, and “married” her.
Pakistan: Police Attacks Ahmadi Mosque in Gujranwala
In Baghbanpura, in the urban area of Gujranwala, Punjab, the Ahmadis covered decorative minarets with an iron sheet to make them invisible. It was not enough.
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.