Some 450 people are in jail after a gang connected with the radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik movement first falsely accused them, then asked for money to retract the allegations.
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Pakistan, Court Rules Ahmadis Cannot Inherit Property from Their Muslim Parents
The decision by the Lahore High Court can also affect other religious minorities.
Is Genocide Being Performed Against Ahmadis in Pakistan?
What intention does the project of preventing a whole portion of humanity from being born reveal? Some religious fanatics advocate it. Time to investigate.
Police Itself Resorts to Illegal Violence Against Ahmadis in Pakistan
In the case of Ahmadis, the Pakistani government may not be the solution—in fact, it is the problem.
Pakistan, 17-Year-Old Christian Worker Forcibly Converted to Islam by His Employer
Reportedly, Samsoon Javed was told he could either surrender his religion or his job. His mother suspects the real story may be even worse.
Pakistan’s Islamic Council Supports China’s Persecution of Uyghur Muslims
The constitutional Pakistani body that calls for a harsher repression of the Ahmadis went to Xinjiang and proclaimed it a model of religious liberty.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Leaders Sentenced for Death Threats Against Geert Wilders
Saad Husain Rizvi and Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali were sentenced to four and fourteen years in jail respectively by the District Court of The Hague.
Ahmadis in Pakistan: Lawyer Threatened with Disbarment, Four Jailed with False Blasphemy Charges
An attorney has been told he would not be allowed to enter courts if he does not renounce his faith. Four are accused as usual of having burned pages of the Quran.
Pakistan, Anti-Rape Activist Asma Batool in Jail for Blasphemy Charges
The popular YouTuber was arrested for reading an anti-rape poem that allegedly includes a verse offensive to religion.
Kasur, Pakistan, Emerges as the Capital of Fabricated Blasphemy Accusations
A criminal case has been filed against two women in a city where in the past Christians had their houses destroyed and were even burned alive.