A pastor was shot and injured on 3rd September 2023, a week after unidentified persons inscribed Islamic slogans on the walls of his church in Jaranwala, Pakistan. Reverend Eleazar Sidhu, the pastor in-charge of the Presbyterian church in Kukranwala village of Jaranwala tehsil, Faisalabad district, stated through a video circulating on social media: “I was… Continue reading Pastor Shot in Faisalabad
On August 29th 2023 Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to murder Netherland´s popular politician Geert Wilders. The suspect, identified by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of offering a bounty of some 21,000€ to anybody who killed Wilders. Latif did not appear in the high-security… Continue reading Pakistani cricketer charged for call to kill Geert Wilders
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which could already mean death for those deemed to have insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, can now also be used to punish anyone convicted of insulting people who were connected to him. Those convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad’s wives, companions or close relatives will now face 10 years in prison,… Continue reading Pakistan´s harsh blasphemy law is further strengthened
On 16th August 2023 a Muslim mob attacked a Christian neighborhood in Pakistan’s Jaranwala city located in Punjab province over the alleged desecration of Quran by two young Christians, leaving twenty-one churches and hundreds of homes damaged. The Christian colony came under attack when two Christians, Raja Umar and Rocky Masih were accused of committing blasphemy… Continue reading 21 Churches attacked in Jaranwala
