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Muslim employers force 17-year-old Christian boy to convert to Islam
Muslim employers of a 17-year-old Christian who works at their gas company in Pakistan have forcibly converted him to Islam and are holding him in illegal custody, his mother said.
Fulanis killing more Christians than Boko Haram, ISWAP: report
Fulani herdsmen and other “bandit” terrorists often allied with them killed more civilians in Nigeria over a four-year period than Islamic extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a new report states.
Muslim gang-rape suspects threaten Christian family to drop charges
Muslims who abducted a 17-year-old Christian girl and gang-raped her for 10 days are threatening her family to pressure them to withdraw charges, even as police have failed to arrest most of the suspects, her father said.
Christian mom sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan
A Christian mother of four children on Wednesday received the death sentence after a judge convicted her under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, her attorney said.
Murder of man accused of blasphemy send shockwaves among Christians in Pakistan
Church leaders and rights activists in Pakistan condemned the killing on Thursday of a Muslim in custody on charges of blasphemy.
Sisters, 13 and 19, forced to marry Muslim captors, convert to Islam
A high court in Pakistan has ordered police to recover two Christian sisters, ages 13 and 18, who were forcibly converted to Islam and married to their abductors, the family’s attorney said.
Pakistani officials attempt to ban rights march organizers under pressure from extremist Islamist party
Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers of a minority rights march under pressure from an extremist Islamist party opposed to any changes in Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sources said.
12-year-old Christian girl forcibly converted by Muslim man who kidnapped her in Pakistan
A Pakistani Muslim man abducted, forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian girl as police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said.
Christian brothers charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, face life in prison
Two Christian brothers in Pakistan were arrested and charged with blasphemy on Tuesday after they were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, sources said.
Supreme Court of Pakistan bows to Islamist threats in religious freedom case
Islamist death threats compelled the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (Aug. 22) to remove part of a ruling recognizing an Ahmadi’s religious freedom, a move that will lead to more persecution of religious minorities, sources said.