Pakistan Police Arrest 100 Muslims After Attacking Christians

Police in eastern Pakistan say they have arrested over 100 Muslim men for attacking and nearly killing a Christian father and son who were accused of desecrating pages of “Islam’s holy book.”

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India: Up to 70 Christians “Languishing in Jail,” Denied Bail in Uttar Pradesh

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The International Christian Concern (ICC) humanitarian organization has reported that as many as 70 Christians in India’s Uttar Pradesh state remain imprisoned without trial for allegedly converting Hindus to Christianity. According to the ICC report published on May 24, dozens of Christians arrested under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance of 2020 are “languishing in jails” in Uttar Pradesh while authorities deny them bail without reasonable grounds. A local pastor from Varanasi city in Uttar Pradesh told ICC he has been working to have the Christians released, but … Read more

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Pakistan: 74-Year-Old Christian Man Attacked by Islamist Mob, “We Can Only Pray He Survives”

A 74-year-old Presbyterian Christian man in Pakistan is on a ventilator in critical condition after two Islamist neighbors incited a mob to attack him for allegedly burning pages of the Quran, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

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Pakistan Pastor On Death Row Facing Health Concerns After 12 Years Detention

There was concern Friday about the declining health of Pakistani Pastor Zafar Bhatti, who has been held in prison for 12 years and faces execution by hanging for alleged blasphemy against Islam.

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Outrage Over Pakistan Sanitation Job Campaign Targeting Christians

A local government-backed advertisement campaign for sanitation workers targeting the Christian minority in Pakistan has highlighted concerns that only Christians should work in these low-paying, dangerous jobs in the mainly Muslim nation.

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Pakistan: Police Refuse to Arrest Muslim Who Pushed Christian Female Employee Into Electric Cutting Machine

A lawyer in Pakistan is demanding that reluctant police authorities arrest an Islamist employer who caused a young Christian female employee to lose an ear and most of her scalp when he pushed her into an electric chaff cutter last month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

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