Pakistani authorities have detained a Christian young man on charges of blasphemy against Islam, but activists remained hopeful Tuesday, May 22, that he would be released on bail. Sajid Masih, 20, was reportedly detained Friday, May 18, in Pakistan’s Punjab province after unwillingly burning pages of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, which [...]
Charged in December 2008, they were initially given life in prison. After four years behind bars, they were acquitted. A Muslim man had accused them in a personal vendetta over a row among children. For the judges, the accusations were a frame-up over a personal dispute. “The court took a brave decision by releasing the [...]
ADDIS ABABA – Unofficial committees within Ethiopia’s 30-million strong Muslim community are organizing demonstrations to protest what they say is government interference in Islamic affairs. Tensions are rising as the government tries to preempt what it sees as the rise of a hardline strain of Islam. Worshippers arriving for Friday prayers at Addis Ababa’s Awalia [...]
Today head of the Armenian science department of “Noravanq” educational foundation, expert on Turkey Alistakes Simavoryan and expert of the same foundation Vahram Hovyan met journalists and referred to the topic of religious intolerance against Christians in Turkey. According to A. Simavoryan now 120.000 Christians live in Turkey now and 59.000 of them are Armenians. [...]
An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 Coptic Christians to life imprisonment and acquitted eight Muslims, in a trial heavily criticized by human rights activists and legal experts. The ruling came yesterday, at the end of a trial called to shed light on the sectarian violence last year in the province of Minya, in the southern [...]
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