From The Independent: Last Friday, hundreds of shoppers were gathered in Parachinar’s main bazaar. In this main town of Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency, located along the Afghan border, the local residents were buying food items for the looming evening Ramadan meal, when death and carnage visited them again. Within the space of four minutes, two […]
From Townhall: Editor’s Note:This column was coauthored by Bob Morrison. You probably cannot find a more scholarly, measured, and careful writer than Michael Barone. This Resident Fellow at the respected American Enterprise Institute is not given to exaggeration. Let others set their hair on fire to get a headline, Harvard-educated Michael Barone makes news because […]
From Christian Today News briefs: Incidents for May and June In vast and diverse India, Christians often live freely. Yet India ranks among the 50 countries where life as a Christian is most difficult, according to Open Doors International, a global ministry that serves Christians who are pressured because of their faith. The country is […]
From CBC: Multiple explosions at a bar and entertainment area in a Christian quarter of Nigeria’s northern and mainly Muslim city of Kano killed at least 24 people, a hospital official said Tuesday. Lt. Ikedichi Iweha, a spokesman for the Military Joint Task Force, said earlier Tuesday that 12 people died at the scene and […]
From Pakistani Christian Post: Okara, Punjab: July 29, 2013. (PCP) On 27th Day of July 2013, a source called Mr. Khurram Akhtar (Research Officer, The Voice) telephonically and informed him about the incidence that occurred in Chak 8-4/L Okara, District, Okara. The Voice team comprised of Adv. Aneeqa Maria Akhtar, Mr. Shahid Anthony, Mr. Khurram […]
More from our contact in Pakistan… On 21st July 2013, A crippled Christian man, Shafaqat Emmanuel, and his wife Shagufta Kausar were arrested in Gojra District for allegedly sending Blasphemous text messages to the Local Muslims. Police registered the FIR 407/13 under section 295-B and 295-C. Complainants Muhmmad Hussain and Tehsil Bar Association President, Anwar […]
From our contact in Pakistan… On 21st July, 2013, a new case of blasphemy was registered against a Christian couple in Gojra City. Shafaqat Masih and his wife Shagufta Bibi were falsely accused under the strict blasphemy law Under Section 295/B and 295/C bearing FIR No.407/13. Police and the complainant claimed that the couple sent […]
On the evening of July 21, 2013, another Blasphemy case was registered against the Christian couple in Gojra City in Punjab province. From our contact in Pakistan… Shafaqat Masih and his wife Shagufta Bibi were accused of blasphemy and arrested on July 21, 2013. The First Investigation Report (FIR) (No. 407/13) was registered under 295-B […]
From WND: Syria’s young Christian women are bearing the biggest brunt of the two-year-old civil war, according to a human rights group. The report by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, released by Open Doors USA, estimates there have been more than 100,000 casualties since the war’s beginning in 2011. Five thousand of those casualties are children […]
From The Nigerian Tribune: The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau State chapter, has called on the Federal Government to stop the incessant killing of Christians by Boko Haram in the Northern part of the country. Reverend Julius Oyebola, dropped this hint at the annual memorial lecture in memory of Pastor Bature Adams, in Jos, […]
Recent Comments