Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded the Punjab province government over its response to anti-Christian attacks in Jaranwala, terming a recently submitted progress report “worthy of being thrown into the dustbin.”
A 72-year-old Christian man in Pakistan was arrested and charged with blasphemy on Saturday based on a false accusation filed in retaliation over a property dispute, sources said.
Muslim gunmen shouting threats against Christians shot a 14-year-old Christian dead on Monday in Pakistan, sources said.
Recent Muslim extremist attacks in an area of central Nigeria resulted in dozens of deaths and the closure of 10 Baptist churches, including one now used as a mosque, a denominational leader said.
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists kidnapped a pastor and three other Christians on Saturday in central Nigeria, sources said.
Police in Pakistan refused to file charges in the case of a Christian mother who lost her unborn child in a Muslim co-worker’s attempt to rape her, sources said.
Continuing violence against religious minorities in Pakistan belies the government’s Jan. 8 statement that it promotes religious freedom and protects the members of non-Muslim faiths, rights activists said.
Acquittal after a false blasphemy charge has not kept a Christian widow in Pakistan from being driven from her job and village amid threats to her life.
Two pastors kidnapped along with others in Nigeria last month remain captive despite their denomination paying $12,264 for their release, church officials said.
Islamic extremist terrorists rampaged through a predominantly Christian village in northeastern Nigeria on Christmas Day, setting houses on fire, looting shops and killing two Christians, area residents said.
