Blasphemy death sentences

Originally posted on VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED:
(Voice of the Persecuted) The November 27, 2018 appeal hearing of Sawan Masih, a Pakistani Christian accused and sentenced to death for blasphemy, was postponed. Nasir Saeed, a spokesperson from CLAAS, Sawans’s defense counsel, told Voice of the Persecuted that they have yet to receive a rescheduled hearing…

More spurious allegations and arrests in Pakistan.

Posted on23FEB2021CategoriesPAKISTAN Police in Lahore have charged two Christians with blasphemy after a Muslim objected to them studying the Bible in a park. On 13 February, Haroon Ayub Masih and Salamat Mansha Masih, both in their mid twenties, were studying the Bible in Model Town Park in Lahore, Punjab province, when Haroon Ahmad and his

The Baltis

In many UK towns you will find a BALTI TAKEAWAY   Balti in Indiapronounced: BALL-teeDo you like bulgur (cracked wheat) and apricots? So do the Balti people who farm these crops. Balti people are a scheduled tribe living in perilous mountains near the Pakistan border. Their seven isolated villages are inhabited mainly by the elderly,

More vile murders in Pakistan

PAKISTAN: Two Christian women killed for refusing to convert to Islam The bodies of Christian women Sajida Mushtaq (28) and her sister Abida Qaiser (26), who had gone missing on 26 November, were found on 4 January by police in Lahore. The bodies of Sajida and Abida were found bound and bundled into sacks in an

Pakistani Courts at last acting sensibly!

Welcome court decision reunites Pakistani Christian girl with family after forced marriage to Muslim abductor 10 December 2020 A Pakistani Christian girl who was kidnapped and forced to marry her Muslim abductor has, in a welcome move by authorities, been reunited with her family after nearly six months. Twelve-year-old Farah Shaheen was recovered by police on 5

THE ENORMITY OF A CHILD ABDUCTION IN PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN: Court returns Arzoo Raja to parents  05JAN2022 PAKISTAN On 22 December, the Sindh High Court handed custody of 14-year-old Arzoo Raja, now known as Arzoo Fatima, back to her Christian parents in Karachi after she testified that she wished to return to them from the refuge where she had spent a year. Arzoo had been

More Islamic terror in Pakistan

Pakistani Christian woman shot dead after refusing marriage to Muslim suitor A Christian maid was shot dead, reportedly by her Muslim suitor, on 30 November after refusing to convert to Islam in order to marry him. Sonia Bibi, 24, was shot in the head in a street in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, and died on her way

Ashfaq Masih, Shagufta and Shafquat in Pakistan

CHRISTIAN PRISONERS UNDER BLASPHEMY LAW Pakistan Zafar Bhatti (56) has been in prison in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, since July 2012, when he was charged with sending blasphemous text messages. The phone in question was not registered to him and he denies the charge. In May 2017, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy. He

Finally please uphold in prayer our brother Zafar Bhatti, who has been in prison in Pakistan since 2012. Pray for peace and that God would provide for all his needs in prison and for those of his wife, Zawab Bibi.

Zafar Bhatti, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012, has had his life sentence upheld by a judge in Rawalpindi. Bhatti was charged under the blasphemy law for sending ‘blasphemous text messages’ from his mobile phone. He denied the charge, pointing out that the phone in question was not registered in his name. His

Another wicked blasphemy accusation.

NABEEL MASIH Posted on16SEP2020 Nabeel Masih (20) has been in prison in Pakistan since September 2016, when he was accused of liking and sharing a Facebook post that allegedly “defamed and disrespected” the Kaaba in Mecca. At the time of his arrest, Nabeel was only 16 and illiterate. He said Muslim friends set up the