Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Celebrating Valentine’s Day has been banned in the capitol of Pakistan. Here’s the story from the Daily Mail: A Pakistani court Monday banned public celebrations of Valentine’s Day in the capital Islamabad, the latest attempt by authorities to outlaw a holiday seen by many in the traditional Muslim society as vulgar and Western. The Islamabad […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Valentine's Day
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
(Map: Wikipedia) Last week I wrote an article exposing how the US State Department continues to ignore Pakistan’s poor record when it comes to the persecution of Christians. I indicated that I could write at least one post a week documenting the ongoing abuse in that radical Muslim nation. Here’s just one story demonstrating […]
Filed under: Civil Rights, Culture & Religion, Discrimination, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Islamic Intolerance, Islamist Radicals, Middle East, Pakistan, Political Corruption, Religious Persecution
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Pakistan is consistently ranked among the worst countries in the world for Christian persecution. Yet the US State Department seems to continue to ignore that fact when they list the nations that they are particularly concerned about when it comes to religious freedom abuses. Here’s the story from CNS News: For a record 14th year […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Civil Rights, Culture & Religion, Foreign Policy, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, Islam and Christianity, Islamic Intolerance, Pakistan, Persecution, Politics & Religion, Religious Persecution, USA
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Friday, November 28th, 2014
Finally the Europeans seem to be waking up to the Islamist threat around the world even if they continue to ignore it close to home in their own countries. The European Parliament is demanding that Pakistan do away with their ‘blasphemy laws.’ Here’s the story from BosNewsLife: The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday, November 26, […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Europe, Freedom of Religion, Islamic Intolerance, Islamist Radicals, Pakistan, Religious Persecution, Sharia Law
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Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
(Pakistan: Wikipedia) Polio had nearly been eradicated world wide but now it is on the rise once more in Muslim countries due to wars and fatwas from radical Muslim leaders against immunizations. Pakistan is a case in point, here’s a quote from an RNS news report: In Pakistan’s Northwest territories, where Taliban clerics have significant […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Islamist Radicals, Pakistan, Taliban
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
(WHO logo: Wikipedia) In three separate incidents, 9 UN health care volunteers have been killed in Pakistan by radical Islamists for giving ‘anti-Islamic’ polio vaccinations. Following the attacks, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have suspended all their immunization campaigns in the Muslim country. According to the article, at least two radical Islamist […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Islam, Islamic Terrorism, Islamist Radicals, Pakistan, Taliban, UN
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) FORT ABBAS, Pakistan, March 12 (Compass Direct New): – A young mother has been falsely accused of “blaspheming” Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, because she rebuffed attempts by relatives who had converted to Islam to force her to renounce her Christian faith, family members said. Police arrested 26-year-old Shamim Bibi, mother […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Christianity, Freedom of Religion, Pakistan, Religious Persecution
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
(Image by Omer Wazir via Flickr) According to a study by a US government commission released on Wednesday, Schools and textbooks used in Pakistan teach intolerance and hatred toward minority religions. The findings show why Pakistan is becoming far more Islamist and radical than it use to be and is increasingly supportive of hardline […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Culture, Pakistan, Religious Persecution, Sharia Law, Toleration
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
(Map by Omer Wazir via Flickr) Recently (June 26) the American embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan hosted a meeting, attended by more than 75 people, that was meant to show support for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) folks in Pakistan. At the time U.S. deputy ambassador, Richard Hoagland stated: “I want […]
Filed under: Discrimination, Pakistan, Persecution, Sharia Law
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
The Pakistani man was accused, jailed, tried, and cleared of the crime of ‘blasphemy’ against the prophet Muhammad. Nevertheless he was killed by Islamist vigilantes anyway. Mohamed Imran was a Shia Muslim which is a minority in Pakistan that many times are subjected to persecution in the country. The nature of his supposed violation was […]
Filed under: Blasphemy Laws, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Islam, Islamist Radicals, Pakistan, Religious Persecution
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