Is a new departure in Christian-Muslim relations unfolding in Egypt, this...
Is the apparent world-wide antagonism between Christians and Muslims actually inevitable? It sometimes looks as though it is. We have seen atrocities against Christians, perpetrated by Muslims in the...
View ArticleShahbaz Bhatti’s death will not stop the struggle for blasphemy reform
Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistani minister for minority affairs, is the latest victim of the vile hatred towards Christians that has become entrenched in parts of Pakistan. He was murdered in broad...
View ArticleShahbaz Bhatti is not the only martyr in the struggle against Pakistan’s...
Blasphemy laws in Pakistan have become untouchable. Even talking about changes to these laws, which have a mandatory death penalty, has been prohibited and those who dare to do so can suffer terrible...
View ArticleFear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Fear has silenced the voice of Pakistani Christians since the political murder of Shahbaz Bhatti last spring, the retired Archbishop of Lahore has said. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha said: “People are...
View ArticlePakistan is ruled by mob justice. And the authorities are too scared to do...
The abuse and killing of innocent Pakistanis because of the country’s ill-conceived blasphemy laws is something I am, as part of my work supporting persecuted Christians, confronted with on a regular...
View ArticleThe treatment of atheists in Russia suggests that Pussy Riot might have a point
This magazine has long deplored the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, which have led, among other things, to the imprisonment for the best part of a decade of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman held on death row,...
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