“Our pleas for justice are falling on deaf ears. The school management is protecting the rapist, and the police are colluding with them. Who should we look to for justice?” Not to the authorities of the Islamic Republic. “School in Pakistan Covers Up Rape of Christian Girl, Family Says,” Morning Star News, July 11, 2021: […]
Pakistan: Court frees 20 Muslims suspected of burning Christian couple alive in industrial kiln for “blasphemy”
There is a two-tier justice system in Pakistan, which essentially means that Christians and other non-Muslims rarely get justice. If there were any country in which Muslims were treated the way Christians are in Pakistan, there would be screaming international headlines for weeks or longer. But no one will take any particular note of this. […]
Pakistan: 5 Muslims sentenced to death for murdering Christian couple
A Pakistani anti-terror court has sentenced five people to death over the killing of a Christian couple who were lynched and burned in a kiln after being falsely accused of blasphemy. This sentencing represents good news in a country where abusive and easily manipulated blasphemy laws have been long criticized as tools for a witch […]
Pakistan: Police accused of negligence in Muslim mob lynching of Christian couple
All too often in cases like this one, the police are sympathetic to the lynch mob. They share the same world view. Does Pakistan need a #ChristianLivesMatter movement? “ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christian couple lynched for blasphemy: the police accused of negligence,” Agenzia Fides, August 31, 2015: Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan criticized […]