Ahmadi student expelled on false blasphemy charges

Lahore – An Ahmadi student from Lahore (Punjab) was expelled from her university in her senior after she was accused of blasphemy. Students affiliated with Tahaffuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (TKN) …

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in UN, US, ad, blasphemy, lahore, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Christian accused of blasphemy dies in Pakistan jail

Christians rally in Islamabad to protest at the killing of Shahbaz Bhatti, who had opposed Pakistan's blasphemy laws. Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty …

Written on March 16, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, ad, blasphemy, islam, islamabad, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Christian blasphemy convict dies under mysterious circumstances in Pak jail

A Christian serving a life sentence in Pakistan on blasphemy charges has died under mysterious circumstances in Karachi's central …

Written on March 16, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, blasphemy, karachi, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Mourning minister, Pak, US urge tolerance

WASHINGTON: Pakistani and US leaders pleaded Wednesday for religious tolerance at a memorial service in Washington for Pakistan’’s sole Christian government minister Shahbaz Bhatti who was killed in broad daylight. Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’’s ambassador to Washington, said he decided to hold a service for Bhatti at the embassy as there was an “unconscionable silence” by many Pakistanis who in their hearts are respectful of other faiths. “When Shahbaz Bhatti was murdered and we remain silent, some of us have died with him,” Haqqani told the service attended by US officials and Pakistani expatriates. “If we are silent, we allow evil to win,” Haqqani said. “It is unacceptable, it is un-Islamic, it is not what Pakistan was founded for, it is not what Pakistanis living abroad can be proud of as Pakistanis and — if I may use a term that has been abused in Pakistan — it is blasphemy.” Bhatti, the minister for minorities” affairs, advocated reforms to blasphemy laws which critics say are used to persecute non-Muslims. Bhatti was shot at least 25 times on March 2 as he was leaving his mother’’s home. Punjab’’s governor Salman Taseer, another critic of abuse of the blasphemy law, was shot dead less than two months earlier by an assassin whom well-wishers showered with petals during a court appearance. Bhatti told AFP after Taseer’’s assassination that he knew he had become a top target but was prepared to die to defend minorities from abuse. Farahnaz Ispahani, a member of Pakistan’’s parliament, praised Bhatti’’s work on the blasphemy law and other efforts including trying to restrict hate speech. “We are fighting today to protect our great nation from bigoted extremists who want to silence every voice that believes in inclusion,” said Ispahani, who is Haqqani’’s wife. “We may not shout but we are strong, and unlike the murderers and the assassins we are on the right side of history and on the right side of the Holy Book. And we are not afraid,” she said. Maria Otero, the US under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs, said that the United States shared Bhatti’’s “pursuit of a world of tolerance.” “We believe that it is imperative to uphold religious freedom, not only in accordance with international law but also as an essential pillar in the foundation for global peace,” Otero said. (AFP)

Written on March 10, 2011 | Posted in 2011, International, News, Pakistan, UN, US, USA, ad, aid, blasphemy, cia, fair, islam, muslims, pta | Leave a comment

Pakistan – Another politician killed for opposing blasphemy law

Pakistan's minister responsible for protecting minority rights was gunned down last week in Islamabad, seemingly because of his support for reforms to Pakistan's blasphemy law, reports …

Written on March 10, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, ad, blasphemy, islam, islamabad, unlmitie | Leave a comment

5-Altaf urges Ulema to evolve consensus …..

KARACHI: MQM founder Altaf Hussain has appealed to Ulema of different schools of thought to evolve a consensus over the blasphemy law in the light of the Holy Quran and Hadith and remove flaws, if …

Written on March 6, 2011 | Posted in MQM, UN, US, ad, altaf hussain, blasphemy, karachi, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Blasphemy accused gunned down in Pakistan

A man who had been accused of blasphemy and released last year was gunned down on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, just two days after the assassination of Pakistan's Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz …

Written on March 5, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, ad, blasphemy, fair, unlmitie | Leave a comment

"Pakistanis committing the mother of all blasphemies by keeping silent"

Most Pakistanis are committing the blasphemy of keeping silent as the country's mullahs and muftis have managed in a very short span of time “to blur the line between what God says and what they …

Written on March 4, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, blasphemy, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Shabhaz Bhatti’s murder in Pakistan helps reveal government duplicity

Following the January murder of Salman Taseer, the Muslim Punjab Governor who supported the reform of the blasphemy law in Pakistan, Shabhaz Bhatti has been killed (March 2) by members of the …

Written on March 4, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, blasphemy, unlmitie | Leave a comment

After Bhatti, Sherry in jihadi line of fire

blasphemy laws , may be next on the extremists' hitlist. Of the three politicians who stood up for Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death last November for allegedly committing …

Written on March 4, 2011 | Posted in Oman, blasphemy, cia, unlmitie | Leave a comment

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