‘Blasphemy’ girl moves to Canada _ Arab News
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Pakistan: Muslim body seeks civilian honour for slain Sikh politician Sooran Singh
The award is the fourth-highest decoration given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. In an unusual move, a prominent Muslim organisation whose members include clerics and Islamic scholars has sought Pakistan’s one of the top civilian awards ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ for slain Sikh lawmaker Sardar Soran Singh. At a meeting organised in Islamanad on
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Five men sentenced to death in Pakistan over lynching of Christian couple
The chairman of the Pakistan Inter-faith League, Sajid Ishaq, told The News International that the guilty verdict has “revived [Christians’] confidence in the supremacy of judiciary and enhanced their faith in fair and free investigations conducted in this case. I would not say I support the death sentence but I would say that such a
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Christian Girl Accused of Blasphemy For Burning Quran Out on Bail
Pakistani judge has freed on bail a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy. While lawyers declared the decision a victory for justice, Christians from her village are still too scared to go home, VOA reports. Supporters of 14-year-old Rimsha Masih, believed to be mentally impaired, gathered outside the courtroom to wait for the news. Her
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SBTS student denounces attacks on Christians in Pakistan homeland
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) — Pakistan is approximately 7,500 miles from Kentucky — but attacks on Christians and churches in eastern Pakistan this week have drawn strong rebuke from a Louisville man. Speaking about the rampage against Christians and churches that occurred Wednesday, Sajid Sandhu said he “vehemently denounces the savage and merciless assault on churches
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Pakistan: Rimsha Masih hearing delayed
The bail hearing for Rimsha Masih, the young Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, has been delayed until 1 September after her accuser challenged a medical report that determined that she was a juvenile and mentally impaired. Rimsha Masih was arrested earlier this month on charges of blasphemy for allegedly burning pages with text
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‘Blasphemy’ girl moves to Canada
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani Christian girl who was arrested for alleged blasphemy last year and forced into hiding for fear of her life has moved to Canada, an activist said yesterday.Rimsha Masih could have faced life in prison if convicted over allegations that she set fire to pages of the Qur’an in the poor, run-down neighborhood
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Pakistan: Conservatives back blasphemy girl
A group of Islamic leaders in Pakistan have lent strong support to a mentally disabled Christian girl accused of blasphemy. “This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that Muslim community and scholars have stood up for non-Muslims,” said Sajid Ishaq, the chairman of the Pakistan Interfaith League. “We are together, demanding justice,
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Family of Pakistani Christian Couple Burned for Alleged Blasphemy: We Are Being Threatened, Bribed to End Investigation
Christian couple Shehzad, 35 (R) and Shamah Masih (L), 31, were killed for allegedly desecrating the Quran in Pakistan, November 2014. Family members of the Pakistan Christian couple burned to death say they are being pressured to drop their calls for a criminal case and demand the government to protect them, in a recent press
