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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

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,

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

”This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that the Muslim community and scholars have stood up for non-Muslims,” said Sajid Ishaq, chairman of the Pakistan Interfaith League. ”We are together, demanding justice, demanding an unbiased investigation. And those abusing this law should be taken care of.” It is dangerous in Pakistan even

ISLAMABAD —   Having fled their homes in the latest spasm of Pakistani religious strife, a few hundred Christians have camped in a forest in the Pakistani capital, cut down trees and are using the branches to build a church. Their ordeal began when a Christian girl in their poor Islamabad neighborhood was accused by a neighbor

‘We want justice’ On Sunday, retaliatory riots by Christians engulfed Lahore and other Pakistani cities.    But some are trying to get justice in other ways. “There were about 400 to 500 bibles burnt in the attack. The mob humiliated our holy scriptures and churches,” said Ishaq of the Pakistan Interfaith League. “So we are

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Hindu minority is using the country’s controversial anti-blasphemy laws against a group of Muslims that attacked a Hindu temple. Anti-blasphemy laws here have typically been used against religious minorities. Now, police are applying the same regulations to charge nine Muslims, including a cleric, of rampaging through a temple and destroying Hindu religious items.