http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26395/pakistani-christian-falsely-charged-with-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-after-argument http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26395/pakistani-christian-falsely-charged-with-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-after-argument#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:34:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26395 A young man has been charged with desecrating the Quran under Pakistan’s controversial “blasphemy” laws after the Christian had an argument over rent with his Muslim landlord, his attorneys said.

Police charged the man after his landlord accused him of burning pages of the Quran in order to prepare tea.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26395/pakistani-christian-falsely-charged-with-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-after-argument/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26031/police-in-pakistan-torture-sister-of-christian-who-eloped http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26031/police-in-pakistan-torture-sister-of-christian-who-eloped#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:40:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26031 Pakistan police this month tortured a young Christian woman into revealing the whereabouts of the legal team helping her family after an influential Muslim family kidnapped her and her sister, sources said.

Police also helped the Muslim family beat relatives of the Christian woman on court premises and attacked the offices of the organization trying to help her family, they said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26031/police-in-pakistan-torture-sister-of-christian-who-eloped/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25979/pakistan-christian-women-kidnapped-raped http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25979/pakistan-christian-women-kidnapped-raped#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:53:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25979 Pakistani Christians have expressed concerns about renewed kidnappings and abuse of women and girls by Muslims in a country still reeling from the recent assassination of a Christian government minister.

Among those targeted was Sehar Naz, a 24-year-old employee with Pakistan's State Life Insurance Corporation in Punjab province, who was recovering of her injuries Monday, May 23, after she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a Pakistan Army officer.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25979/pakistan-christian-women-kidnapped-raped/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25948/mentally-ill-christian-charged-with-blasphemy-in-pakistan http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25948/mentally-ill-christian-charged-with-blasphemy-in-pakistan#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 09:52:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25948
Three families related to 25-year-old Babar Masih – the only other Christian families in the area – have fled their homes after a Muslim mob threatened to harm them, relatives of the accused told Compass.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25948/mentally-ill-christian-charged-with-blasphemy-in-pakistan/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25934/rioting-muslims-damage-church-properties-in-pakistan http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25934/rioting-muslims-damage-church-properties-in-pakistan#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 08:09:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25934 Hundreds of Muslims in Gujranwala on Saturday attacked homes of Christians, a school and a Presbyterian church building after learning that police had released two Christians accused of “blasphemy” – amid reports of another alleged desecration of the Quran.

The riots compelled a large number of Christian families to flee, as they feared the kind of large-scale violence that occurred in Gojra on Aug. 1, 2009, when at least seven Christians were burned alive by Muslim mobs after the spread of a rumor of blasphemy.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25934/rioting-muslims-damage-church-properties-in-pakistan/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25821/pakistani-christian-sentenced-for-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-dies-in-prison-murder-suspected http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25821/pakistani-christian-sentenced-for-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-dies-in-prison-murder-suspected#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:53:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25821 Qamar David’s life had been threatened since he and a Muslim, Munawar Ahmad, were accused of sending derogatory text messages about Muhammad in June 2006, said David’s former lawyer, Pervaiz Chaudhry.

David was convicted under Section 295-C under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws for derogatory remarks against Muhammad in a case registered at Karachi’s Azizabad Police Station, with another case registered at Saddar Police Station pending. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25821/pakistani-christian-sentenced-for-%e2%80%98blasphemy%e2%80%99-dies-in-prison-murder-suspected/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25801/pakistani-officials-back-muslim-land-grabbers-christians-say http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25801/pakistani-officials-back-muslim-land-grabbers-christians-say#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:50:19 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25801 Christians in south Punjab Province are accusing senior district officials of supporting local Muslims who allegedly demolished 150 Christian graves and desecrated holy relics – and are now threatening Christians seeking legal redress.

Official records reportedly state that the portion of land was allotted as a Christian cemetery.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25801/pakistani-officials-back-muslim-land-grabbers-christians-say/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25772/pakistan%e2%80%99s-christian-minister-bhatti-assassinated http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25772/pakistan%e2%80%99s-christian-minister-bhatti-assassinated#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:20:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25772 Gumen have shot and killed Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, who publicly challenged the country's controversial blasphemy laws and demanded more rights for minority Christians in the mainly Islamic nation.

He was the only Christian in the cabinet.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25772/pakistan%e2%80%99s-christian-minister-bhatti-assassinated/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25677/free-pakistani-teen-jailed-for-blasphemy-human-rights-watch-says http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25677/free-pakistani-teen-jailed-for-blasphemy-human-rights-watch-says#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:44:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25677 Human Rights Watch said.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25677/free-pakistani-teen-jailed-for-blasphemy-human-rights-watch-says/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25611/pakistani-churches-criticize-governments-refusal-to-amend-blasphemy-law http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25611/pakistani-churches-criticize-governments-refusal-to-amend-blasphemy-law#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:54:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25611 Churches in Pakistan have expressed frustration over the government's refusal to amend a controversial blasphemy law, as urged by the Pope and protesting civil rights activists.

"We are disappointed by the stand taken by the Prime Minister," said Joseph Francis, director of CLAAS (Centre for Legal Aid Assistance & Settlement), which has defended dozens of Christians and Muslims charged under the law. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25611/pakistani-churches-criticize-governments-refusal-to-amend-blasphemy-law/feed 0