08/06/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On August 3, a Christian in China’s Hunan province was sentenced by the authorities to 10 days in administrative detention for “illegal evangelism.” While under arrest, it was discovered that Muhammad Khalid, a learned Muslim cleric, had planted the charred Koran in her backpack "in order to get rid of Christians in the area." Help us.save us and let this evil stop henceforth in Jesus Mighty Name amenFatherGod Almighty please intervene in this matter. According to USCIRF, “ ICC has learned that the Lahore High Court has ordered Maria Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted and forcibly married to a Muslim man, to be returned to the custody of her abductor. A female Muslim neighbor got involved, at which point "Stephen started arguing with her as he was out of his senses." If convicted, Stephen Masih could face the death penalty. As the mob overwhelmed local police, Stephen was removed from his cell and handed over to the mob...." — TruNews, August 24, 2017.Rimsha Masih, an 11-year-old Christian girl suffering from Down Syndrome, was falsely accused of burning the Koran. In 2018, Pakistan's Supreme Court passed a landmark verdict in the country's most high-profile blasphemy case, acquitting Christian woman Aasia Bibi after she had spent nine years on death row. Controversial blasphemy law which was amended from section 295 to 295 A-B-C and promoted by the Islamic military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq has made a life for Christians more difficult in Pakistan. The Pakistan Penal Code, the main criminal code of Pakistan, punishes blasphemy against any recognized religion, providing penalties ranging from a fine to death. He is at present held in confinement and has expressed fear of reprisals by On 9 August 2002 gunmen threw grenades into a chapel on the grounds of the After the Karachi killings, Shahbaz Bhatti, the head of the All Pakistan Minority Alliance, told BBC News Online, "We have become increasingly victimised since the launch of the In November 2005, 3,000 militant Islamists attacked Christians in Sangla Hill in Pakistan and destroyed In February 2006, churches and Christian schools were targeted in protests over publication of the In July 2008, a mob stormed a Protestant church during a prayer service on the outskirts of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, denouncing the Christians as "infidels" and injuring several, including a pastor.At least 20 people, including police officials, were wounded as 500 Muslim demonstrators attacked the Christian community in Gujranwala city on 29 April 2011, Minorities Concern of Pakistan has learnt.On 23 September 2012, a mob of protesters in Mardan, angry at the anti Islamic film In March 2013, Muslims attacked a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore, where more than 100 houses were burned after a Christian was alleged to have made blasphemous remarks.On 14 February 2014 Muslims stormed the Church building and attacked school property in Multan. She fell and couldn’t get up, so they killed her right there," shared Ladi, recounting the horrifying scene. Christian woman Asia Bibi may have finally safely exited Pakistan after years on death row after being falsely held on blasphemy charges, but the fight for justice is far from over.

"[I]nstead of protecting the teenager from his attackers, [police] arrested and booked him into prison on blasphemy charges." He was accused by a neighbor of stating that he supported British writer On September 22, 2006, a Pakistani Christian named Shahid Masih was arrested and jailed for allegedly violating Islamic "blasphemy laws" in the country of Pakistan. Since 1990, at least 77 people have been killed in connection with the accusation, according to an Al Jazeera tally.Those killed include people accused of blasphemy, their family members, and lawyers and judges who have acquitted people accused of the crime.Others killed in recent years include singers, teachers deemed to be advocating "un-Islamic" practices, and members of the persecuted Ahmadi sect.In 2018, Pakistan's Supreme Court passed a landmark verdict in the country's most high-profile blasphemy case, acquitting Christian woman Aasia Bibi after she had spent nine years on death row.The move angered the country's far-right religious parties, leading to widespread protests led by firebrand cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi's Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which has frequently advocated for violence against those accused of blasphemy.Last week, the provincial assembly in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, passed a controversial law on religious issues, giving wide-ranging powers to the government to censor any published material based on vague guidelines of violating religious beliefs.The law, widely criticised by rights groups, was placed under review on Monday.Wedding video causes 'blasphemy' controversy in PakistanPakistan clears Christian woman in landmark blasphemy case

"There was a woman sitting close to me. Islamic extremists vow to pursue Christian acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan. "A mentally ill Pakistani Christian man has been charged with blasphemy," the Pakistan Christian Post reported a few days ago. According to the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) 2019 Annual Report, “According to the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights advocacy group formed by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, “In addition to the threat of false accusations, severe judicial punishment, and communal violence, extra judicial murders have become a regular feature of non-Muslims being accused of blasphemy. Pakistan's Christian community developed a "growing sense of concern", particularly over the strict blasphemy laws – which restricts any insults against the Islamic prophet Muhammad and makes the crime punishable by death – which many activists viewed as "being abused to target religious minorities. Attacks on Pakistan's Christian and Hindu minorities could be part of a militant plan to send a …