"Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems." ~ John Stott
PAKISTAN: Mixed Outcomes for Christians Accused of Blasphemy
Sources: The News International, India Today, Morning Star News, Kross Konnection, AsiaNews, USCIRF
Patras Masih Photo: Morning Star News
In February 2018, 17-year-old Patras Masih allegedly shared content on social media which some found to be blasphemous. In the wake of this post, riots broke out in his neighbourhood of Lahore. Patras was taken into custody and authorities also tortured his cousin Sajid, who jumped from a window to escape, resulting in serious injuries.
Mother of Egyptian-British activist expresses fears over hunger strike
By Syndicated Content
May 13, 2022 | 8:07 AM
CAIRO (Reuters) – The mother of a renowned Egyptian activist who recently gained British citizenship says she fears she may not see him alive again as he approaches the end of the sixth week of a hunger strike over prison conditions.
Laila Soueif said that during a visit to her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah in prison in Cairo on Thursday an officer warned that he could block her from visiting again after she complained about alleged violations against Abd el-Fattah.
A Coptic priest has been stabbed to death in Egypt by a passerby outside a beach club on a popular seaside promenade.
The knifeman stabbed Arsanious Wadid, 56, three times in the Sidi Bishr area of the northern city of Alexandria on Thursday.
Wadid, who served as a priest in the city's Meharam Bek district, was rushed to Mostafa Kamel Military hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Egyptian security services arrested an elderly man who was allegedly seen stabbing the priest to death by several witnesses in Alexandria, Egypt's interior ministry said.
Teacher is killed by female colleague and her nieces who slit her throat after a relative 'DREAMT' she had insulted the Prophet Mohammed in Pakistan
A teacher was killed by a female colleague and her nieces outside an all-girls school after a relative 'dreamt' she had insulted the Prophet Mohammed, Pakistan police said today. Pictured: Female students queue outside a school in Pakistan (file photo)
Police said two students and a teacher ambushed Safoora Bibi at the school gate
They attacked teacher at the all-girls school with a knife and a stick, police said
The two girls told police a relative had dreamt the murdered woman 'had committed blasphemy' against the Prophet Mohammed, officers said
Investigators are looking at whether the main suspect had a personal grudge
John Joseph Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, who belongs to the realist school of thought. He is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.
برلمانيون بريطانيون يؤيدون مبادرة لتشريع معاهدة عالمية لحظر الاستخدام السياسي للدين
لندن -الزمان
أعلنت مجموعة مكونة من 27 برلمانياً بريطانياً من جميع الأحزاب الرئيسية أنها وجهت رسالة إلى رئيس الوزراء بوريس جونسون تدعوه فيها إلى تأييد الحملة العالمية لتشريع معاهدة دولية لحظر الاستخدام السياسي للدين.
وذكرت في بيان صحفي تم إرساله إلى وسائل الإعلام أن المعاهدة المقترحة تمت صياغتها من قبل عدد من كبار المسؤولين والمشرعين وخبراء الأمم المتحدة، وأنها تمثل نهجاً جديداً لوضع قواعد دولية واضحة وبسيطة ولا جدال فيها لحظر جميع الاستخدامات السياسية للدين التي تقوض المساواة الإنسانية، وجميع أشكال التمييز في الحقوق والواجبات على أسس دينية وحظر الإقصاء الديني وأي تقييد لحرية الاعتقاد والعبادة.
Petition handed to Home Secretary to help Christian Pakistan girl
Christian MP Fiona Bruce has handed a petition to Home Secretary Priti Patel, to raise continued concerns about Pakistan Christian girl Maira Shahbaz.
Maria, aged just 14 was kidnapped, forced into marriage and converted before escaping, only to be forced into hiding after her abductor accused her of apostasy.
More than 12,000 people signed an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) petition calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to grant asylum to Maira.
Dozens of influential Muslim figures were handpicked by the government to take part in the new Forum of Islam. Critics say it is an attempt by French President Emmanuel Macron to gain right-wing support.
The government has set up a new body to reshape Islam in France, including the domestic training of imams (prayer leaders)
France will host the first summit of the Forum of Islam on Saturday, a new body that aims to reshape life for Muslims in the country and rid the religion of extremism.
A trove of data uncovered by the Middle East Forum details almost 46,000 grants made by the Qatari regime-controlled Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association, also known as the Eid Charity, to radical Islamic organizations all around the world. A significant amount ended up in Europe and North America: some 380 grants to 41 recipients, totaling just under $37 million, distributed between 2004 and 2019.
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