Pakistan Christian Recovering Of Throat Slitting For ‘Blasphemy’ - Worthy Christian News

Pakistan Christian Recovering Of Throat Slitting For ‘Blasphemy’ - Worthy Christian News

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News SHEIKHUPURA, PAKISTAN (Worthy News) – A young Christian worker is in critical condition after he was reportedly attacked at his factory in Pakistan’s Punjab province for alleged “blasphemy against Islam.” Waqas Masih, 22, was still in hospital Monday after a Muslim colleague at the Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the Sharaqpur Sharif area of Punjab’s Sheikhupura District slashed his thr…

Shahbaz - a fictional name - was stabbed by his supervisor after refusing to convert to Islam. Falsely accused of throwing pages of the Quran in the trash. Fr. Lazar Aslam to AsiaNews: “A worrying trend.” An investigation by journalist Ahmed Noorani reveals a system based on false accusations involving lawyers, officials and judges. The activists demand justice and protection for the victims.

Christian wins victory in forced marriage, conversion case

LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani judge has granted an annulment to a woman given as a child to a man who forced her to convert from Christianity and marry him. In a move Feb. 12 seen as a human rights victory, Afzal Baig, a civil judge in Bahawalpur, invalidated the Muslim marriage of 25-year-old Shahida Bibi, reports Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. RELATED: Check out more stories on the persecuted church. Fresh identity In additi…

Young Christian brutally attacked in Pakistan

A 22-year-old Christian man, Waqas Masih, was brutally attacked by his supervisor, Zohaib, at the Subhan Paper Mills factory located … [CONTINUE] The post Young Christian brutally attacked in Pakistan appeared first on ACN International.