The two girls Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were accused of blasphemy, and sentenced to death, over allegedly sending text messages. A month ago, the European Parliament passed a resolution on the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, focusing especially on the case of these two. Mentionable
The following are among the abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of January, 2021:
Attacks on Apostates and Evangelists
Uganda: A Muslim man beat his 13-week-pregnant wife, causing her to miscarriage, after he learned that she had converted to Christianity. On Jan. 13, Mansitula Buliro, the 45-year-old woman in question and mother of seven, was preparing for Muslim evening prayers with her husband when she began to have Christian visions. On the following day she secretly visited a Christian neighbor, prayed with her, and put her faith in Christ. Right before she left, a Muslim man knocked on the Christian neighbor’s door and said, “Mansitula, I thought you were a Muslim how come I heard prayers mentioning the name of Issa [Jesus]?” Then, when Mansitula returned home her husband informed her that he had been told that she had become Christian. “I kept quiet,” Mansitula later explained in an interview:
Everything is affected. Your work, income, social status, identity, mental health, satisfaction with yourself, your life, your place in society, your independence.. And as a woman it s even harder to remain patient and endure, in a society so opposed to women and femininity, though crying out for them both. Iranian Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi, articleeighteen.com, January 21, 2021; Iran. The killing of Abida and Sajida in such a merciless way is not an isolated case, but the killing, rape and forced conversion of Christian girls have become an everyday matter and the government has denied this and therefore is doing nothing to stop the ongoing persecution of Christians. Unfortunately, such cases happen very often in the country, and nobody pays any attention – even the national media – as Christians are considered inferior and their lives worthless. Nasir Sayeed, Director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement in the UK, January 11, 2021;
January 08, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: A Protestant pastor in Pakistan has been charged with blasphemy for a Facebook message that offended his Muslim neighbors. Raja Warris was arrested after a Muslim mob threatened to burn down the homes of Christians in the neighborhood; he faces a potential 10-year prison sentence. There are now 24 Christians in Pakistani jails on blasphemy charges.
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