Europe pressures Pakistan over blasphemy laws
Pakistan (MNN) In April, the European Parliament adopted
strict blasphemy laws. The laws are responsible for the imprisonment of many innocent Pakistani Christians, including Shagufta Kauser and Shafqat Emmanuel, a Pakistani Christian married couple who were held on death row for years. Read more about their story
Greg Kelley of
World Mission says the government itself doesn’t typically enforce the laws very strictly. “What happens is mobs are being incited by these political figures and leaders. Essentially, they are carrying out this vigilante justice by just tormenting villages and families they have accused.” Local authorities often do nothing to stop this aggression.