The clock is ticking for Pakistan s beleaguered Christian nurses
Christian rights activists must continue the peaceful struggle of Bishop John Joseph to end the misuse of blasphemy laws
Christian staff nurse Maryam Lal (left) and Catholic nursing student Newsh Arooj were arrested on blasphemy charges in Faisalabad last month. (Photo supplied) Religiously charged staff of Lahore mental hospital take over the building. This headline may seem like something ripped straight out of a psychological horror film, but it actually happened on April 27 when Muslim nurses occupied a chapel at the hospital that was used for Sunday services after they accused a Christian nurse of committing blasphemy by sending an objectionable video to a nurses’ unofficial WhatsApp group.
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Pakistani Christians urge tolerance during Ramadan
Messages of peace flood social media despite violent protests over the arrest of an extremist group s leader
A Ramadan greeting by the interfaith Rawadari Tehreek (Movement for Tolerance). (Photo supplied)
Christians in Pakistan are using social media to promote peace during Ramadan as violent Islamist protests choke traffic around the country.
“Ramzan Mubarak (congratulations) to all Muslims. Please demonstrate tolerance this Ramadan. God bless to all,” stated Shireen Aslam, a member of the Attock district human rights committee in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in a Facebook post.
Several pastors and church workers have also updated their WhatsApp status with greetings for Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and prayers.
Uproar over rape of Christian women in Pakistan
Christian leaders say increasing cases of rape and forced conversion have spread insecurity among the marginalized community
National Lobbying Delegation member Khalid Shehzad (second right) with the family of the slain sisters in Lahore on Jan. 9. (Photo: Khalid Shehzad)
Rani Bibi was barred from opening the coffin to see the faces of her daughters, slaughtered by Muslim men and buried last week.
Wailing women gathered around trying to comfort her at the Jan. 7 funeral in Makhan Colony, home to more than 500 Christians, in Lahore.
“Their faces were beyond recognition. I couldn’t see them for the last time. In dreams I see them agonizing in pain. I can’t tolerate this,” Bibi told UCA News.
Persecuted Hazara demand justice in Pakistan
Shia Muslims protest latest killings and demand protection from attacks by Islamic militants
Blindfolded female protesters at the sit-in by the Hazara community in Quetta. (Photo supplied)
When Tahir Khan visited a Quetta highway blocked with the bodies of 11 slain coal miners, he was greeted by women wearing white blindfolds.
“All of them were family members of the victims enduring a freezing temperature of minus nine. They denied being blackmailers and even tied their hands to prove they are harmless. They only appealed for a visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan to share their pain and ensure the future safety of our community,” the leader of Hazara political workers told UCA News.