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:
Fatwa forbids baseless blasphemy allegations in Pakistan
Clerics call for complete inquiries into cases after clearing five people of blasphemy over wording on a shoe sole
An officer at Mansehra police station holds the controversial shoe. (Photo supplied)
Clerics of a major political party have issued a religious decree urging careful inquiries into blasphemy cases following a police raid on a shoe shop in northwest Pakistan.
The fatwa was issued after police arrested five people on Feb. 11 from Forever Boot, a shop in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Local journalists had earlier filed a blasphemy case against the shop owner for allegedly printing the name Muhammad on a shoe sole.
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;
Hundreds of Christian Families Flee Homes After Post Sparks Threat of Mob Violence
01/07/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a 25-year-old Christian leader in Pakistan was taken into police custody and charged with violating the country’s blasphemy laws after sharing a social media post critical of Islam in late December. According to local sources, the post incited the threat of mob violence that drove hundreds of Christian families to flee their homes.
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Pastor Raja Warris published a faith-based post on Facebook on December 22 which Muslims claim hurt their religious sentiments,” a displaced Christian from Charar, who wished to remain anonymous, told ICC. “