Pakistan Archives

Nabeel Qureshi, who shared conversion from Islam to Christianity, dies at 34
- Church in the US, Obituary, Religion News Service
- September 18, 2017
Nabeel Qureshi was raised an Ahmadi Muslim by his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Pakistan. When he was an adult, a Christian friend challenged him to study Islam with a critical eye, the same way he had studied Christianity. After several years of investigation, and what he described as dreams and visions, he became a Christian.
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Pakistani judge sentences Christian to death over blasphemy
- Associated Press, Global Church
- September 17, 2017
Defense lawyers in Pakistan claim a friend falsely accused a Christian convicted this week of blasphemy after he was angered over an alleged affair the man had with a Muslim woman. They plan on appealing the decision. Domestic and international human rights groups say Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often misused to settle personal scores and target minorities.
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Catholic Church in Asia responds to Rohingya refugee crisis
- Global Church
- September 15, 2017
Although a small minority in the region, South Asia’s Catholic Church is responding to the Rohingya crisis with humanitarian assistance and advocacy. Hundreds of thousands of members of the Muslim minority have fled Buddhist majority Myanmar, where the military is conducting a “clearance operation.”
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War without end, amen: U.S. to increase troop presence in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump changed course from what he said during the campaign about leaving Afghanistan this week. Now he will be sending a large troop increase to the country. However, he offered no plans for ending the war, even though polls show most Americans don’t think it’s possible to win and want the soldiers to come home.

Pakistani Christian dies in jail, authorities accused of neglect

Catholic leaders claim the death of a Christian prisoner in Lahore was a result of negligence on the part of jail authorities, poor prison conditions, consumption of unclean water and food. They say his deteriorating health was continuously neglected by the jail authorities until he died on August 13.

Amid hardships, Christians in Pakistan and India mark 70 years of independence

From the beginning of their independence from Britain, both Pakistan and India have promised to respect the rights of religious minorities, and recognize the equal citizenship of the believers of all faiths. After 70 years, both countries have struggled to fulfill that promise, but Christians living on the subcontinent are proud of their contributions to their societies.