The Pakistani authorities are currently making an unreasonable attempt to prohibit the organizers of the Rights March.

LAHORE, Pakistan: According to sources, officials in Sindh Province are under pressure from an extremist Islamist party that vehemently opposes any changes to Pakistan’s stringent blasphemy laws and is trying to impose a ban on the organizers of a minority rights march. In an official letter to the Commissioner of Karachi Division on Friday (August 23),…

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Indonesian authorities have successfully thwarted a plan to bomb churches.

SURABAYA, Indonesia  According to officials, Indonesian authorities detained a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents last week, thwarting a plot to suicide bomb two churches. “The teenager, known only by his initials H.O.K., was taken into custody on Wednesday, July 31, at around 7:15 p.m. while he was traveling to dispose of evidence…

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Pakistani authorities are systematically silencing Christian and minority protests.

The police are preventing access to the National Council of Churches in Pakistan. LAHORE, Pakistan On August 11, Christians in numerous cities demonstrated remarkable resilience, defying efforts by the Pakistani government and Islamist organizations to suppress their protests, marches, and rallies. Their steadfast dedication advocated for the cessation of religious intolerance and the misapplication of blasphemy…

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Indonesian local authorities prohibited worship on Java Island following a wedding disturbance.

In Surabaya, Indonesia: according to sources, Indonesian local authorities broke up a wedding ceremony on Sunday, June 30, and forbade the church from hosting more worship services there. At the GPdI site in Indonesia, the village head, Eko Budi Santoso, called off a wedding in Mergosari, Tarik District, Sidoarjo Regency, Java Island. Because a building…

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