Religion leaders and human rights activists are concerned about the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s endorsement of an extreme Islamist perspective.

LAHORE, Pakistan: Due to the receipt of death threats from Islamists, the Supreme Court of Pakistan found it necessary to modify a portion of a ruling that had initially upheld the religious freedom of Ahmadis on August 22. This decision is likely to result in severe persecution of the nation’s religious minorities. The court’s surrender to…

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A Pakistani court has ruled that Christians must have an ‘Islam’ label on their ID cards. –

Lahore, Pakistan: A court in Pakistan denied a Christian victim of fake conversion to change the religious designation of Islam and the Muslim name that his Muslim employers fraudulently registered on his National Identity Card, sources said. Pattoki Civil Judge Mian Usman Tariq’s May 18 verdict states that Islam believes all individuals are born Muslim,…

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