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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Pakistan witnesses a large-scale rally supporting the endorsement of violence against Christians.

Lahore, Pakistan: Following a mob lynching of a Christian accused of defiling the Quran in Pakistan, Islamic extremists at a rally on Sunday (June 9) expressed support for the homicide and threatened others. During a rally in Sargodha that the Islamic extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) organized, a 74-year-old Christian man named Nazeer Masih Gill…

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