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Pakistani Christian brutally stabbed at work after refusing to convert to Islam

22-year-old Pakistani Christian Waqas Masih was hospitalized with severe injuries after being stabbed in the neck by his supervisor for resisting pressure to renounce his faith.

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Peter Martin

• Mar 29, 2025Mar 29, 2025

1 in 7 Christians worldwide facing persecution for their faith: report

Over 380 million Christians had to endure 'high levels of persecution and discrimination' for their faith last year, watchdog organization Open Doors has revealed in its latest report on the subject.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 17, 2025

Christian mother of four sentenced to death in Pakistan for ‘insulting’ Muhammad

Pakistani Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka sentenced 40-year-old mother Shagufta Kiran to death in September for allegedly ‘insulting the Prophet Muhammad.’ An estimated 40 people are currently facing the death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ in the Islamic country.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Nov 20, 2024Nov 20, 2024

Attempted Trump assassin once convicted of possessing ‘weapon of mass destruction’

Donald Trump’s attempted assassin Ryan Wesley Routh traveled to Ukraine in 2022 to fight against Russia and tried to recruit Americans to join in the conflict. Twenty years prior, in 2002, he was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, according to reports.

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Matt Lamb

• Sep 16, 2024Sep 17, 2024

Christian Pakistani woman attacked after being accused of desecrating a Quran

On August 7, a Muslim mob in Kathore village, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, assaulted and attempted to kill Saima Masih, a 32-year-old mother of two children, following accusations, which she denies, made by her Muslim neighbor that she desecrated a Quran.

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Angeline Tan

• Aug 16, 2024Aug 20, 2024

WEF report: Digital ID has become a standard feature for everyday life in Pakistan

A WEF report, co-authored by the U.N. and World Bank, states that digital public infrastructure ‘is transforming lives in Pakistan,’ ushering in a need for digital ID such that adults in Pakistan cannot lead normal lives without it.

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Tim Hinchliffe

• Jul 19, 2024Jul 19, 2024

US gov’t commission calls Pakistan one of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

In its 2024 Annual Report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlighted Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws as an impetus for bigoted attacks against Christians and other faith minorities.

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Angeline Tan

• Jul 17, 2024Jul 18, 2024

Another Pakistani man killed by Muslim mob over Islamic ‘blasphemy’ allegations

For the second time in two months, a mob of Pakistani Muslims killed a man extrajudicially after he was accused of violating the nation's Islamic-based 'blasphemy' laws.

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Angeline Tan

• Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024

Pakistani Christian dies after being attacked over alleged violation of Islamic ‘blasphemy law’

Muslim attackers in Pakistan assaulted Christian businessman Nazir Masih with batons and bricks and set his shoe factory ablaze following accusations that he burned pages of the Quran.

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Angeline Tan

• Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024

US delegate blasts traditional countries for rejecting pro-LGBT terms in UN resolution

It is not ‘particularly fruitful’ for conservative nations to reiterate their objections to LGBT ideology, the far-left delegate said.

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Jean Mondoro

• Jan 2, 2024Jan 3, 2024

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Pakistani Christian brutally stabbed at work after refusing to convert to Islam

1 in 7 Christians worldwide facing persecution for their faith: report

Christian mother of four sentenced to death in Pakistan for ‘insulting’ Muhammad

Attempted Trump assassin once convicted of possessing ‘weapon of mass destruction’

Christian Pakistani woman attacked after being accused of desecrating a Quran

WEF report: Digital ID has become a standard feature for everyday life in Pakistan

US gov’t commission calls Pakistan one of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

Another Pakistani man killed by Muslim mob over Islamic ‘blasphemy’ allegations

Pakistani Christian dies after being attacked over alleged violation of Islamic ‘blasphemy law’

US delegate blasts traditional countries for rejecting pro-LGBT terms in UN resolution