PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi, Modern Confessor of the Faith
National Catholic Register |by Nina Shea | Sept. 16th, 2019 COMMENTARY: A drama of faithfulness, courage and perseverance, in which good ultimately triumphs. It is also a window into the…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Slams Blasphemy Laws in First Interview Since Release After Nearly a Decade on Death Row
CBN News | Will Maule, Faithwire | Sept. 7, 2019 A Pakistani woman who spent the best part of a decade on death row after being convicted of blasphemy has…
STATEMENT: Save the Persecuted Christians Celebrates with Asia Bibi, as Freed Death Row Inmate Finds Safety in Canada
***STATEMENT*** |May 8, 2019 Other Christians, However, Are ‘Wasting Away in Pakistani Prisons’ on Charges of Blasphemy WASHINGTON—Late last year,Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi was acquitted on charges of blasphemy…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi to Celebrate Christmas in Hiding in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018 Despite being acquitted in October, Asia Bibi is set to celebrate her first Christmas off death row in hiding and under guard in…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi and Family Remain in Danger in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 1, 2018 It has been over a month since Asia Bibi has been acquitted of blasphemy charges after being on death row for nearly a…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Arrests Islamist Leader of Asia Bibi Protests
International Christian Concern | Nov. 24, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Rizvi was responsible for organizing the violent and…
PAKISTAN – Senator Demands U.S. Cut Off Aid to Pakistan Until Asia Bibi is Free
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has demanded that the U.S. Government cut off all aid to Pakistan until Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently…
PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear Backlash Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Pakistani Christians are reportedly living in fear that their community will face severe backlash following the acquittal of Asia Bibi. On October 31,…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Christians Wary as Asylum Offers Flood in for Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a…
BANGLADESH – Bangladesh PM says Anyone Who Offends Islam will be Prosecuted
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 7, 2018 Bangladesh’s prime minister has pledged that anyone who offends Islam or its prophet will be prosecuted. Sheikh Hasina said the religion of Bangladesh…
PAKISTAN – ‘Untouchable’ Caste Identity Haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 1, 2018 Asia Bibi was on death row for blasphemy, after offering drinking water which she, as a Christian, was considered to have made “unclean” by…
ITALY – Italy Says It Will Help Asia Bibi Leave Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Nov. 7, 2018 Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister has said that he will help Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of committing blasphemy, leave Pakistan because…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Remains in a Pakistani Prison Converted into a Safe House
International Christian Concern | Nov. 6, 2018 On October 31, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman formally on death row for committing blasphemy. This announcement was met…
PAKISTAN – Fearing For His Family’s Safety, Asia Bibi’s Husband Pleads for Asylum
CBN | November 4, 2018 Asia Bibi's acquittal by Pakistan's Supreme Court on charges of blasphemy last week has sparked numerous protests throughout the Islamic country. Now her husband, Ashiq…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan: Lawyer for Christian Woman Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges Flees to Europe in Fear of His Life
Jihad Watch | November 3, 2018 Why is Saif Mulook’s life in danger? Because he dared to defend a Christian woman from blasphemy charges. The Muslims who were demonstrating in…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Paralyzed following Asia Bibi’s Victory in Supreme Court
World Watch Monitor | November 2, 2018 The victory of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi in the Supreme Court has sparked nationwide protests, led by supporters of the Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan…
PAKISTAN – Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan to leave country
Washington Post | Nov. 1, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A Christian woman acquitted in Pakistan after eight years on death row for blasphemy plans to leave the country, her family said…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Acquitted, Christian Mother Speaks Out After 8 Years on Death Row: ‘I Can’t Believe It’
Christian Post | Oct. 31, 2018 Asia Bibi, the Christian mother of five who has been on death row for blasphemy since 2010, has been acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court.…
PAKISTAN – Islamists Protest for Second Day in Pakistan Following Asia Bibi’s Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 1, 2018 Mobs of Islamists in Pakistan continued to protest for a second day following the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Asia Bibi, a Christian…
PAKISTAN – Muslims Block Roads, Call for Supreme Court Justices to Be Killed Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
The Christian Post | Oct. 31, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/AFP NEWS AGENCY)Angered Muslims in Pakistan protest the release of Christian mother Asia Bibi after she spent eight years on death row…
PAKISTAN – IRD Rejoices Over Asia Bibi Acquittal, Concerned for Pakistani Christians
Juicy Ecumenism | Oct, 31. 2018 Washington, DC—The Institute on Religion and Democracy is rejoicing over news of Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturning the death penalty conviction of Aasiya Noreen, commonly…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi: Pakistan Acquits Christian Woman on Death Row
BBC | Oct. 31, 2018 Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence,…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi’s Life in Extreme Danger Even If Released From Death Row: ‘They’d Feel Proud of Killing Her’
The Christian Post | Oct. 25, 2018 (PHOTO: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS)The daughters of Asia Bibi posed with an image of their mother outside their residence in Sheikhupura, located in Pakistan’s Punjab…
UNITED NATIONS – ‘If the UN Does Not Stand for Asia Bibi, What Does it Stand For?’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 25, 2018 An opinion piece published in the Washington Examiner has criticised the United Nations for failing to speak out against Pakistan’s treatment of Asia Bibi, a Christian…
United Nations – The UN’s scary silence on Asia Bibi’s blasphemy case
The Washington Examiner | Oct. 25, 2018 Today, on the front page of the United Nations’ website is an article entitled, “French full-body veil ban, violated women’s freedom of religion: UN Human…
PAKISTAN – ‘Security’ Only Reason for Asia Bibi Verdict Delay
Baptist Press | Oct. 23, 2018 Security is the only reason Pakistan's Supreme Court is delaying its ruling in an Oct. 8 appeal of Christian mother Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction,…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Appeal Complainant not even Present at Time of her Alleged ‘Blasphemy’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 19, 2018 Asia Bibi’s final appeal against her execution in the Supreme Court of Pakistan went on for more than two hours. Below, World Watch Monitor…
PAKISTAN – Islamists Issue National Disorder Threats if Aasia Bibi is Released
Global Christian News | Oct. 17, 2018 The Pakistan Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik party has threatened to paralyse the country within hours if the Supreme Court releases Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan: Thousands of Muslims Rally to Demand Death for Christian Woman Accused of Blasphemy
Jihad Watch | Oct. 14, 2018 “Pakistanis rally to demand death for Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy (PHOTOS),” RT, October 13, 2018 (thanks to A.): Several thousand protesters hit the…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Extremists Threaten Supreme Court Justices Over Asia Bibi Appeal
International Christian Concern | Oct. 13, 2018 Pakistan’s religious extremists, including the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan and the Red Mosque in Islamabad have issued threats against the country’s Supreme Court justices over…
PAKISTAN – FMI Requests Prayer as World Awaits Asia Bibi Verdict
Mission Network News | Oct. 9, 2018 Pakistan (MNN) — Three Pakistani Supreme Court judges decided the fate of Asia Bibi yesterday, but they’re keeping that verdict under lock and…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in Asia Bibi’s Final Appeal
International Christian Concern | Oct. 8, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the final appeal for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Islamists Warn of ‘Terrible Consequences’ of Blasphemy Appeal
Reuters | Oct. 8, 2018 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A hardline Pakistani Islamist group has warned of “terrible consequences” if a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy is granted leniency…
PAKISTAN – Another Christian Family is Murdered in Pakistan and Now ISIS Claims Responsibility
aclj.org 042018 | By ACLJ.org Violence against Christians in Pakistan just keeps escalating – this time with ISIS taking the credit – as mobs rule and the government continues to…