“I will not convert. I believe in my religion and Jesus Christ. And why should I be the one to convert and not you?” — Asia Bibi. It is the West’s indolence and cupidity that has condemned Asia Bibi to death. No one in Europe has filled the streets to ask for the liberation of…
By Gregg Brekke, Presbyterian News Service. A Sunday afternoon blast ripped through a crowded park in Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 70 and wounding more than 300 people. Pakistani Taliban splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing it says targeted Christians celebrating Easter at the amusement park, although most of those killed, including…
By the Pakistan correspondent at Morning Star News. A deadly suicide bombing in a public park here marred Easter celebrations in Pakistan on Sunday evening (March 27), as an Islamic extremist group targeted Christians. At least 70 people have been reported dead, most of them women and children, while more than 350 others were seriously injured…
By Mateen Elass, on his personal blog. One of the most pressing questions on the world stage today is: Who represents true Islam — the moderates or the radicals? American Muslims are overwhelmingly moderate, but they represent just a fraction of the 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide. One can also point to other countries where Muslims…
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post. Christian mother of five children, Asia Bibi had her death sentence temporarily suspended by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, as an appeals case against her conviction of blasphemy begins. “The execution of Asia Bibi has been suspended and will remain suspended until the decision of this appeal,” lawyer Saif-ul-Malook said, according to…
Some days do not go as I plan. Nowhere on my calendar did a call with my Coptic friend appear. Nor had I scheduled time with an Assyrian American Christian seeking to provide aid for Iraqi Christians now living in refugee camps in foreign lands. Praying with a Pakistani Christian about the…
AFP/Reuters Taliban suicide bombers have killed 14 people in attacks on two crowded churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore as worshippers attended Sunday services. A Pakistani Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility for the attacks that wounded nearly 80 worshippers, and sparked mob violence in which two other suspected militants died. The bombings occurred…
Join us in praying with and for the people of Pakistan, particularly those personally impacted by the attack on the school in Peshawar. Pray for the children. Pray for the parents. Pray for the teachers. Pray for the first responders and the military who responded. Pray for the families and friends of those who were…
By Y.S., The Gospel Coalition As a little boy I used to play in a small field in front of my home, part of the largest mosque in the area. With huge speakers installed on the minarets of the mosque, the sound was so loud that it felt as if the speakers were installed inside…
By Terry Glavin, the Ottawa Citizen Last Sunday in Pakistan, a mob rampaged through a ghetto of the minority Muslim Ahmadi sect in Gujranwala City, looting and setting fire to houses and shops. A 55-year-old woman and her two granddaughters were burned to death. The pogrom was triggered by local Sunni clerics who said they…