After a decade-long fight for her life, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic wife and mother who was falsely accused of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed and sat on death row in prison for nearly ten years before being acquitted, has now safely relocated to Canada.
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Pakistanis Release Christian Woman on Death Row
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani woman imprisoned for nearly a decade after being accused of blaspheming the prophet Muhammad, and whose case became an international flashpoint for religious freedom in the Middle East, has been acquitted of all charges and released from jail.
Christian Persecution to Increase in 2014
An organization devoted to helping embattled Christians around the world says persecution is expected to continue to rise in 2014 unless world governments do more to stop it.
Pakistan: Dozens of Christians Forced to Convert to Islam Every Week
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Out of fear for their lives, at least 20-25 Christians are converting to Islam every week in Pakistan as a result of increasing persecution of religious minorities in that country.
Pakistani President Frees Falsey Accused Christian Woman
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pardoned and released a Christian woman who was sentenced to death after being falsely accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammed, putting an end to a case that drew international condemnation of the nation’s draconian blasphemy law.
Pope Pleads for Christian Woman’s Life
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pope Benedict XVI made an urgent appeal yesterday to the leaders of Pakistan to spare the life of a Christian mother of five who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy on a trumped up charge of insulting Mohammed.
