In this mailing: Raymond Ibrahim: The Horror of Being Christian in Muslim Pakistan: Just One Month Amir Taheri: The Myth of End of Oil and Regime Change The Horror of Being Christian in Muslim Pakistan: Just One Month by Raymond Ibrahim  •  June 25, 2023 at 5:30 am "[T]here was absolutely no case. There was no proof against Noman, and none of the witnesses produced by police could corroborate the blasphemy allegation against him.... This is murder of justice." — Lazar Allah Rakha, lawyer for Norman Masih, a 22-year-old Christian man, sentenced to death for "blasphemy", Morning Star News, May 31, 2023, "Several people have been lynched over false accusations of blasphemy in Pakistan. At least 57 cases of alleged blasphemy were reported in Pakistan between Jan. 1 and May 10 [2023], while four blasphemy suspects were lynched or extrajudicially killed during the same period..." — Morning Star News, May 22, 2023 "The blasphemy laws have been consistently misused to settle personal disputes, persecute minority groups, and incite mob violence and hatred. We demand prompt action and a collective effort by the government to address these human rights violations." — Retired Justice Nasira Javaid Iqbal, Morning Star News, May 22, 2023. [A] Muslim policeman, hired to protect a Catholic school run by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, instead attacked the school and murdered two young girls. — British Asian Christian Association, May 16, 2023. "[T]he incident [murder] has been officially blamed on the 'mental health' of the man, without investigating his possible relations with Muslim extremist groups." — bitterwinter.org, June 1, 2023. "[W]hy this horrific terrorist event occurred at the missionary school is due to a hatred of education for women, in radicalised Pakistan." — British Asian Christian Association, May 16, 2023. In yet another incident... a Muslim family — with the aid of police — beat, tortured, and illegally confined a Christian house-cleaner, soon after she tried to resign due to pregnancy.... When her husband, rickshaw driver Gulfam Masih, went to police to report her missing, officers arrested him instead.... Asma [the cleaner] reported her illegal confinement and beating to police, but officers dismissed her complaint without even bothering to question her. Angered that she had the temerity to report them, the Muslim family registered a theft charge against Asma and her husband, which police did take very seriously. — Morning Star News, May 26, 2023. "Many poor Christians are victimized through false allegations, including blasphemy, if they choose to discontinue working for their Muslim employers. The pattern is quite similar when you examine such cases.... The Muslim family used its influence to discharge Asma's complaint against her torture and then registered a false [report] against the couple to 'teach them a lesson.'" — Imran Sahotra, the Christian Awakening Movement, Morning Star News, May 26, 2023. "Eventually the mob disappeared... shouting threats of death and the rape of Christian boys and girls if they continued to pursue the police...." — British Asian Christian Association, May 26, 2023. "It must be terrifying... to have suffered such a brazen attack, knowing the next one is days away and the authorities meant to protect you have no desire to help...." — Juliet Chowdhry, Trustee for British Asian Christian Association, May 26, 2023. "The mindset of a whole nation must be changed—empowered Muslims must be taught to respect the minorities living amongst them." — Juliet Chowdhry, Trustee for British Asian Christian Association, May 26, 2023. Last month, a Muslim family in Pakistan — with the aid of police — beat, tortured, and illegally confined a Christian house-cleaner for eight days, soon after she tried to resign due to pregnancy. (Image source: iStock. Image is illustrative and does not represent any person in the article.) The persecution of Christians in Pakistan — whether at the hands of judges and police, or mobs and rapist gangs — continues to worsen, as evidenced by one fully documented month, that of May 2023. On May 30, for instance, a Pakistani court sentenced Noman Masih, a 22-year-old Christian man, to death for "blasphemy" (in keeping with Pakistan's blasphemy statutes, Section 295-C of the Penal Code, which calls for the death penalty for anyone convicted of insulting Muhammad, the prophet of Islam). Immediately after the sentencing, the accused's lawyer, Lazar Allah Rakha, said: Continue Reading Article