religious minorities
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Why doesn’t Arundhati Roy move to Pakistan?
The author asks why Arundhati Roy, so eloquent on India’s caste hierarchy, says nothing about Pakistan’s treatment of its minorities. His short answer is that Indians have privilege and Pakistanis…
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Hindu genocide ongoing in Pakistan
Sharing a news report on three Hindu men killed in an Orakzai suicide bombing, the author describes it as ongoing genocide of Hindus in Pakistan, and argues that India must…
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No Water from Mosque for Christians
A news report, by Wilson Chowdhry, on a Christian family in Wazirabad accused of blasphemy over drawing water from a mosque, with a brief comment that comparing Pakistani Christians to…
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Blasphemy, blasphemy laws, Pakistan, Charlie Hebdo..
The author gives an overview of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and argues that blaming ‘colonial era’ law is misleading, tracing how the 1860 Penal Code provision differed from later additions, and…
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Understanding the power of religion
Quoting an interview in which the interviewee says Western diplomacy has underestimated the sincerity and galvanising power of religion, the poster adds a hope that tolerance may one day flourish…
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Burnt Offering: The Martyrdom of Shama and Shahzad Masih
An account of how a Christian brick-kiln couple were killed by a mob in a Punjab village after being accused of burning Qur’anic pages, drawing on a World Watch Monitor…
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High Court Upholds Death Sentence on Aasia Bibi
The author condemns the Lahore High Court’s decision to uphold Aasia Bibi’s death sentence, arguing that lower courts award death automatically in blasphemy cases and that Christians and Ahmadis in…
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Bangladesh forgives Jamaat
The author calls the commutation of Delwar Hossain Sayedee’s death sentence good but not fair, argues Bangladesh needs a working compromise and forgiveness, and worries about land grabs and the…
