Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Updated 9:11 am CDT, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan for Canada to be reunited with her daughters. Wilson Chawdhry of the British Pakistani Christian Association told The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, he received a telephone text message from a British diplomat stating simply that “Aasia is out.” less FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman ... more Photo: AP … [Read more...] about Pakistani woman acquitted of blasphemy headed to Canada
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Reports: Christian acquitted of blasphemy leaves Pakistan
Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Updated 12:23 am PDT, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan for Canada to be reunited with her daughters. Wilson Chawdhry of the British Pakistani Christian Association told The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, he received a telephone text message from a British diplomat stating simply that “Aasia is out.” less FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2010, file photo, Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman ... more Photo: AP … [Read more...] about Reports: Christian acquitted of blasphemy leaves Pakistan
Persecuted Christian Mother Asia Bibi Still Trapped in Pakistan
Persecuted Christian woman Asia Bibi remains trapped in Pakistan as the British government continues talks with the country’s government in an attempt to secure her release. Bibi, a 55-year-old Christian woman who spent nearly a decade on death row in Pakistan on blasphemy charges before her acquittal last year, remains in hiding over fears that she will be murdered by the country’s hardline Islamic population. She is residing in a safe house in the port city of Karachi.Addressing the House of Commons on Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary said that “making sure that she is safe and has somewhere safe to go is a top priority for this government.” “We have had numerous discussions in private with a Pakistani government about how to progress this,” he said. “We are making progress and I’m very hopeful that this will have a positive outcome.” Labour politician Helen Jones criticized the government’s handling of … [Read more...] about Persecuted Christian Mother Asia Bibi Still Trapped in Pakistan
UK: Clergy Members Warn Anti-Christian Hate Crime on Rise
“Anti-Christian sentiment” is on the rise in Britain, Church of England priests told a survey which has revealed that more than two thirds of members of the clergy have been verbally abused in the past two years. During the same period, one in ten CoE priests suffered physical violence, with the same proportion reporting they had noticed an increase in anti-Christian hate crime, according to the study commissioned by National Churchwatch.Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London, found that half of the 546 members of the clergy questioned for the government-funded study said that their work had become “more challenging” over the past 24 months. Of the one in five priests who said they had been threatened in the last two years, the vast majority said the threat was against them personally, however 20 per cent reported receiving threats against their family while 35 per cent said they had experienced threats against church property, reports the … [Read more...] about UK: Clergy Members Warn Anti-Christian Hate Crime on Rise
Boris Johnson demands UK grants asylum to Pakistani mum accused of blasphemy
BORIS Johnson is demanding Britain grants asylum to a Pakistani mum acquitted of blasphemy. Islamist hate mobs have vowed to kill Asia Bibi — a 53-year-old Christian freed after eight years on death row in Pakistan. UK campaigners have accused Downing Street of failing to give her sanctuary here amid fears of revenge attacks. Mr Johnson said in a letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid: “We cannot allow the threat of violence to deter us from doing the right thing.” He warned that the “brave” mum of five’s life was in danger and the UK’s position was not “dignified”, the Daily Mail reported. Mrs Bibi received death threats in Pakistan after her conviction for insulting the Prophet Muhammad was overturned by the country’s Supreme Court last month. MPs and peers here have also written to Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to demand the UK take her in. Wilson Chowdhry, of the British Pakistani Christian Association, claimed: … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson demands UK grants asylum to Pakistani mum accused of blasphemy