Tag: Christian persecution

Colosseum in Rome turned red to protest Pakistan blasphemy law

ROME: Rome’s ancient Colosseum was lit in red on Saturday in solidarity with persecuted Christians, particularly Aasiya Bibi, a woman condemned to death under...

Christian charged with blasphemy over WhatsApp poem

A Christian man was charged with blasphemy in Lahore on Monday after his Muslim friend alleged he had sent a poem on WhatsApp that insulted Islam, police said.

Christian man, his accusers, sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’

Anjum Naz Sindhu, 65-year-old owner of a prominent chain of schools in Gujranwala, received the death sentence following conviction for blasphemy – as did the two men convicted of blackmailing him