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Catholicism
Hundreds of men attacked Christian communities and torched churches in a town in Pakistan on August 16 following accusations against two Christians of desecrating the sacred…
Geoffrey Peters
Sep 4, 2023
Issues
The country has institutionalized discrimination A number of influential United States Senators have recommended that Pakistan be designated – 'country of particular concern'. The reason for…
Islam
Taimoor Raza is the first person to be sentenced to death for making blasphemous comments on social media. Today’s digital world is governed by social media.…
Christianity
Jakarta governor Ahok is found guilty of blasphemy in court. The Chinese-origin Christian governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison after being…
Catholicism
An exorcist explains how to spot a real demonic possession. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraph 1673), exorcism is the process of liberating…
Issues
Anti-Blasphemy laws around the world. The world is fast advancing to a modernized, more globalized lifestyle. However, even today, religious freedom is a matter of great…
Christianity
Christian man whose WhatsApp poem insulted Muhammad is charged with blasphemy, punishable by death. In Pakistan, insulting Islam is punishable by death. Last week, Yasir Bashir,…
Christianity
A small town preacher is given the power to speak to god after his town is destroyed in AMC’s upcoming TV show Preacher. It’s been a…
Christianity
SNL‘s spoof “God Is A Boob Man” didn’t go over too well with some Christians Two weeks after the release of the Christian film God’s Not…
Atheism
Governments around the world are increasingly invoking blasphemy laws, with Pakistan by far the country that jails the most citizens for allegedly attacking religion, a US…