Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy for rejecting Islam, refusing to deny Jesus as Lord

(Photo: Unsplash/Hamid Roshaan) A former classmate of an 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan accused him of blasphemy after failing to convert him to Islam, impeding the accused’s college studies and his family’s hopes for a better future, sources said. Police arrested Ashbeel Ghauri from his home in Attock city, Punjab Province on March 6 after his … Read more

Hamas holding up ceasefire by refusing to release vulnerable hostages: US official

(Photo: Unsplash/CHUTTERSNAP) The terrorist group Hamas is holding up negotiations for a six-week ceasefire deal by refusing to release a certain number of vulnerable hostages, including the elderly and the wounded, a senior Biden administration official claims.  The individual identified as “senior official number two” relayed this information to reporters during a background press call last week … Read more

Pakistan court sentences Muslim man to 25 years for killing Christian woman for refusing marriage proposal

(Photo: Pixabay) A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim man to 25 years in prison for killing a Christian woman who rejected his marriage proposal. Muhammad Shahzad, the Muslim man who is also known as Shani, was sentenced by Judge Azam Khan of the Islamabad Session Court for the murder of Sonia Allah Rakha, … Read more

Evangelical Christian imprisoned in Russia for refusing to fight in Ukraine

Vyacheslav Reznichenko with his wife and four-month-old child. (Photo: Telegram) An evangelical Christian has been imprisoned in Russia because of his refusal to fight in Ukraine on religious grounds.  Vyacheslav Reznichenko, from Zarubino, eastern Russia, has been sentenced to two years and six months in a penal colony, reports CNE.  Several attempts to appeal the sentence have … Read more