Pakistan

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly Christian man in Pakistan, who faced charges of "blasphemy" against Islam has reportedly "requested prayers" as he and his family remain in hiding following threats.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting from the Middle East, Asia and Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIRUT/CAIRO/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Christians across the Muslim world faced turmoil Friday, September 14, as deadly protests against an anti-Islam film spread across the Middle East, Africa, and south and east Asia.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A 14-year-old mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blaspheming Islam was released from a notorious prison near the capital Islamabad Saturday, September 8, and flown to an unknown location, an advocacy official involved in her case told BosNewsLife.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court ordered the "release on bail" of a young Christian Pakistani girl, who was detained for blasphemy against Islam, a well-informed source and advocacy leader told BosNewsLife Friday, September 7.

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani Muslim cleric remained in police custody late Sunday, September 2, on charges he stashed pages of a book with verses from the Koran in the bag of a mentally impaired Christian girl to make it appear she burned what Muslims regard as a holy book.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Islamabad on Saturday, September 1, postponed the bail hearing for a jailed Pakistani Christian girl accused of "blasphemy against Islam", despite mounting international pressure to release her amid concerns she is mentally impaired.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An influential Christian party in Pakistan has demanded the immediate arrest of five Muslim men who it said "gang-raped and murdered" a 12-year-old Christian girl, at a time of mounting religious tensions in this heavily Islamic nation.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Muslims torched Christian homes and "destroyed" a church in a slum area of Islamabad while suspected militants shot at another church outside Pakistan's capital, after the jailing of a mentally handicapped Christian girl for "blasphemy", witnesses said Tuesday, August 21.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife THE HAGUE/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Dutch parliamentarians urged the Netherlands and the European Union on Monday, August 20, to demand freedom for a Christian girl who has been jailed in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy against Islam.