22nd Anniversary of a Journalist’s Beheading
At gunpoint, Daniel Pearl’s last words included, “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish.”
At gunpoint, Daniel Pearl’s last words included, “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, I am Jewish.”
The violence is being fuelled by the mosques, with explicit calls for murder being broadcast from the loudspeakers of Muslim worship buildings, calling on local people to “go out and kill” Christians.
The country-wide protests were triggered by former PM Imran Khan’s arrest which, his supporters claim, was politically motivated.
During his time in power, Musharraf worked to become an indispensable figure in combating radical Islamic extremism in the region.
The worst flood in over a decade has killed more than 1130 people and affected 33 million citizens. Assisted by the UN Secretary General, the Pakistani government has found the culprit already: Western fossil fuel consumption.
Over the past year, a significant portion of the European Parliament seems to have become hostile to claims of religious persecution, especially coming from Christians.
A close aide of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on charges of “seducing people to rebellion” after he called upon ordinary soldiers to disobey orders from their superiors during a TV program.
With Pakistan close to economic collapse, fears of a situation similar to Sri Lanka are growing. But due to the ‘butterfly effect,’ European energy politics have contributed greatly to this chaos.
Finland explicitly says “violations against human rights and religious freedom cannot be tolerated anywhere;” just days later, a politician is put on trial for expressing her religious convictions. Nina Shea captured the irony with biting concision: “Finland acts like a pyromaniac at home and like a fireman for Pakistan when it comes to freedoms of religion and speech.”
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