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Pakistan under pressure to rein in blasphemy law
Middle East

Pakistan under pressure to rein in blasphemy law

One of the most frightening things about Pakistan’s blasphemy law is that the simplest act can spiral into charges that…
Police arrest 17 suspects in Coptic Church attack
Egypt

Police arrest 17 suspects in Coptic Church attack

  Security forces in Giza arrested 17 people on Saturday on suspicion of participating in the mob of hundreds which stormed…
Reported Christian ‘martyr’ deaths double in 2013: report
World

Reported Christian ‘martyr’ deaths double in 2013: report

Reported cases of Christians killed for their faith around the world doubled in 2013 from the year before, with Syria…
Pakistan quashes Christian girl ‘blasphemy’ case, say lawyers
World

Pakistan quashes Christian girl ‘blasphemy’ case, say lawyers

A Pakistan court on Tuesday threw out all charges against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that…
The unbelievers: Post-Alber Saber, more atheists struggle to assert their identity
Egypt

The unbelievers: Post-Alber Saber, more atheists struggle to assert their identity

Five male members of an atheist group congregate in one of Cairo’s crowded downtown bars, sipping beer and Pepsi as…
September 11th, Islamophobia, and the ‘Persecution Industry’
Opinion

September 11th, Islamophobia, and the ‘Persecution Industry’

In one of the last pieces he published at Salon before moving to The Guardian, the American columnist Glenn Greenwald…
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