religious persecution
Pakistan under pressure to rein in blasphemy law
Middle East
March 9, 2018
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
December 24, 2017
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
January 8, 2014
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
November 20, 2012
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
October 28, 2012
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 11, 2012
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…