On July 9, a dangerous pattern repeated itself in Karachi. A desecrated page of the Quran was mailed to a shop, along with photos of a Christian man, Azeem Javaid, and his mother. Angry crowds gathered almost immediately. Stones were thrown at police. Christian families were trapped in their homes. Authorities […]
Pakistan’s blasphemy landscape has entered a more dangerous and complex phase. Despite periodic promises of reform, the data from 2023 to 2026 shows a clear deterioration: more cases, more mob violence, and a troubling shift toward digitally driven accusations that are harder to verify and easier to weaponize. The numbers alone […]
In the village of Jhulan, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a recent blasphemy allegation has once again shown how vulnerable religious minorities are when accusations of religious offense arise. What started with announcements from mosque loudspeakers quickly grew into a crisis that forced more than two dozen Christian families to leave their […]