Pakistan religious minorities

As in so many cases in the past, the blasphemy accusations at the heart of the violence apparently stemmed from a personal grudge.

Pakistan is strengthening  its controversial anti-blasphemy laws – with potentially deadly results for religious minority groups.

Pakistan is indubitably more phobic of the Ahmadiyya sect, and their interpretation of Islam, than most of the states that Khan vocally deems “Islamophobic.”

The minority community has always faced persecution in the real world. Online, it’s become even more common.

Pakistan is already known for having little tolerance for its religious minorities. Khan and the PTI have aggravated the problem.

With their safety at stake, Pakistan’s beleaguered Shia community is seeking justice from the country’s founder.

A Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a radical Islamist party.

The government’s plan to support the Shri Krishna temple in Islamabad has sparked a predictable, but still deplorable, backlash.

Referring to COVID-19 as “the Shia virus.” Denying aid to Christians and Hindus. These are only a few examples of faith-based discrimination in Pakistan.

31 dead, 58 injured, and 25 blasphemy cases – that’s the toll taken on Pakistan’s religious minorities since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office.

A 200-year-old temple has been handed back to the local Hindu community after being taken over in 1947.

“All political issues, which have nothing to do with us, see us becoming the scapegoats,” says the Ahmadiyya community’s spokesperson.