New nexus of state failure and terrorism floods Pakistan
Amid disastrous flooding, militants are increasingly taking control in several new parts of Pakistan by capitalizing on residents' hostility towards an arrogant, incompetent and corrupt government. Welcome to the failed-state/terrorism nexus
- 22 September 2014Christmas in Islamic world is a life or death experience
Be shocked by these examples. As Christians in the West go to church and worship during this Christmas season, it is well to reflect on how merely going to church to worship can be life-threatening for Christians in the Islamic world. One can only hope -- perhaps in vain -- that this Christmas does not add new victims to a very long list
- 24 December 2013Repressing Christians through an Islamised Jesus
In a new and perverse twist to the oppression of Christians in the Muslim world, a leading cleric in Egypt is using an Islamised Jesus to promote religious-totalitarian aims
- 29 November 2013Christianity gone haywire, and going down
Tom Holland the historian reckons we’re witnessing the total extinction of Christendom in the Middle East. And Christian leaders' attitudes and actions in the Holy Land are far from standing in the way
- 30 September 2013Islamism's slow genocide against Christianity
There's a global religious genocide on “slow burn” with occasional conflagrations that make it into the mainstream media. There are an estimated 100 million persecuted Christians
- 20 August 2013100,000 Christians killed each year due to faith
The Vatican has announced that around 100,000 Christians are killed each year due to their faith, in a worrying trend affected the Middle East and Africa
- 30 May 2013Christians slaughtered, world yawns
Christians are the single most widely persecuted religious group in the world today. When will global leaders, the media, and others of influence give this horror the attention it deserves?
- 28 March 2013Muslim mob burns Christian homes in Pakistan
Until Pakistan's politicians are prepared to speak out against the country's outmoded blasphemy laws, it will continue its slow descent back to the middle ages
- 11 March 2013Trying to make sense of Pakistan
Change will come to Pakistan – it has to. But it won't be soon and it won't be painless
- 16 January 2013Mysterious genocide of Pakistan's Hazara community
Whatever the truth, and it's often difficult to tell in Pakistan, the international community needs to do more to highlight the plight of the peace-loving Hazara community
- 10 January 2013RIGHT OF REPLY: Savile's sins are not the Church's
The fool, who attempts to know the mind of a man and how he lives with his crime or sin, is on a hiding to nothing, especially when the sinner is dead
- 30 October 2012Pakistani cleric accused of framing disabled Christian girl
The latest bizarre news story to come out of Pakistan proves that nothing short of a comprehensive cultural revolution is required before one can even begin to dream of a brighter future for Pakistan
- 3 September 2012