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Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in poverty

  • Written by Myriam Renaud, Affiliated Faculty of Bioethics, Religion, and Society, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in povertyPakistani Christians praying at a church.AP Photo/Fareed Khan

Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard them being disrespectful of the Prophet Muhammad.

Among Muslim-majority countries, Pakistan has the strictest blasphemy...

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