…Muslims were going to a mosque to offer early morning prayers last month when they saw Koranic pages strewn on the road. “100 pages were completely desecrated, while 150 pages…

Christian Widow, Muslim Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
…fire. Some students later noticed that the burnt items also contained holy pages.” School staff members, including principal Nasreen Saeed, were aware that Bibi and Sarmad had not burned Koranic…

Christian Couple Jailed, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan
…shop near the house when he saw some pages being thrown from its roof. He picked up the pages and found they were from the Koran, according to a First…

Blasphemy Accusation Sparks Attacks on Christians in Pakistan
…of him and his younger brother Umair, alias Raja, pasted on top of the page,” the relative told Morning Star News on the condition of anonymity. “Beneath the page were…

Iran: Christian convert couple acquitted
…woman of committing blasphemy by burning koranic pages at the school. Nadeem named only Bibi, but police found the gardener was also involved in setting the pages on fire during…

Another Christian Sentenced to Death in Pakistan on Weak Blasphemy Charges
…videos of Koranic pages desecrated in a sewage drain. “The residents complained that pages of the Koran were being thrown in the sewage drain by unknown persons, which was hurting…

Christian in Algeria Imprisoned for Cartoon on Facebook
…heard from authorities since reposting the cartoon on his Facebook page in 2018, said Rachid Seighir, pastor of Oratoire Church in Oran, some 250 miles west of Algiers on the…

Iran: Convert brothers detained by Iranian intelligence
…job and village amid threats to her life. Musarrat Bibi was acquitted along with Muslim gardener Muhammad Sarmad on Dec. 8 after they were charged with desecrating pages of the…

Christian Jailed in Pakistan Despite another’s Blasphemy Confession
…Department and police arrested him in Chak No. 37 village, Sargodha District, Punjab Province on Aug. 27 on allegations that he helped desecrate pages of the Quran and wrote blasphemous…

Algeria: Church leader loses appeal
…verse on his Facebook page. “I posted the verse a week before Eid Al Adha [Feast of the Sacrifice] but I had no idea that it would be used to…