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Captive Terrorist is not Adam Gadahn
Arutz Sheva8 March 2010
By Maayana Miskin
Pakistani officials clarified Monday that the American-born terrorist recently arrested in Karachi was not senior Al-Qaeda propagandist Adam Gadahn. The confusion over the man's identity seems to have 
Women banned from flight after refusing body scans
The Age 5 March 2010
Two Muslim women were stopped from boarding a flight from Britain to Pakistan for refusing to go through new body scanners, citing religious and medical reasons, airport officials say. The pair -
Christian Couple touches Koran with Dirty Hands; Gets 25 Years in Prison
Family Security Matters 5 March 2010
By Fareed Khan
A court in Kasur district, Punjab, convicted a Christian couple, Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi, to 25 years in prison. According to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), Judge
Victims of Islamic bigotry
Daily Pioneer 25 February 2010
By Anuradha Dutt
The beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan and the assault on a temple at Sonargaon in Bangladesh point towards the plight of non-Muslims in Muslim majority countries. The situation is clearly intolerable
Evangelical body condemns beheading of Sikhs in Pakistan
Christian Today - India 25 February 2010
An Asian evangelical body has condemned the brutal beheading of two Sikhs by a militant group in Pakistan. Bodies of Jaspal Singh and Mahal Singh were found in Khyber and Aurakzai regions Sunday
Christian youth faces Blasphemy Case for sticking to Christ.
Pakistan Christian Post 25 February 2010
By Jawad Mazhar
A Christian Youth was implicated in to a case under controversial Blasphemy Laws of Pakistan for holding to Christianity and saying that there were not alterations made in the Bible and that Jesus
Christian sentenced to life in prison for blaspheming Islam
EnerPub 8 February 2010
A court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentenced to life imprisonment Imran Masih, a young Christian, for having insulted and desecrated the Koran, according to the Minorities Concern newsletter. On
Kashmir militants vow jihad against Indian rule
Khaleej Times 4 February 2010
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani militant leaders vowed Thursday to press holy war to "liberate” the divided Himalayan state of Kashmir from Indian control and called for moral support from
Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
AsiaNews.it 3 February 2010
By Fareed Khan
Islamabad – Catholic leaders and Pakistani human rights activists are alarmed that the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Shazia Bashir, on 23 January might go unpunished. The main
Taliban claim responsibility for deadly Pakistan blast
Globe and Mail 3 February 2010
Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb on Wednesday that killed three U.S. soldiers outside a girls school in the northwest of the country and threatened more attacks on
General Musharraf gives a rave review to controversial 'Jihad' musical
Manchester Evening News 1 February 2010
By Tim Walker
Demonstrating that he has a sense of humour, Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator, went to see Jihad! The Musical at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London over the weekend.
UAE: Pakistani man beats wife to death for "disobedience"
Jihad Watch 1 February 2010
There can be no truly frank and forthright discussion about domestic violence in Islamic societies without acknowledging the role of Qur'an 4:34: "Men are in charge of women,
Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life under ‘Blasphemy’ Law
Compass Direct News 27 January 2010
FAISALABAD - A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the
"Abducted" Pakistani girl rescued in Italy
Monsters & Critics 19 January 2010
Rome - Police in Italy on Tuesday rescued a 17-year-old Pakistani girl allegedly snatched by her father and other family members from a youth shelter on Monday, officials said. Carabinieri found
Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan
Compass Direct News 18 January 2010
Two Pakistani Christians who were shot at a wedding on Dec. 26 for refusing to convert to Islam are still receiving treatment at a hospital intensive care unit, but doctors are hopeful that they will
Taliban Releases Video Showing Children Training for Jihad
MEMRI 13 January 2010
In a new video released by the Taliban in Pakistan, the militants show children training for jihad as well as teenage "lovers of houris" – who have carried out martyrdom missions in recent months on
Al-Qaeda threatens to execute French hostage
Pakistan Observer 13 January 2010
Al-Qaeda said it will kill a French hostage held since November unless Mali frees four of its militants from jail within 20 days, two US moni-toring groups said on. The groups which monitor Islamist
Bangla at ‘secular’ crossroads
The Telegraph - Calcutta 6 January 2010
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has lifted a four-year-old stay, setting the stage for the final battle to restore the word "secularism” to the country’s Constitution and force political parties to drop
Massacre of the innocents
Daily Times 4 January 2010
By Zakir Hussain Syed
A bulk of suicide bombings in Pakistan has killed innocent people, a strategy designed by Taliban to generate fear in the general public. These so called Islamic fundamentalists have targeted mosques
Death Toll Is Said to Reach 40 in Attack on Shiites in Pakistan
New York Times 29 Dec 2009
The death toll from a suicide bomber’s attack on a Shiite religious procession in Karachi was reported to have risen to 40 on Tuesday, as the city reeled from rioting overnight amid fears that extremist groups already waging a multifront war against the government were now trying to foment sectarian violence against the country’s minority Shiite Muslims.
