Black Christian Lives Apparently Do Not Matter

In this mailing: - Giulio Meotti: Black Christian Lives Apparently Do Not Matter - Raymond Ibrahim: The Murder of an American "Blasphemer" in Pakistan [] [Black Christian Lives Apparently Do Not Matter]( by Giulio Meotti • September 6, 2020 at 5:00 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WhatsApp]( [Telegram]( [Send]( [Print]( - In Nigeria, over the past 20 years, 100,000 Christians have been killed.... Nigeria is becoming the "biggest killing ground of Christians in the world". - Nigeria, already the most populous African country, could have a population of about 800 million people in the year 2100, according to a study by The Lancet, and could become the ninth-largest economy in the world. - How many could be saved if the media, the chancelleries and international organizations had put pressure on the Nigerian leadership to protect its Christians? Why has the West never linked trade, diplomatic, military and political exchanges with Nigeria to protecting its Christians? - US President Donald Trump, in 2018, raised the issue with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. "We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria", Trump told him. President Trump, however, is almost alone among Western leaders to raise the issue. When his predecessor, President Barack Obama, met with Buhari, he never talked about the murders of Christians. In Nigeria, over the past 20 years, 100,000 Christians have been killed. Nigeria is becoming the "biggest killing ground of Christians in the world". US President Donald Trump, in 2018, raised the issue with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari. "We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria", Trump told him. President Trump, however, is almost alone among Western leaders to raise the issue. When his predecessor, President Barack Obama, met with Buhari, he never talked about the murders of Christians. Pictured: Trump and Buhari on April 30, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) "Stop the killings", "Enough is enough", "Our lives matter", said Nigerian Christians and church leaders gathered in London on August 20 to demonstrate against the massacre of Christians in their country. They sent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a letter accusing the international media of "a conspiracy of silence". [Continue Reading Article]( [] [The Murder of an American "Blasphemer" in Pakistan]( by Raymond Ibrahim • September 6, 2020 at 4:00 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WhatsApp]( [Telegram]( [Send]( [Print]( - Although Tahir Naseem's teenage killer was apprehended and is being charged with murder, he is, among many people in Pakistan, a great hero. - "Pakistan's blasphemy laws are often used against religious minorities and others who are the target of false accusations." — Amnesty International, December 21, 2016. - Worse, if many have already decided on a guilty verdict for blasphemy before any of the facts are even presented, they will take "justice" into their own hands. Radicals have been also known to threaten or murder lawyers and public figures who defended the accused. - From the point of view of many in Pakistan, by killing the American blasphemer Naseem in court, all that the 15-year-old Khan did was to implement Pakistani law as stated in Section 295. His actions are then seen as a reflection of the zealous love he bears for Islam, and rather than being punished, Khan deserves only the highest praise. On July 29, U.S. citizen Tahir Naseem was murdered in a Pakistani courtroom during a hearing for a charge of blasphemy, which included "denigrating the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad." His killer, 15-year-old Faisal Khan, is a hero among many Pakistanis. Radicals have been also known to threaten or murder lawyers and public figures who defend people accused of blasphemy. Two of Asia Bibi's advocates when she was in prison, Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, were assassinated in 2011. Pictured: A candlelight vigil in Lahore commemorating Salman Taseer on January 7, 2011. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images) A recent murder has cast a "fresh spotlight on Pakistan's blasphemy laws." On July 29, 2020, Tahir Naseem, 57, a U.S. citizen, was shot dead in a Pakistani courtroom during a bail hearing for a charge of blasphemy, which included "denigrating the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad," Reuters reported. Although his teenage killer was apprehended and is being charged with murder, he is, among many people in Pakistan, a great hero: "Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a 'holy warrior.' His claim to adulation? Allegedly gunning down in open court an American accused of blasphemy, a capital crime in this Islamic republic. Khan is charged with murder, which also carries a death sentence. But while lawyers line up to defend him, the attorney for Tahir Naseem, the U.S. citizen, has gone into hiding." [Continue Reading Article]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [RSS]( [Donate]( Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved. 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