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Pakistani police have arrested two Christian brothers accused of blasphemy, just two days after a Muslim mob burnt down churches and houses in the city of Jaranwala. The arson was supposedly in response to the brothers’ purported act of desecrating the Koran.

A woman who spent nearly 10 years on death row in Pakistan accused of blasphemy has found a safe haven in Canada. In her first interview with Canadian media, Asia Bibi shares her story with Dawna Friesen.

Global News has confirmed that Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row before being acquitted of blasphemy charges last year has found refuge in Canada. Mike Le Couteur has more on her near death experience, and her difficult road ahead.

Asia Bibi went from death row in Pakistan to freedom. She was accused in 2009 of insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad during an argument with Muslim farm workers over sharing a water glass – an allegation she has denied. This week, a Pakistani court upheld her acquittal, igniting massive and violent protests. Global National’s Dawna...

Mon, Mar 26: An online petition to change the name of the “Sweet Jesus” ice cream shop calls the branding both blasphemous and offensive to Christians. But as Jamie Mauracher reports, the founders say the name is all in good fun and it isn’t going anywhere.

The future of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan, is still uncertain. Bibi may be on her way to Canada. Her two daughters are already here. Now her lawyer, Saif ul-Malook, is sharing details of her long and frightening story with Global National’s Dawna Friesen.

Asia Bibi, the woman who spent nearly 10 years on death row as the first person sentenced for blasphemy in Pakistan, before being granted asylum in Canada in 2019 has spoken about her new beginning, and life in Canada. Global National’s Dawna Friesen reports on Asia Bibi’s newly found freedom, but also, her biggest fears.

Global News unpacks how blasphemy laws have impacted Pakistan over the last several decades and how human rights groups are criticizing the country for failing to safeguard the accused.

A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row over false blasphemy charges has left the country more than six months after she was acquitted by Pakistan’s top court.

A dorm room debate between students over religion led to the death of a Pakistani student at Abdul Wali Khan University Friday.

Knots of protesters from ultra-Islamist parties blocked roads and protested in major Pakistani cities, including the capital for a second day after a Christian woman was acquitted of blasphemy.

India’s Supreme Court dismissed a court case brought by a Muslim group against actress Priya Varrier after they said she committed “an act of blasphemy” by winking and giggling in a movie during a “sacred song.”

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from an ultra-religious party.

Six months after being acquitted by Pakistan’s top court over false blasphemy charges that had her spend eight years on death row, Asia Bibi has left the country for Canada, according to her lawyer.