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Islamist's Threatening Letter in Pakistan Pakistani authorities have released details of a letter threatening Christians and others who support repeal of Pakistan's blasphemy law. The note was found along side the body of Shabaz Bhatti, the Christian minister of minorities following his assassination this week. The Islamic terrorists responsible for Bhatti's murder--Tanseem Al Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban theaten to send all of those like Shabaz Bhatti "one by one to hell." Here's an English translation of the letter: All praise is for none but Allah Most High, who bestows glory on believers and makes them victorious and humiliates the infidels and...

Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan, Mar 8, 2011 / 05:56 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Pakistan will consider a proposal to ask the Vatican to declare assassinated Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti a martyr.“Bhatti is a man who gave his life for his crystalline faith in Jesus Christ,” Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan, who drafted the proposal, told Fides news agency. “It is up to us, the Bishops, to tell his story and experience to the Church in Rome, to call for official recognition of his martyrdom.”The country’s bishops’ conference will consider the proposal during its...

Take action! Write to Pakistan's High Commissioner today Send a letter of condolence following the recent assassinations of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani Federal Minister for Minority Affairs, on 2 March, and Mr. Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab, on 4 January.Both men lost their lives because of their service to religious minorities in Pakistan, well-known for speaking out against the country's blasphemy laws. Pakistan's High Commissioner in London has expressed grief and sadness over the country's loss. This is an opportunity to offer him your prayerful support.

Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister for religious minorities, was a man of exceptional courage. A Christian in an overwhelmingly Muslim land, he knew that his life was in danger, yet he spurned extra security and entreaties to leave the country. Yesterday, he was murdered, almost certainly by Tehreek-e-Taliban. He died for the same cause as Salman Taseer, the governor of the Punjab, who was shot by his bodyguard last month. In both cases, the offence was the same: to have sought the repeal of Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws. Mr Bhatti had also offended the hardliners by seeking a presidential pardon for...