Pakistan: Increasing honey-trap incidents target young Christians in blasphemy cases for extortion and blackmail
Pakistan’s Islamic blasphemy laws, which often target Christians on false pretenses, are now being further abused “to blackmail and extort” young Christians for “personal gain.” The new trend further shows the disdain of Islamic supremacists toward Christians in Pakistan, while the UN (and the world) is silent about it.
Human Rights Report Exposes Rising Honey-Trapping in Blasphemy Cases in Pakistan
by Mushtaq Gill, Pakistan Christian Post, January 14, 2025:
PAKISTAN: In the past, women were often exploited to trap innocent individuals in sexual assault cases for blackmail, revenge, and other selfish motives. However, a disturbing new trend is emerging in Pakistan, where Christian youth are increasingly being targeted through honey-trapping schemes. Reports indicate that these young individuals are lured into compromising situations, after which blasphemy laws are manipulated to blackmail and extort them for personal gain. This alarming exploitation of religious laws is being used as a tool for coercion, raising serious concerns about the safety and rights of minority communities in the country.
An Islamist gang in Pakistan is reported to have trapped hundreds of people in false blasphemy cases in recent years, with severe consequences. Human rights lawyers claim that these individuals were ensnared in fabricated accusations and subjected to brutal torture. Tragically, some victims died while being tortured in police custody. This alarming pattern highlights the exploitation of blasphemy laws to target vulnerable groups, especially Christian youth, for blackmail, coercion, and even death. The widespread misuse of these laws raises urgent concerns about the safety and rights of minority communities in Pakistan…..
Democratic Republic of Congo: Muslims murder at least 53 Christians in two jihad attacks on the same day
The world yawns. After all, no Jews were involved.
More Than 50 D. R. Congo Christians Killed in Single Day of Violence
Barnabas Aid, January 16, 2025:
At least 53 Christians were killed on January 15 in two Islamist attacks in Lubero, North Kivu, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces) announced the killings in two social media posts, according to the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC).
One of the two posts declared, “By the grace of God Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate attacked the village of Makoko in the Lubero region and killed 41 Christians [who] were stabbed with knives.”
The other post confirmed killing of 12 others in the village of Masakuki.
The terrorist group also abducted 16 Christians, as well as burning houses and motorcycles.
Attacks of this type have been carried out consistently by ISCAP since the group first affiliated to Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) in 2017. However, the scale and frequency of the attacks has increased in the past few weeks.
Relentless Targeting of Christians
Including the January 15 attacks, at least 128 have been slaughtered in North Kivu and the neighboring province of Ituri since Christmas Day 2024….
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