While I am gratified to see that the secular media has not completely forgotten Asia Bibi, I found this paragraph in the Salt Lake Tribune's article to be very strange:
Long-simmering tensions between the two faiths erupted again Jan. 4, when a bodyguard gunned down Salman Taseer, the Muslim governor of Punjab province who questioned the draconian blasphemy laws and opposed Bibi’s death sentence.
Er, no. By "the two faiths" I am assuming that the writer means Christianity and Islam. The assassination of Salman Taseer was not another violent act in a war between Christians and Muslims. It was a case where one Muslim murdered another because he dared to question the barbaric "blasphemy" laws. In other words, it is a symptom of the war going on within Islam itself. While it may comfort the secular media to suggest that Christianity is somehow culpable in this case, it is not true.
When it comes to the conflict between Christianity and Islam, the secular media seems to be of two minds. The first is to label any criticism of Islam "Islamophobia" (which I believe to be a jab at Christianity). The second is to adopt the attitude of a pox on both your houses when their first attitude will not achieve the desired political effect. Rarely do I see an honest, accurate analysis of the presecution of Christians in Islamic countries from the secular media.
It is important to remember that it is not just Christians who are the targets in Pakistan. Salman Taseer was a Muslim, but that did not stop his murderer. Naushad Valiyani is also a Muslim, yet he was arrested for "blasphemy" (throwing away a business card with the name "Muhammad" printed on it). There are other examples of Muslims being persecuted by Muslims.
Please continue to pray for Asia Bibi and her family.
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