Update on Asia Bibi

The US House of Representatives has voted to create a US envoy to protect the rights of religious minorities in the Middle East and South Asia.

Key quote from the article:

"In Afghanistan and Pakistan, countries where the United States has invested its treasure and the lives of countless brave American soldiers, persecution of Christians runs rampant," said Representative Frank Wolf, a Republican from Virginia who sponsored the bill.

He pointed to the case in Pakistan of Aasia Bibi, a Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammad, and the assassination this year of two politicians who defended her.

Personally, I am skeptical of this move. What, exactly, will this envoy be able to do that the US State Department is not already capable of doing? To me, a far more serious problem is the near absolute lack of concern by the secular media for the plight of Christians in Muslim countries such as Egypt and Pakistan. Often, the secular media describes the imprisonment, torture and murder of Christians by Muslims as "sectarian strife", as if Christians are somehow at equal fault.

For those who do not know who she is, here is the story about Asia Bibi's unjust imprisonment and death sentence for "blasphemy" against the Prophet Muhammad.

Please continue to pray for Asia Bibi and her family.