Despite the Iranian government’s ongoing crackdown on Christians living in the primarily Islamic country, the number of Muslims converting to Christianity is growing at an explosive rate in Iran, says Open Doors USA.
In another case, the Additional Sessions Judge of Fast Court-II acquitted all the 142 persons arrested by the Brahmunigam police in two cases of torching houses during the violence in 2007, according to the Press Trust of India.
Bhatti, who was re-elected as Pakistan’s minorities affair minister, was gunned down on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen. The gunmen left behind pamphlets, saying they owed allegiance to Al-Qaeda and the Talibans.