“Because of cases in which people are falsely accused of blasphemy, the whole of Pakistani society is suffering. Many people would say we are fed up with this situation.”
These comments from Archbishop Joseph Arshad, president of the Catholic bishops’ conference of Pakistan, make no bones about the heartache caused when Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws are abused.
Over the course of many years, I have witnessed such suffering first-hand when I have visited Pakistan with Aid to the Church in Need and met people forced into hiding because of death threats resulting from false blasphemy allegations.
