The Diocese of Blackburn says it is deeply troubled by the news of violence against Christians in the east of the country, with the Vicar of St James' and St Stephens' condemning the atrocities.
Police in Pakistan have arrested 129 Muslims after churches and homes of Christians were attacked following allegations that Christian men had defaced the Quran.
Eight churches and several homes have been vandalised in Pakistan’s Punjab province after a Christian man was accused of making blasphemous comments against Islam.
The General Council of the Bar, commonly known as the Bar Council, the representative body for barristers in England and Wales, called for ending the discrimination against Ahmadi lawyers in Pakistan.
A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death after he received cartoons of Mohammad, the founder of Islam, in a WhatsApp chat message to his phone.
Five people have been arrested after a third blast in less than a week shook the area around the Sikh holy site of the Golden Temple in Punjab state’s Amritsar city.