Religion News – Newsletter for January 12, 2011

Pakistani imam, son jailed on blasphemy charges

ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani court has sentenced to life imprisonment a mosque’s chief clergy and his son for violating the country’s blasphemy law, days after Punjab province governor Salmaan Taseer was killed for his remarks on the controversial religious legislation.

Justice Roy Ayub Marth of the anti-terrorism court in Dera Ghazi Khan also handed down … Read : Pakistani imam, son jailed on blasphemy charges.

Egypt recalls envoy over Pope’s comments on church attack

CAIRO – Egypt Tuesday recalled its ambassador to the Vatican over “interfering” comments made by Pope Benedict XVI following the bombing of a Christian Coptic church in Alexandria.

“Egypt considers the latest statement by the Vatican to be an unacceptable interference in its domestic affairs,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Ambassador Lamia Mekheimar … Read more »».