Monday, March 07, 2011

Pakistan Christian Minister Shahbaz Bhatti 'A Martyr'

BBC: The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on the government of Pakistan to do more to protect its minorities.

Dr Rowan Williams said the murder of Pakistan's only Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could not be "managed or tolerated".

Writing in London's Times, he said Mr Bhatti was a martyr and Pakistan was being blackmailed by extremists.

Mr Bhatti was killed in an ambush by Taliban gunmen as he drove away from his mother's home on 2 March.

He had been the Pakistan government's only Christian cabinet minister until his assassination in Islamabad.

The minister was an outspoken critic of Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws which Dr Williams, who leads the Church of England and the senior bishop of the worldwide Anglican Church, also attacked in his article. >>> | Monday, March 07, 2011