(Worthy News) – An evangelist in Pakistan has been jailed, and her family forced into hiding, after members of the Islam-based religious group Ahmadiyya joined with Muslim extremists to bring blasphemy charges against her for sharing the Gospel in an interfaith WhatsApp group, Morning Star News reports.
A 35-year-old Christian preacher, wife, and mother from Islamabad, Shagufta Kiran was arrested by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) agents following a raid on her house on July 29, MSN said. Kiran’s husband and two young sons were also taken into custody but were subsequently released: they have since gone into hiding. Kiran, however, is imprisoned in Central Jail Adiala, Rawalpindi.