Non-Muslim minorities — Christians, Baha’i, Hindus and others — are being imprisoned and their homes burnt down by mobs. It all stems from perceived insults to Islam. One incident involved a heated debate over drinks in a bar. One thing lead to another. Scores were settled. Homes torched.

And Pakistani authorities seem to do nothing to quell such violence. Indeed, authorities are more than turning a blind eye: they are participating in such horrible discrimination against non-Muslims.

The Globe and Mail reports that Pakistani Christian and human rights organizations say 1,122 people have been jailed in blasphemy cases over the last three decades with half being minorities, who make up only five per cent of the population...