Ave Atque Vale, Shahbaz Bhatti: Pakistani Christian Cabinet Member Assassinated

Like Salman Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti openly and courageously opposed religious violence and Islamic extremism in Pakistan ... and like Salman Taseer, he was brutally murdered by fanatics. As minority affairs minister, he was Pakistan's only Christian (Roman Catholic) cabinet member, and he staunchly opposed the blasphemy law and championed Pakistan's minority groups.  More from the Anchoress, including this video interview:

So the next time some twit of a fuzzy-minded apologist attempts to explain away the actual evil of religious violence and intolerant extremism with multiculturalism or political correctness or moral equivalence, think of Salman Taseer and now of Shahbaz Bhatti.  And think of the persecuted Christians around the world who are always forgotten in the media.  You don't have to be a Christian in order to be utterly appalled and outraged.