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  Sep 1, 2024

  Pakistani officials attempt to ban rights march organizers under pressure from extremist Islamist party

  Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers of a minority rights march under pressure from an extremist Islamist party opposed to any changes in Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sources said.

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  Aug 30, 2024

  12-year-old Christian girl forcibly converted by Muslim man who kidnapped her in Pakistan

  A Pakistani Muslim man abducted, forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian girl as police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said.

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  Aug 29, 2024

  Christian brothers charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, face life in prison

  Two Christian brothers in Pakistan were arrested and charged with blasphemy on Tuesday after they were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, sources said.

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  Aug 23, 2024

  Supreme Court of Pakistan bows to Islamist threats in religious freedom case

  Islamist death threats compelled the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (Aug. 22) to remove part of a ruling recognizing an Ahmadi’s religious freedom, a move that will lead to more persecution of religious minorities, sources said.

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  Aug 21, 2024

  Christians in Pakistan reeling year after horrific attacks

  A year after one of the worst attacks on Christians in Pakistan, Christians called for justice regarding the rioting in Jaranwala, as most of those arrested have been discharged or released on bail.

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  Aug 20, 2024

  Fate of pastor, 13-year-old daughter kidnapped in Nigeria unknown after ransom payment

  The whereabouts of a pastor and his daughter kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria were unknown after their captors threatened to kill them even after receiving a ransom payment.

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  Aug 16, 2024

  Family of Christian woman kidnapped, sold into sexual slavery pressured to drop murder charges

  A Muslim man in Pakistan who kidnapped and raped a Christian woman who died from her injuries is pressuring her family to drop the charges.

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  Aug 14, 2024

  'Barbaric and unwarranted': Muslims burn down church building in Nigera

  Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of last Saturday morning in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said.

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  Aug 8, 2024

  Muslim mob tries to kill Christian mother accused of blasphemy who could face life in prison

  A Muslim mob in Pakistan on Wednesday attacked and tried to kill a Christian mother accused of blasphemy, sources said.

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  Aug 2, 2024

  Christian politician abducted during church Bible study shooting; 2 killed

  Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources.