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Pakistan
Muslims Resume Building on Christian Graveyard in Pakistan    Published in 2010
SARGODHA, Pakistan, September 1 (CDN) — Muslims led by a hard-line cleric on Friday (Aug. 27) resumed building on a Christian cemetery in Mandi Bhawaldin, desecrating more graves in spite of a local government order to halt construction, according to the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance ....
Pakistani Taliban Kills Three Foreign Christian Aid Workers    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 27 (CDN) — Authorities on Wednesday (Aug. 25) recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in the flood-ravaged country, area officials said.   Swat District Coordination ....
‘Blasphemy’ Threats Send Pakistani Worker, Couple into Hiding    Published in 2010
BAHAWALNAGAR, Pakistan, August 24 (CDN) — Threats of “blasphemy” charges in two provinces in Pakistan have sent a Christian cleaning worker and a young inter-faith couple into hiding. In separate cases typical of how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws enable the predominantly Sunni Muslim society ....
Rapes of Christian Girls in Pakistan Reflect Hidden Trend    Published in 2010
FAROOQABAD, Pakistan, August 16 (CDN) — The vulnerability of Christian girls to sexual assault in Pakistani society emerged again last month as a Muslim landowner allegedly targeted a 16-year-old and a gang of madrassa (Islamic school) students allegedly abused a 12-year-old in Punjab ....
Pakistani Court Acquits Christian Woman of ‘Blasphemy’    Published in 2010
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, August 12 (CDN) — Yesterday a court here exonerated a Christian woman of “blasphemy” charges after authorities had pressured her into making a false confession, according to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS). Rubina Bibi arrived in Lahore ....
Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death    Published in 2010
SUKKUR, Pakistan, July 29 (CDN) — A dozen masked men shot five Christians to death as they came out of their church building here on July 15, two months after a banned Islamic extremist group sent church leaders a threatening letter, relatives said.   Pastor Aaron John and ....
Christian Nursing Student Nearly Dies from Assault in Pakistan    Published in 2010
KARACHI, Pakistan, July 26 (CDN) — A Catholic nurse trainee has regained consciousness after a Muslim doctor allegedly raped her and threw her from a hospital’s fourth-floor window this month. The student nurse told media and rights groups that on July 13 several Muslim men, led by ....
Christians Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ Slain in Pakistan    Published in 2010
FAISALABAD, Pakistan, July 19 (CDN) — Today suspected Islamic extremists outside a courthouse here shot dead two Christians accused of “blaspheming” Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.   The gunmen shot the Rev. Rashid Emmanuel, 32, and his 30-year-old brother Sajid Emmanuel, days ....
Christians Narrowly Escape Flying Bullets in Pakistan    Published in 2010
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, July 15 (CDN) — Suspected Islamic extremists fired bullets into the car of a Christian evangelist with impunity last month, while in another Punjab Province town stray gunfire led to two Christians being falsely accused of murder. Following a youth revival in Essa ....
Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 8 (CDN) — A Muslim mob in Jhelum, Pakistan murdered the wife and four children of a Christian last month, but local authorities are too afraid of the local Muslim leader to file charges, according to area Muslim and Christian sources. Jamshed Masih, a police ....
‘Blasphemy Laws’ Used to Jail Elderly Christian in Pakistan    Published in 2010
FAISALABAD, Pakistan, June 29 (CDN) — A Muslim vying with a Christian for a parcel of land here has accused the elderly man of “blaspheming” Islam’s prophet Muhammad, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment, according to the Christian Lawyers’ Foundation (CLF).   ....
Christian Professor in Pakistan Beaten for Refusing to Convert    Published in 2010
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 25 (CDN) — Muslim students attacked a Christian professor at Peshawar University College this month after he refused their demand to convert to Islam, the instructor told Compass. Psychology professor Samuel John, a father of four who has been teaching at the ....
Christian Child Abducted, Forced into Bonded Labor in Pakistan    Published in 2010
WAZIRABAD, Pakistan, June 21 (CDN) — An 11-year-old Christian boy here is growing weak and ill from malnutrition from working in slave-like conditions for a Muslim landowner who kidnapped him and is forcing him to work off his family’s debts, his mother told Compass.   ....
Muslims in Pakistan Kidnap, Rape Christian Girl    Published in 2010
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, June 16 (CDN) — Five Muslims here kidnapped and raped a Christian girl after threatening to kill her unless her father allowed one of them to marry her.   Lazarus Masih said one of his three daughters, 14, was kidnapped on May 29 by five men identified only ....
Christian Woman in Pakistan Threatened, Forced to Resign    Published in 2010
SARGODHA, Pakistan, June 10 (CDN) — A Christian woman here said she has been falsely accused of theft, beaten, threatened with rape and forced to resign her job in a bid to keep her from obtaining full benefits as a regular government employee. Razia Bibi, a 38-year-old sanitation ....
Muslims Order Christians to Leave Village    Published in 2010
KHANEWAL, Pakistan, June 7 (CDN) — The head of a Muslim village last week ordered 250 Christian families to leave their homes in Khanewal district, Punjab Province, local residents said. Abdul Sattar Khan, head of village No. 123/10R, Katcha Khoh, and other area Muslim residents ....
Muslim Boys in Pakistan Accused of Raping Christian Girl    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 3 (CDN) — Forensic DNA results of semen samples in a sexual assault case show they match those of the Muslim boys a 14-year-old Christian girl accuses of raping her, according to advocacy organizations. The girl accuses Muhammad Noman and Muhammad Imran, ....
Christian Woman Kidnapped in Pakistan Escapes    Published in 2010
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, May 31 (CDN) — A Christian woman who was kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim farmer and told to convert to Islam amid a dispute over a loan said today she has returned home after weeks of  “captivity and torture.” Sania James, 33, was kidnapped April 5 by ....
Islamists Keep Two Newlywed Couples from Home    Published in 2010
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 27 (CDN) — Islamists armed with pistols and rifles waited for two Christian couples to return to their rented home this week, seeking to kill them after the newlyweds complained to police that the radical Muslims had falsely accused them of desecrating the ....
Allegedly Raped Girl, Family Forced to Flee Town    Published in 2010
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, May 25 (CDN) — A Christian who accused a Muslim of raping his 12-year-old daughter has fled his town in Punjab Province with his family following death threats and police pressure to drop the case. Citing “continuous threats” to take his life, Zafar Masih left ....
Muslim Teachers in Pakistan Allegedly Abuse Christian Students    Published in 2010
SARGODHA, Pakistan, May 19 (CDN) — Muslim teachers at a girls school here have derided Christian students for their faith, beat them, pressured them to convert to Islam and forced them to clean school bathrooms and classrooms after class hours, according to area Christians. Muslim ....
Christian Forced to Sell Kidney to Pay Debt to Boss in Pakistan    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 14 (CDN) — A low-wage Pakistani Christian said his Muslim employer last week forced him to sell his kidney in an effort to pay off a loan his boss made at exorbitant interest rates charged only to non-Muslims.   John Gill, a molding machine operator at ....
Pakistani Christians’ Employer Has Them Illegally Arrested    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 12 (CDN) — Police illegally detained three Christians on false charges of alcohol possession in Sialkot last week at the request of their Muslim employer. The men – garment factory workers Atif Masih, Kamran Masih and Naveed Gill – said they had objected to ....
Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 6 (CDN) — Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly converted an 18-year-old Christian woman to Islam severely beat her mother on two occasions to discourage her from trying to recover her daughter, lawyers said. Muhammad Akhter and Muhammad Munir on April 25 broke ....
Pakistani Authorities Allegedly Torture Christian Girl, Family    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 29 (CDN) — Local authorities on Monday (April 26) recovered a 14-year-old Christian girl from Pakistan Air Force (PAF) police who allegedly tortured her and her family for five days here as Christian “soft targets” over false theft allegations, sources said. ....
Muslims Severely Beat, Sodomize Christian Barber    Published in 2010
SARGODHA, Pakistan, April 28 (CDN) — A Christian barber in this Punjab Province city is still recovering from broken bones and other injuries sustained earlier this month after eight Muslims allegedly beat and sodomized him for cutting the beard of a Muslim. Marwat Masih, 29, ....
Pakistani Brothers Threaten Family of Catholic Who Wed Muslim    Published in 2010
SARGODHA, Pakistan, April 19 (CDN) — Family members of a Muslim woman who married a Roman Catholic here have threatened to kidnap the groom’s mother and sister and kill the newlyweds and other relatives, the Christian family members said. Muslims have heavily bribed police to allow ....
Young Christian Woman Allegedly Abducted in Pakistan    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, April 13 (CDN) — A Muslim tricked a 19-year-old Christian woman into leaving her house here on April 1, and he and a car full of friends took her away, according to her family. Sonia Mohan’s family said they fear the Muslim, Ali Raza, will force her to convert to ....
False Charges Filed against 47 Christians    Published in 2010
VEHARI, Pakistan, April 8 (CDN) — Police here filed false charges of alcohol possession against 47 Christians, including women and children, on March 28 in an attempt to intimidate them into paying a bribe, Christian leaders said.   Police broke into and ransacked the home of ....
Pakistani Muslim Prohibits Burial in Christian Graveyard    Published in 2010
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, April 1 (CDN) — A Muslim land owner who effectively seized a Christian graveyard here refused to allow the burial of a young Christian at the site on Sunday (March 28). Christians in Noshera Virkan, Gujranwala, have only one graveyard measuring little more than ....
Christian Woman Jailed under Pakistan’s ‘Blasphemy’ Laws    Published in 2010
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, March 24 (CDN) — Police in Alipur have arrested a Christian woman on a baseless accusation of “blaspheming” the prophet of Islam and tried to keep rights groups from discovering the detention, a Christian leader said.   Alipur police in Punjab Province denied ....
Muslims Murder Pakistani Christian with Axe Blows    Published in 2010
MIAN CHANNU, Pakistan, March 22 (CDN) — Six Muslims in Khanewal district, southern Punjab Province, killed a Christian with multiple axe blows for refusing to convert to Islam this month, according to family and police sources.   The six men had threatened to kill 36-year-old ....
Pakistani Muslims Accused of Rape Allegedly Attack Sisters    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 18 (CDN) — Five Muslims allegedly ransacked the house of an impoverished Christian in this capital city of Punjab Province last month and angrily beat his daughters in an effort to get the family to withdraw rape charges.   Muhammad Sajjid wielding ....
Pakistan’s ‘Blasphemy’ Laws Claim Three More Christians    Published in 2010
KARACHI, Pakistan, March 10 (CDN) — A Christian couple was sentenced to 25 years in prison for violating Pakistan’s widely condemned “blasphemy” laws last week, and another Christian convicted without basis under the same statutes the previous week received the same sentence. In ....
Islamic Gunmen Kill Christian Aid Workers in Pakistan    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 10 (CDN) — Suspected Islamic militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a Christian relief and development organization in northwest Pakistan today, killing six aid workers and wounding seven others.   The gunmen besieged the offices ....
Unnamed Christians Accused after Muslim Attack in Pakistan    Published in 2010
KARACHI, Pakistan, February 26 (CDN) — In the wake of an attack this week by 150 armed Muslims on a Christian colony in this city in Sindh Province, police have filed a false First Information Report (FIR) against 40 unnamed Christians and arrested five, Christian leaders said. ....
Pakistani Christian Beaten for Refusing to Convert to Islam    Published in 2010
KALLUR KOT, Pakistan, February 22 (CDN) — The four older Muslim brothers of a 26-year-old Christian beat him unconscious here earlier this month because he refused their enticements to convert to Islam, the victim told Compass.   Riaz Masih, whose Christian parents died when he was ....
Violent Death of Girl in Pakistan Spurs Push for Justice    Published in 2010
LAHORE, Pakistan, January 28 (CDN) — A daring protest and a high-profile funeral here on Monday (Jan. 25) for a 12-year-old Christian girl who died from torture and malnourishment has cast a rare spotlight on abuse of the Christian poor in Pakistan. In an uncommon challenge in the ....
Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life under ‘Blasphemy’ Law    Published in 2010
FAISALABAD, Pakistan, January 22 (CDN) — A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the Quran, according to Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP). Peter Jacob, ....
Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan    Published in 2010
TOBA TEK SINGH, Pakistan, January 14 (CDN) — Two Pakistani Christians who were shot at a wedding on Dec. 26 for refusing to convert to Islam are still receiving treatment at a hospital intensive care unit, but doctors are hopeful that they will recover. In low, barely audible voices, Imran ....
Muslim Mob in Pakistan Wounds Christian Family    Published in 2010
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, January 4 (CDN) — Infuriated by an alleged anti-Islamic comment by a mentally ill man, more than a dozen Muslims attacked his Christian family here last week, beating his 20-year-old sister unconscious and breaking her leg.   The woman’s father, Aleem Mansoor, ....
Accused Pakistani Christian Says Muslims Tried to Coerce Him    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, December 29 (CDN) — A Pakistani Christian accused of killing a Muslim during the Aug. 1 Islamist attack on Christians in Gojra said he was arrested and tortured only because he was a key witness of the mob assault that left at least seven Christians burned to death. ....
Pakistani Muslims Gun Down Christian Friend    Published in 2009
MUREEDKAY, Pakistan, December 21 (CDN) — A group of Muslims shot their Christian friend dead this month on the outskirts of this town after saying they would spare his life only if he recanted his faith, according to the young man’s father. The friends of Patras Masih, who died from ....
Christians Accused of Desecrating Quran Freed    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, December 16 (CDN) — A Christian in Faisalabad district and his 20-year-old daughter were released on Monday (Dec. 14) after 14 grueling months in jail on false charges of blaspheming the Quran.   Khalil Tahir, attorney for Gulsher Masih and his daughter Ashyana ....
Pakistani Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death    Published in 2009
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, December 15 (CDN) — Muslim employers of three Christian sanitation workers at a banquet/wedding hall here allegedly poisoned the three workers yesterday, killing two of them; at press time the third was struggling for life in intensive care. The father of the three ....
Church Screening of ‘Jesus Film’ Attacked in Pakistan    Published in 2009
SARGODHA, Pakistan, December 14 (CDN) — Some 50 Muslim villagers armed with clubs and axes attacked a showing of the “Jesus Film” near this city in Punjab Province on Wednesday night (Dec. 9), injuring three part-time evangelists and four Christians in attendance.   Two of the ....
Pakistani Christian on Run from Taliban Death Threat    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, November 27 (CDN) — A young Christian man is in hiding in Pakistan from Taliban militants who seek to kill him for “blasphemy” because he defended his faith. In February Jehanzaib Asher, 22, was working in a barbershop his family jointly owns with his cousin in Wana, ....
Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, October 23 (CDN) — Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them.   Only one of hundreds of Muslim ....
Police Shoot Mourners at Funeral of Christian    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, September 17 (CDN) — At a funeral for a Christian man allegedly tortured to death while in custody on a spurious charge of blaspheming the Quran, police in Sialkot, Pakistan yesterday fired on mourners trying to move the coffin to another site. Area Christians ....
Christians in Pakistan Fear Further Firestorms    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, September 8 (CDN) — In the wake of Islamists setting fires that killed at least seven people in Punjab Province last month, the latest of several attempts to provoke further attacks on Christians took place in a village on Friday (Sept. 4) when unidentified men tore ....
Christians Strive for Justice following Onslaught    Published in 2009
GOJRA, Pakistan, August 5 (CDN) — A standoff here between Pakistani officials and Christians protesting the government’s reluctance to prosecute a murderous Islamic assault ended with officials finally consenting to file a complaint against key Muslim clerics and security ....
Christians Burned to Death in Islamist Attacks    Published in 2009
GOJRA, Pakistan, August 1 (CDN) — Islamic extremists today set ablaze more than 50 houses and a church in this town in northeastern Pakistan following an accusation of “blasphemy” of the Quran, leaving at least 14 Christians dead, sources said. The dead include women and ....
Pakistani Minority Rights Defender Said To Be Victim of Islamists    Published in 2009
LOS ANGELES, July 23 (CDN) — Pakistani minority rights defender Joseph Francis has been unjustly jailed by Islamists and others who oppose his work on behalf of Christians, according to the legal aid organization Francis directs. An Islamist in Punjab Province who said he had ....
Islamists Get Minority Rights Leader Jailed in Pakistan    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 14 (CDN) — Well-known Pakistani minority rights activist Joseph Francis and two others were jailed on Sunday (July 12) for forged documents in connection with false charges of assaulting a woman who visited his office in 2006, their lawyers said. Francis, ....
Muslims Attack 110 Homes of Christians in Pakistan    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, July 3 (CDN) — After a Muslim beat a Christian field worker for asking him to let him pass on Tuesday (June 30), a cleric in a village near here used a mosque loudspeaker to announce a call to attack Christians that resulted in more than 500 Muslims ransacking and ....
Tortured Pakistani Christian Languishing on False Charges    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 23 (CDN) — A 37-year-old Christian is languishing in a Sialkot jail after police broke his backbone because his father was preaching Christ, according to a local advocacy group.Arshad Masih had been in a hospital – chained to his bed on false robbery charges – ....
Muslims Attack Pakistani Pastor’s Home, Relatives    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 12 (CDN) — In a growing culture of violence here, a traffic incident in Punjab Province this month led to Muslim assailants later mounting an attack on the home of a Christian pastor they have increasingly resented for his evangelism and justice ministries. ....
Pakistani Muslim Forces 12-year-old Girl to Convert, Marry Him    Published in 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, June 4 (CDN) — The Christian mother of a 12-year-old girl in Punjab Province who was kidnapped, coerced into converting to Islam and forcibly married to a 37-year-old Muslim hopes to recover her daughter at a court hearing next week.  The reaction of ....
Islamic Radicals Storm Pakistani ‘Blasphemy’ Hearing    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, May 29 (CDN) — Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a “blasphemy” case against a Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife. Some 50 molvis ....
Pastors in Pakistan Arrested for Use of Loudspeakers    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, May 27 (CDN) — Nine pastors from two neighboring villages in Pakistan could face prison time for using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons from their churches on Easter Sunday. Martinpur and Youngsnabad, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Lahore, are ....
Christians Pressed as Pakistani Military Battles Taliban    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, May 13 (CDN) — Pakistani Christians in Swat Valley are caught between the Taliban and Pakistan’s military as it assaults the stronghold where sharia (Islamic law) rules. Nearly 15,000 troops have been deployed in the picturesque Swat Valley in Pakistan’s ....
Lawyer Threatens to Kill Christian Charged with ‘Blasphemy’    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, May 5 (CDN) — A Pakistani Christian charged with abetting blasphemy against Islam was denied bail for his own safety last week after an Islamist lawyer allegedly threatened his life in a court hearing. Hector Aleem, 51, remains in Adiyala Jail in Rawalpindi, near ....
Taliban-Inspired Attacks Hit Christians    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, April 26 (CDN) — As Taliban control hits pockets of Pakistan and threatens the nation’s stability, Christians worry their province could be the next to fall under Islamic law.  Violence on Tuesday night and Wednesday (April 21-22) near the port city of Karachi ....
Two Christians Acquitted of ‘Blasphemy’    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, April 20 (CDN) — After more than two years in a Pakistani jail, two elderly Christian men convicted of “blasphemy” against the Quran were acquitted on Thursday (April 16) when a high court in Lahore overturned their 10-year sentence. James Masih, 67, and Buta Masih, ....
Two Christians Acquitted of ‘Blasphemy’    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, April 20 (CDN) — After more than two years in a Pakistani jail, two elderly Christian men convicted of “blasphemy” against the Quran were acquitted on Thursday (April 16) when a high court in Lahore overturned their 10-year sentence. James Masih, 67, and Buta Masih, ....
Suspects in Rape of Christian Girl Cleared    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, April 9 (CDN) — Police have declared three Pakistani men innocent of raping a 13-year-old Christian girl despite eyewitness accounts and medical evidence indicating their guilt. At a hearing in Nankana Sahib district court on April 3, police from the Pakistani town ....
Christians Brace for Sharia in Swat Valley    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, March 26 (CDN) — Just over a month since Pakistan’s fertile Swat Valley turned into a Taliban stronghold where sharia (Islamic law) rules, the fate of the remaining Christians in the area is uncertain. Last month, in an effort to end a bloody two-year battle, the ....
Pakistani Christian Faces ‘Blasphemy’ Abetting Charge, Dangers    Published in 2009
CHICAGO, March 13 (CDN) — A Pakistani investigator has ruled out a charge against a Christian for “blaspheming Islam” but retained another for abetting blasphemy, and advocates worry the stigma of the charges could make him a target for local Islamists. Hector Aleem, 51, ....
Indian Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack on Church    Published in 2009
NEW DELHI, March 10 (CDN) — In an effort to stop conversions to Christianity in the eastern state of Bihar, a 25-year-old ailing man on Sunday (March 8) exploded a crude bomb in a church and shot the pastor. Police Inspector Hari Krishna Mandal told Compass that the attacker, ....
One Pakistani Woman Dead in Attack on Christians    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, March 9 (CDN) — Gun and club attacks on a Presbyterian church and neighboring homes in the predominantly Christian area of a village in Pakistan last week killed one woman and left 16 people wounded.Seeking revenge for a robbery complaint that a Christian filed ....
Charges Filed Against Kidnappers of Young Sisters    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, February 27 (CDN) — After months of legal deadlock, lawyers in Pakistan said they have new hope they can restore to her family a 13-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim.  Saba Masih might be returned to her family, the lawyers ....
Christian Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ for Text Message    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, February 5 (CDN) — More than 100 protestors last week surrounded a Pakistani courthouse and chanted death threats against a Punjabi Christian said to be framed for sending a “blasphemous” text message on his cell phone. Rawalpindi police arrested Hector Aleem, 51, on ....
Christians Acquitted in 'Blasphemy' Case    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, January 23 (CDN) — Five Christians charged with “blasphemy” against Islam during April 2007 religious holidays were released on Monday (Jan. 19) after reconciliation meetings between Christian and Islamic leaders – the first verdict to have resulted from such efforts ....
Sisters Abducted, Forced to Convert to Islam    Published in 2009
ISTANBUL, January 19 (CDN) — The ordeal of two teenage Christian sisters in Pakistan is over after Muslims allegedly abducted and raped them and forced them to convert to Islam, but they fear a future of societal rejection. Parvisha Masih, 18, and Sanam Masih, 14, said three ....
 
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