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Christian woman shot dead inside her home in Pakistan
A married, 21-year-old Christian woman was shot dead inside her home in Rawalpindi last week by a Muslim neighbor whose advances she had rejected, reflecting an attitude among many Pakistan Muslims that crimes against Christians will go unpunished, sources said.

Christian leaders praise Pakistani court ruling on child marriage, minor consent
Christian leaders and attorneys this week welcomed a Lahore High Court ruling that says living in a marital relationship with a girl under 18 can constitute child abuse even if the minor purportedly consents.

11 members of Congress urge Pakistani gov't to save Christian woman abducted, forcibly converted to Islam
Members of Congress have urged the Pakistani government to take steps to protect an 18-year-old Christian woman who her family says was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam.

Pakistan Supreme Court acquits 3 in burning death of Christian couple
Pakistan’s Supreme Court released details on the acquittal of three Muslims sentenced to death for the 2014 murder of a Christian couple they burned alive.

Judge sentences Muslim to prison for Jaranwala attacks on churches, acquits 13 others
A court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced the first person to be convicted for anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala in August 2023, handing him 10 years in prison while acquitting 13 others due to flawed investigations, sources said.

Men convicted of burning Christian couple alive in brick kiln acquitted in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court last week overturned the death sentences of the remaining three men convicted in the 2014 lynching of a Christian couple burned alive after being falsely accused of blasphemy, sources said.

Dozens of Christians flee their homes in Pakistan after blasphemy accusation
More than two dozen Christian families were forced to flee their homes in Pakistan last week after allegations of blasphemy against a pastor living in the United States triggered fears of mob violence, sources said.

Christian campus group leaders missing in Nigeria
Three weeks after the kidnapping of Scripture Union Nigeria’s national general director in southeast Nigeria, he and seven other fellowship leaders remain missing.

Christian man with advanced dementia dies after a year in jail for blasphemy
A 61-year-old Catholic in Pakistan suffering from advanced dementia died on Wednesday after nearly a year in jail awaiting trial on a false blasphemy charge, sources said.

Christian father of 4 killed by Muslim co-worker who refused him water
A Muslim man in Pakistan killed a Christian co-worker on Monday after telling him he couldn't drink water from a cooler used by other laborers.


























