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“Bring Maria Home”: A Father’s Fight Against Forced Conversion and Child Marriage

  • 10 Sep 2025
  • Editorial Desk
  • Christians, News
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On a humid July afternoon in Lahore’s Sattukatla neighborhood, 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz stepped out to buy something from the corner shop and never returned. Two days later, her father, Shahbaz Masih — a driver and the sole provider for his family of five children — learned the unthinkable: a local man, […]

The Forced Islamization of Pakistan’s religious minorities

  • 12 Aug 2025
  • Editorial Desk
  • Christians, Hindus, News
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Sonja Dahlmans Introduction Every year, between approximately 1,000 and 2,000 minor girls from Pakistan’s religious minority communities are abducted, forcibly married (to a Muslim man), and forced to convert to Islam. The OHCHR expressed its concern regarding the vulnerability of minor girls from non-Muslim families in 2024, stating that: “The exposure […]

Shamraiz Masih: The Fight to Bring a Christian Teenager Back from Forced Conversion

  • 24 Jul 2025
  • Jennifer Masih
  • Christians, News
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In the small town of Sultan Town, Sargodha, Punjab, a 15-year-old Christian boy, Shamraiz Masih, went missing on Monday, July 21, 2025. A day that began like any other for Shamraiz – leaving his home to purchase household items – ended in a nightmare that his family could never have imagined. […]

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