In a heart-wrenching turn of events, a high court in Pakistan has stepped in to demand justice for two Christian sisters, just 13 and 18 years old, who were abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and married off to their kidnappers. The family’s nightmare began on July 23 in the small village […]
Salma (name changed) was just a child, only 15 when her world changed forever last summer. In the heat of the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, in the remote Dadu district, she was married off to a man twice her age. The monsoon season was on the horizon, bringing with it […]
Despite concerted efforts by the Pakistani government and Islamist groups to suppress protest rallies and marches, Christians across several cities mobilized in significant numbers on August 11 to commemorate National Minorities Day. They called for an end to religious intolerance and the misuse of blasphemy laws. In 2009, the Pakistani government […]