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  Mar 7, 2025

  Body of kidnapped priest slain by Islamic extremists found on Ash Wednesday

  A Catholic priest was kidnapped on Tuesday night in Kaduna state, Nigeria, where Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic extremist terrorists have been active. His corpse was found the next day, sources said.

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  Mar 5, 2025

  Pakistanis honor slain lawmaker Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated by Taliban gunmen

  Christian rights activists and church leaders in Pakistan vowed to step up efforts to protect persecuted Christians as they honored the memory of assassinated politician Shahbaz Bhatti on Sunday, the 14th anniversary of his death.

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  Mar 4, 2025

  Pakistani girl kidnapped second time at gunpoint after escaping captor

  A Muslim man in Pakistan who kidnapped and forcibly converted a Christian girl who later escaped has abducted her again, her father said.

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  Feb 25, 2025

  Christians laud bravery of TV series daring to show deadly violence of Pakistan's blasphemy laws

  Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.

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  Feb 23, 2025

  Christian teen jailed for ‘blasphemy’ in 3 cases wins bail

  An 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan imprisoned for more than 17 months on blasphemy charges was expected to be released on bail next week, his lawyer said.

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  Feb 10, 2025

  Boko Haram kills pastor sleeping in his bed, 2 other Christians in Nigeria

  Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday (Feb. 9), as violence continued to terrorize the country’s northeast, sources said.

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  Feb 7, 2025

  12-year-old Christian girl abducted, forced to marry Muslim neighbor

  A 35-year-old Muslim man abducted the 12-year-old daughter of his Christian neighbor and took her to another province, where he forcibly converted her to Islam and married her.

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  Feb 6, 2025

  Muslim men abduct Christian girl from her home at gunpoint; parents fear she’ll be sold into sexual slavery

  Three Muslims in Pakistan abducted a 12-year-old Christian girl at gunpoint from her home and have threatened to sell her into sexual slavery, her parents said.

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  Feb 2, 2025

  EU warns Pakistan its preferential trade status is in peril over failure to address human rights

  Pakistan’s preferential trade status could be jeopardized if it fails to address human rights concerns, including controversial blasphemy laws, forced marriages and conversions of religious minority girls, and freedom of religion, an EU delegation has said.

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  Feb 1, 2025

  Christian twin brothers acquitted of blasphemy charges in Pakistan

  A court in Pakistan acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.