Pakistan’s kidnappings: Each year 1,000 girls forcibly converted to Islam
KATHY GANNON, of The Associated Press reports on the plight of those girls in Pakistan who are subjected to forced marriage and religious conversion…
Pakistan court orders arrests over Christian teen’s forced marriage
Karachi, PakistanThomson Reuters Foundation A Pakistani court ordered several arrests on Monday in the case of a Christian teenager who was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and marry a 44-year-old Muslim man, an incident that sparked street protests by church groups and rights activists. The high court in Sindh province – where the legal […]
Pakistani police rescue Christian teen forced to convert, marry
Karachi, Pakistan Thomson Reuters Foundation Pakistani police have rescued a missing Christian teenager who was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and marry a 44-year-old Muslim man, her family said on Tuesday after the case sparked street protests and outrage on social media. A court in the city of Karachi ordered police to free the […]
IRAQ: “[ISLAMIC STATE] MADE ME SPIT ON A CROSS AND CONVERT TO ISLAM”
A correspondent for World Watch Monitor reports from Iraq…