Wolrd Religion

The vulnerability of Christian girls to sexual assault in Pakistani society emerged again last month as a Muslim landowner allegedly targeted a 16-year-old and a gang of madrassa (Islamic school) students allegedly abused a 12-year-old in Punjab Province.

The students at Jamia Islamia Madrassa had been harassing Christians in the villages around Gujar Khan, said the pastor of the church to which the girl's family belongs, United Pentecostal Church.

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Hani Nazeer, a Coptic Christian blogger arrested in Egypt on false charges of insulting Islam, then held for almost two years without charge under the country's Emergency Law, has been released from prison.

During his imprisonment, Nazeer said he was beaten, exposed to constant deprivation and was pressured to convert to Islam by violent criminals.

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