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“The Prime Minister wants the RAA to formulate an intellectual response to blasphemous acts in the West. A perfect response would be to discourage people ...

“We have not done anything wrong or illegal, yet in full public view we were forcefully taken to police station. It is quite shocking, and we ...

Christian and Hindu girls are particularly vulnerable, as they are targeted to be forcibly converted to Islam and have far less social and legal backing.

"The main challenge for Christians is education, otherwise they will not have the means to lift themselves out of poverty."

“Even an act of Christian charity can be construed as a case of illegally attempted conversion,” Shah said.

"The Catholic community views this incident as an attack on minority communities, and an attempt to criminalize in particular Christian missionary activities."

"Such attacks on churches and minority communities illustrate that Pakistan has always been receptive to fundamentalism."

"The seminary has been there for over 25 years and we have never forced anyone to convert."

"The most trying thing was not being able to move about freely, because, as women, we always had to be accompanied by a man."

"One day I came home from school to find that the Taliban had destroyed our home and killed my parents. My brother and I were ...