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In Pakistan, most Christians are relegated to lowliest, demeaning jobs
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“In 27 years of service, I have observed that they prefer Christians only as sweepers not as managers. This prejudice runs deep in society even ...
Pastor, champion of persecuted Christians, is murdered in Pakistan
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Pastor Silraj lost his son-in-law in the All Saints’ Church attack and afterwards committed his ministry to reaching out to survivors.
Christians in India seek protection from Hindutva government
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“As long as the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] remains in the government, Christians will face high levels of injustice and persecution."
New religious body adds to Islamization in Pakistan
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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 ...
In Pakistan, a plea to end forced marriage and conversion of women and girls
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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.
In Pakistan, Christians are ‘the poorest of the poor’
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"The main challenge for Christians is education, otherwise they will not have the means to lift themselves out of poverty."
Taliban rule in Afghanistan poses a threat to Pakistan’s Christians
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"Such attacks on churches and minority communities illustrate that Pakistan has always been receptive to fundamentalism."
Taliban-linked threat in Pakistan: churches increase security
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"Now that the Taliban are back, it will strengthen Islamist groups and so there could be attacks.”
On August 22, we commemorate victims of faith-based violence in Pakistan
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"we have witnessed an alarming increase in blasphemy accusations in the past few years, especially following the growth in the use of social media forums ...
Catholic nurse comes under fire from Muslim colleagues
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"They called me a churi (low caste), an abusive term reserved for sanitation workers, and said they refused to work under a Christian."
