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Pakistan: Thousands of Christian and Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam and into marriages

ForeignDeskNewsAugust 12, 2016

Young Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan are being kidnapped and forced to undergo Islamic conversions before being married off to their captors, according to Pakistani activists. At rallies...

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Pakistan fears increase in ISIS presence and recruitment

ForeignDeskNewsApril 13, 2016

Islamic State recruiters operating at religious schools and universities across Pakistan have fueled concerns about the terror group’s growing presence, despite Pakistani military campaign efforts to target and crush...

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Boko Haram training abducted women to be suicide bombers

ForeignDeskNewsApril 9, 2016

Women taken hostage by African terror group Boko Haram are being trained to be used as suicide bombers, according to a recent report. At least 105 women and girls...

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Pakistani boy, 7, gang raped, murdered in country’s Christian district

ForeignDeskNewsJanuary 8, 2016

An abducted 7-year-old Pakistani boy was gang-raped and murdered by a mob of four men, before his body was dumped in fields near Bahawalnagar’s Christian district in the Punjab...

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Pakistan: Thousands of Christian and Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam and into marriages

Pakistan fears increase in ISIS presence and recruitment

Boko Haram training abducted women to be suicide bombers

Pakistani boy, 7, gang raped, murdered in country’s Christian district

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