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  Ruling in Pakistan to grant custody of Christian girl to Muslim condemned

  Christian rights advocates on Saturday (Aug. 29) condemned a Pakistani court’s decision to give custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her.

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  Nationalism of two kinds threatens Sri Lanka’s Christians

  For decades, religious persecution in Sri Lanka was framed mainly as Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist campaigns against Christians and Muslims, but a growing body of research points to a less-examined front: Hindu nationalist or Hindutva-style movements among Sri Lankan Tamils in the northern and eastern provinces drawing ideological and organizational support from India’s Hindu right.

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  Christian nurse hailed as hero in Pakistan after saving infant from deadly hospital fire

  A Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a deadly fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s federal capital has been hailed as a hero across the country after CCTV footage of the rescue went viral on social media.

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  U.S. lawmakers urge protection for Christian girl in Pakistan

  Members of the U.S. Congress have urged the Pakistani government to take steps to protect an 18-year-old Christian woman who her family says was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam.

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  Church in Indonesia told to halt use of building

  Muslim residents of a village in East Java Province, Indonesia have pressured officials into halting a church’s use of its building, claiming worship services there could cause social tension, sources said.

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  Nepali churches reach cut-off valleys by mountain bike as Himalayan floods leave hundreds dead

  Christian relief teams have begun moving into remote valleys of northern Nepal after a torrent of water, mud, rock and ice swept through Himalayan river settlements on Aug. 26, killing hundreds of people and leaving more than 1,400 missing across Nepal and the Tibet region of China.

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  United Bible Societies reports 148 million printed Scriptures distributed in 2025

  The United Bible Societies distributed 148.3 million printed Scriptures last year as the mission celebrated its 80th anniversary, noting that 25 billion scriptures have been given out since its founding in 1946, including 1.1 billion Bibles across 240 countries.

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