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  Korean conference discusses missionary approach to suicide prevention, as country wrestles with highest suicide rate among OECD

  A recent mission conference in South Korea highlighted the issue of suicide prevention as a missiological concern amid a suicide rate more than twice the average among OECD countries. A missiologist professor argued that suicide should no longer be regarded solely as an individualized issue but something that affects society as a whole. And he believes that the Christian perspective of building God’s kingdom could help overcome the prevalent "culture of death".

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  Christians among thousands of freelancers hit by installation of Pakistan's China-inspired internet firewall

  Shumayle Falak makes a living for his family by freelancing on online marketplaces but a nationwide internet slowdown due to the installation of a firewall by the government has rendered him and hundreds of thousands of other Pakistani youths jobless, exacerbating their financial woes in the inflation-hit economy.

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  Officials in Pakistan attempt to ban rights march organizers

  Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers of a minority rights march under pressure from an extremist Islamist party opposed to any changes in Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sources said.

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  Christian girl, 12, forcibly converted/married in Pakistan

  A Muslim in Pakistan has abducted and forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian girl after police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said.

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  Poor Christian brothers charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

  Two Christian brothers in Pakistan were arrested and charged with blasphemy on Tuesday (Aug. 27) after they were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, sources said.

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  Supreme Court of Pakistan bows to Islamist threats

  Islamist death threats compelled the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday (Aug. 22) to remove part of a ruling recognizing an Ahmadi’s religious freedom, a move that will lead to more persecution of religious minorities, sources said.

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  Christian parents regain custody of three girls in Pakistan

  Three girls illegally detained by their employers were forced to testify that they had converted to Islam and wished to return to their captors, but a judge in Pakistan returned them to their Christian parents, sources said.

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