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  Girl kidnapped, forcibly converted/married in Pakistan, father says

  A Christian father in Pakistan who took his 15-year-old daughter out of school to protect her from harassment by a Muslim is now trying to free her from kidnapping and forcible marriage/conversion by the same man, he said.

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  Pastor in Indonesia accused of blasphemy

  Muslim leaders have filed complaints of blasphemy against a leading Christian pastor in Indonesia.

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  Mother, baby among Christians slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

  A single bullet killed a young mother and the baby strapped to her back, two of the more than 30 Christians killed in Plateau state, Nigeria in the past two weeks, sources said.

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  Seven youths arrested after knifing of bishop in Australia

  The 16-year-old boy who allegedly knifed Eastern Syriac Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Australia on April 15 was part of an extremist group of teenagers, and authorities arrested seven of them on Wednesday (April 24), news media reported.

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  Court in Pakistan orders change in legal marriage age

  A high court in Pakistan last week ordered a provincial government to remove gender-based age distinction in its child marriage law, a move aimed at deterring forced conversions and forced marriages of girls, sources said.

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