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Pakistan : Christian Girls Targeted for Violence in Pakistan
The Christian community in Pakistan is shocked at the increasing violence and abuse targeted at young Christian girls. Two Christian girls were abducted, raped and murdered by a group of Muslims. A 13 year old girl became pregnant after being raped by a young Muslim.
Violent abuse is "part of daily life" in Pakistan. There are increasing numbers of violent abuse incidents against Christian and Hindu girls, said Fides, a Vatican missionary agency. Christians are targeted because they are considered on a lower social level, and often abductions of young girls involve intent to force marriage and religious conversion or to trap them into prostitution rings.
The latest tragic abuse is part of a larger phenomenon of violence against women in Pakistan, which often meets with indifference and impunity, Fides said. There were 1,198 kidnappings, 352 rapes and 1,052 murders of women in 2009 alone.
Pray that the Lord will surround all Pakistan's traumatized Christians, especially those that have been personally victimized and those that have suffered the murder or rape of a daughter, with His everlasting love and peace.
Pray that the perpetrators of the murders and rapes against Christian girls will be brought to justice and that the Pakistani Muslims will repent of their sins and receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord.
The Christian community in Pakistan is shocked at the increasing violence and abuse targeted at young Christian girls. Two Christian girls were abducted, raped and murdered by a group of Muslims. A 13 year old girl became pregnant after being raped by a young Muslim.
Violent abuse is "part of daily life" in Pakistan. There are increasing numbers of violent abuse incidents against Christian and Hindu girls, said Fides, a Vatican missionary agency. Christians are targeted because they are considered on a lower social level, and often abductions of young girls involve intent to force marriage and religious conversion or to trap them into prostitution rings.
The latest tragic abuse is part of a larger phenomenon of violence against women in Pakistan, which often meets with indifference and impunity, Fides said. There were 1,198 kidnappings, 352 rapes and 1,052 murders of women in 2009 alone.
Pray that the Lord will surround all Pakistan's traumatized Christians, especially those that have been personally victimized and those that have suffered the murder or rape of a daughter, with His everlasting love and peace.
Pray that the perpetrators of the murders and rapes against Christian girls will be brought to justice and that the Pakistani Muslims will repent of their sins and receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord.
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