Category - conversions

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5 Sep 2012

WCC concerned over forced conversions and marriages in Pakistan

The World Council of Churches has made a statement on abductions, forced marriages and forced conversions of young women in Pakistan.
29 Apr 2009

Accusations fly about attempts to convert Obama's grandmother

A row is simmering between the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in western Kenya and Muslims in the country over reported attempts to convert to Christianity Sarah Obama, the grandmother of US President Barack Obama
22 Jul 2008

Pakistan court says the forced conversion of two kidnapped girls is legal

A Christian father in Pakistan is trying without success to gain custody through the courts of his two pre-teen daughters who were kidnapped and made to convert to Islam. Shock has been expressed at the court's reaction.