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The U.S. designated Pakistan as a country of particular concern for religious liberty. The Special Representative on Religious Harmony reacted by manipulating an old picture.
At last, the United States included Pakistan within their list of “countries of particular concern” for religious freedom. This has been recommended by experts and by the USCIRF, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, before, but political reasons had prevented the designation.
Now, the persecution of the Ahmadis and the systematic discrimination and violence against Hindu, Christian, and other minorities, including through the blasphemy law and the forced marriage and conversion to Islam of minor girls, made the gross violations of freedom of religion in Pakistan impossible to ignore.
Continued below.
Pakistan and Religious Liberty: Catholic Archbishop Denounces False Post
At last, the United States included Pakistan within their list of “countries of particular concern” for religious freedom. This has been recommended by experts and by the USCIRF, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, before, but political reasons had prevented the designation.
Now, the persecution of the Ahmadis and the systematic discrimination and violence against Hindu, Christian, and other minorities, including through the blasphemy law and the forced marriage and conversion to Islam of minor girls, made the gross violations of freedom of religion in Pakistan impossible to ignore.
Continued below.
Pakistan and Religious Liberty: Catholic Archbishop Denounces False Post
