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Christian mother abducted, stripped and tortured in front of husband and sons by Muslim gangsters
Pakistan
February 2005
Moreover, 16,17 young girls were also sitting over there. I came to know later that four/five girls were Christians". Kashif told that "my clothes were taken off, they hanged me by tying my feet with cord and turned my body upside down on the ceiling. Those cruel people started beating me with hot iron pipe. While Pervaiz and Kala were beaten with sticks, pipe and bats. They kicked us very brutally and cruelly."

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Basra intellectuals united by fear of rise in religious intolerance
Iraq
February 2005
The Christian said his four brothers had recently left with their families for Kurdistan to escape the danger. He himself was out of work after extremists looted his off-licence and killed his brother-in-law, who worked there. His daughter resigned from her job as a cleaner with the occupation forces after two other Christian employees were murdered.