Christians under increasing pressure in Pakistan
Bibles are being desecrated, churches attacked and human rights advocates threatened in Pakistan as Islamic extremists intensify pressure on the Christian community.
Christians are the second largest religious minority community in Pakistan, after Hindus. The total number of Christians in Pakistan is approximately 2,800,000 in 2008, or 1.6% of the population. Of these, approximately half are Roman Catholic and half Protestant.[1] There also is a sizeable minority of the New Apostolic Church and other more older denominations such as the Nestorians and the Assyrians/Chaldeans who have resided in the region since ancient times. From Wikipedia
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