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Muslim Pakistani brothers abduct, forcibly convert, and marry two Catholic sisters
A high court in Pakistan has ordered police to recover two Catholic sisters, ages 13 and 18, who were kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam, and married to their abductors, reports The Christian Post.
Police initially refused to make efforts to recover Neha Javed and her older sister, Saneha Javed, following their July 23rd kidnapping in the Kasur District in Punjab. Two Muslim brothers from their neighborhood broke in, locked the parents’ bedroom, and abducted the girls, leaving behind six other siblings.
On July 29th, the family received images of Islamic conversion certificates and Islamic marriage certificates of both girls from a relative’s phone. The 13-year-old, Neha, was shown as 19 years old in the marriage certificate, while 18-year-old Saneha’s age was declared as 21.
The sisters’ mother, Sumera Bibi, said, “The accused’s family is pressuring us to stop pursuing the matter and even attacked my husband with an axe when he confronted them. How can we let them destroy the lives of our daughters? Neha is only 13, while her abductor-husband is more than double her age.”
Please pray that the police successfully find and free 13-year-old Neha and 18-year-old Seneha.
Psalm 10:1-2, 10-12, asks, "Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You you hide yourself in times of trouble? In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net. His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. He says to himself, ‘God will never notice; He covers His face and never sees.’ Arise, Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.”
Pakistan ranks seventh on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of the most difficult places to be a Christian.
Pope Francis: “Every religion is a way to arrive at God.”
On Friday, Pope Francis told young people of different faiths that “every religion is a way to arrive at God,” reports LifeSiteNews.com.
Addressing an inter-religious meeting of young people in Singapore, Pope Francis said this through his translator.
TRANSLATOR: “One of the things that struck me about all of you here is your ability to engage in inter religious dialog. Every religion is a way to arrive at God. They're sort of like different languages in order to arrive at God.”
The pope provided no explanation for how a Muslim, a Hindu, or a Buddhist, all of whom deny Jesus is God, could be saved if they deny the clear teaching of John 14:6 where Jesus proclaimed, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through Me.”
Trump: Kamala’s open door policies resulted in 325,000 migrant children missing
At a press conference on Friday in Los Angeles, Donald Trump revealed some of Kamala Harris’ horrific record as California Attorney General, reports Fox News.
TRUMP: “As Attorney General, she defined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as nonviolent crime. She put them in a new category as nonviolent.”
Trump added that as Vice President, Kamala Harris facilitated “the largest wave of sex trafficking and human trafficking in history" by allowing cartels to operate on the U.S.-Mexico border.
TRUMP: “Now, as Vice President, she's facilitated the largest wave of sex trafficking and human trafficking in history, the history of our country by far. Under this administration, 325,000 migrant children are missing. 325,000! In other words, take your biggest stadium in California and you could fill it up five or six times. Those are all missing children. Many of them are dead. Many of th