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Article: World Council of Churches urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) has called on the government of Pakistan to repeal a controversial law on blasphemy which, the WCC says, has led to the "frequent persecution and victimization" of Christians in Pakistan.
The appeal from the WCC, which has 332 Protestant and Orthodox member churches world-wide, followed the May 6 suicide of Bishop John Joseph, a prominent ...