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Pakistani police ordered to probe kidnap of Christian woman
Pakistani police were given a court order on Feb. 18 to investigate the kidnapping and forced conversion of a young Christian woman, the victim's lawyer said. "After four months of inquiry, the court has accepted our plea," Sardar Mushtaq Gill, a Christian lawyer and rights activist told UCANEWS. The hearing was held at a lower court in the town of Pattoki, Punjab province. Gill filed a writ petition on behalf of 22-year-old Nabila Bibi's family last October after police refused to lodge a complaint against her kidnappers. Four armed men abducted Bibi when she was in the company of her mother and sister in Pattoki last September. The men later told police that Bibi had converted to Islam and married one of the kidnappers on her own will. Bibi's father Bashir Masih said that his daughter was threatened with death and forcibly converted. The threat of death continues, he said. "My daughter has been told that if she renounces Islam and reconverts to Christianity, she will be declared a murtad (apostat
In Poland, Joint Action of the Church and the Police to Promote Pedestrian’s Security
Wearing reflectors that allow greater visibility on the road was called for conjointly by representatives of the Polish police force, the Polish Bishops’ Conference, and the Polish Ecumenical Council, which includes, among others, the Orthodox and Lutheran Churches. The Action #LetYourLightShine is also being promoted in the social media.
#PodajDalej (Pass it on) – Let’s pass reflectors on and be safe on the road!
On Thursday, September 20, the representatives of the National Police Headquarters and the Church in Poland met in the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Warsaw to promote together road safety and encourage pedestrians to join the “Pass it on” campaign. As the organizers explain, the point is to give each other reflectors with dedication, so that they remind us of the need for safety. “Give your family and friends a reflector as a gift. Reflectors mean simply life”, said Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman of the Episcopate.
