Pakistan must protect religious minorities, says world churches chief | Ekklesia: "During a visit to Pakistan, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has urged for the protection of religious minorities and the need for the state to take necessary measures against religious intolerance.
“The Pakistani government should not turn a blind eye to the culture of violence perpetrated through the use and abuse of the blasphemy law, which intensify communal hatred, intolerance and persecution that can hit anybody in the country, and particularly the religious minorities,” said the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, speaking at a press conference in Lahore, at the end of his three day visit."
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