Pakistani Court Refuses to Return Abducted Christian Teen to Family

An 18-year-old Pakistani Christian woman, Neha Faqir, was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and a Lahore High Court dismissed her family's petition to have her returned home. This case reflects an accelerating global pattern of systematic persecution against Christians and religious minorities, a sign Jesus warned would intensify in the last days. Christ declared in Matthew 24:9, 'You will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.'