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Pakistani Christians Form Community Outside Islamabad

In Pakistan, Islam is the state religion and 95 percent of people are Muslims, Christians represent just a sliver of the population.
Image: Pakistani Christian bride Dunya Yacob
In this Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 photo, Pakistani Christian bride Dunya Yacob, 24, center, surrounded by family members while having her makeup done on her wedding day in a makeshift tent at a slum home to Christian families on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. “Since I was a little girl, I dreamed of the day I would get married and put on a nice dress and have a nice party with a lot of people,” the 24 year old said. “But today, my dream didn’t turn the way I imagined it, but there is nothing I can do about it. This is how our lives look like today and we have to adapt.” (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Muhammed Muheisen / AP