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View of the coastal part of the city of Aden, Yemen.

Yemeni Christians pressured to conform to Islamic law: ‘We were forced to wear the hijab’ 

Sep 23, 2024

By ACI MENA

A Yemeni Catholic woman born in the 1980s and living in Aden spoke recently about the plight of Christians in... Read more

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