• Indonesian Pastor Battling Order to Demolish Home
Officials in Cipayung district, East Jakarta, have ordered Pastor Chris Ambessa of the Protestant Church of Indonesia to dismantle the newly constructed second floor of his home and to cease all religious activity in the area.
Added: Jul 24th, 2008 5:31 PM
• India: State Admits Few Complaints of 'Forced' Conversions
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat state has disclosed that there were only three complaints of alleged "forcible" conversions in the state in the last 10 years, and only two of those concerned Christian conversions.
Added: Jul 18th, 2008 3:14 AM
• Muslim Mob Attack Protestant Church In Pakistan
A tense calm returned Tuesday, July 15, to the outskirts of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, after several Christians, including a pastor, were injured when Muslim militants stormed a Protestant church during a prayer service, officials told BosNewsLife.
Added: Jul 16th, 2008 4:08 AM
• Indonesia: Religious Tensions Rise in West Papua
Authorities in West Papua, Indonesia, must move fast to prevent tension between Christian and Muslim communities escalating into a Malukan-style conflict, according to a recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
Added: Jul 15th, 2008 5:53 AM
• Ex-Pakistan Minister Appeals For Christian Rights Amid Fresh Reports Of Kidnappings
A former federal minister and key human rights official has demanded more political influence for minority Christians in Pakistan's parliament amid fresh reports of anti-Christian violence and kidnappings of believers.
Added: Jul 14th, 2008 2:50 AM
• Pakistan: Girls Kidnapped, Allegedly Forced to Convert
A Christian father in Pakistan is in a legal battle with kidnappers for the custody of his pre-teen daughters, who allegedly have been forced to convert to Islam.
Added: Jul 14th, 2008 2:48 AM
• Christian Community Again Attacked In India's Orissa State
Christian orphans were without shelter Wednesday July 9, as Hindu militants attacked their orphanage, a Jesuit Residence and a nearby Christian village in the troubled state of Orissa, where believers are still recovering from recent anti-Christian violence, BosNewsLife established.
Added: Jul 10th, 2008 3:28 AM
• Indonesia: Church in West Java Bulldozed
Public Order officials on June 26 demolished a church building in Cimahi regency of Bandung district, West Java, to make way for a new shopping mall and bus terminal after church leaders failed to convince authorities that they owned the land on which it was built.
Added: Jul 9th, 2008 3:59 AM
• Evangelist Beaten Up by Hindu Radicals in India
A group of Hindu radicals attacked an evangelist and beat him up.
Added: Jul 9th, 2008 3:58 AM
• India: Victims of Orissa Violence Evicted from Homes
At least 36 Christian families whose houses were burned during Christmas season violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district have been evicted from their damaged homes.
Added: Jul 2nd, 2008 4:03 AM
• Sri Lanka Buddhist Militants Attack Churches And Pastors, Investigators Say
Buddhist militants in Sri Lanka are stepping up attacks on Christian pastors and churches across Sri Lanka, rights investigators said Friday, June 27.
Added: Jun 30th, 2008 2:00 AM
• Government Forces Attack Pastor In Sri Lanka, Christians Say
An evangelical pastor in eastern Sri Lankia was receiving treatment in hospital Tuesday, June 24, a day after he was attacked by militant government forces because of his Christian activities, local believers and investigators said.
Added: Jun 25th, 2008 4:46 AM
• Indonesia: Islamists try to Destroy Church Buildings
Local authorities accompanied by an Islamist mob attempted to demolish two buildings in a church compound used by three congregations in Jatimulya village, West Java province on June 14.
Added: Jun 25th, 2008 4:44 AM
• Taliban Kidnaps 16 Christians
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that 16 Christians were kidnapped at gunpoint in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 21, 2008, and have since been released.
Added: Jun 24th, 2008 3:30 AM
• Muslims Fight to Keep Church Out of Village
Muslim fundamentalists in a village 192 kilometers (119 miles) north of the capital have threatened to kill a pastor as part of an effort to keep his church from constructing a church building, according to the head of the Isha-e-Jamat Bangladesh (Jesus' Church) denomination.
Added: Jun 19th, 2008 3:37 AM

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