The bodies of a young interfaith couple were discovered in southeastern Pakistan after Muslim family members protested against the marriage of the Muslim woman to a Christian, sources told Worthy News on Tuesday.
...continue reading this storyA heartbroken Christian widow cried out for help Wednesday, saying her teenage son was “abducted” by Muslim extremists in Pakistan’s Punjab province and “forced to convert to Islam.”
...continue reading this storyA young Christian has been detained in Pakistan’s second-largest city after he was reported to local police over alleged “blasphemous” remarks about Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, which could carry the death penalty in the Muslim-majority nation.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Indonesia’s West Java province are reeling from mob attacks carried out by Muslim hardliners seeking to prevent church services and halt the construction of places of worship.
...continue reading this storyConcerns are mounting over the fate of six Americans detained in South Korea for attempting to send 1,600 bottles filled with Bibles, rice, $1 bills, and USB drives toward North Korea by sea.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani court has upheld the death sentence of a Muslim man for killing a Christian because he married his sister after she turned to faith in Christ.
...continue reading this storyTwo young Christians who faced long prison terms and possible death for blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan have been acquitted after “a grueling three-year legal battle,” well-informed sources told Worthy News on Thursday.
...continue reading this storyDespite a previously signed agreement by Christian leaders to avoid legal action, the governor of West Java has called for full prosecution of a violent June 27 mob attack on a Christian youth retreat, describing it as a "serious criminal matter" that must not go unpunished.
...continue reading this storyA Christian schoolboy is recovering after he was beaten by his Muslim female teacher for drinking water from her glass at a school in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyConcerns remained Wednesday about likely more restrictions on groups trying to spread the Gospel in North Korea and support Christians there, after the arrest of six Americans in South Korea.
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