A Christian chief of a major hostel for nursing students in the Pakistani city of Lahore faced possible dismissal Wednesday, March 11, after she already receiving death threats from Muslim colleagues and militants for allowing Christian students to pray and worship on the hostel's premises, a Christian rights and advocacy group said.
...continue reading this storyOne person was killed and at least 11 injured when Muslim militants opened fire on Christian worshipers during a prayer service of a Presbyterian Church in Pakistan's Punjab province, Christian rights investigators and police confirmed Friday, March 6.
...continue reading this storyA Muslim man in Pakistan kidnapped, raped and forced a 13-year-old girl to convert to Islam and marry him at gunpoint, the latest in "growing trend" of attacks against Christian women in the country and other Islamic nations, Christian rights investigators told Worthy News Thursday, March 5.
...continue reading this storyAn impoverished father of a young Christian woman was still knocking at the doors of Pakistan's justice system Sunday, March 1, a year after his daughter was kidnapped by Muslim gunmen who apparently tried to “convert” her to Islam.
...continue reading this storyDegar Montagnard Christians and other believers in several areas of Vietnam's Central Highlands faced another day of persecution Friday, February 27, after at least one Christian peasant was hacked to death by security forces and an angry mob, missionary workers and a key official told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyThere was concern Tuesday, February 24, over reports of new Muslim violence against Pakistani Christians, which included a murder, rape, and kidnappings of Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province and other areas, sometimes with support from authorities, local residents and rights investigators said.
...continue reading this storyThe Christian head of a hostel and two Christian students from a nearby medical college in Pakistan's Punjab province have been expelled after Islamic extremists wanted to kill them on "false" charges of "desecrating the Koran", seen as a holy book by Muslims, Worthy News established Monday, February 23.
...continue reading this storyChristians in India's volatile state of Orissa feared more violence Sunday, February 22, after a Christian man was killed and hard-line Hindus forced nearly two dozen Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism, local residents and rights investigators said.
...continue reading this storyA Bangladeshi pastor and his wife faced more death threats Friday, February 20, after pressing charges against Muslims of robbery and rape, Christian rights activists said.
...continue reading this storyA 13-year old impoverished Christian girl in Pakistan's Punjab province was recovering Thursday, February 19, after she was gang raped at gun point by five Islamic extremists, her family told Worthy News.
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