A devoutly Christian woman in Pakistan has been refused bail and faces a 10-year jail sentence for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyA pastor in India’s Madhya Pradesh state spent three tortuous weeks in a harsh prison earlier this year after being falsely accused of forcing Hindus to become Christians, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyCouncil authorities in India’s Chhattisgarh state have denied basic human necessities to 15 Christian families who refuse to renounce Christ and worship a local Hindu god, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyA 74-year-old Christian man in Punjab Province, Pakistan, has succumbed to the injuries he sustained during a May 25 attack by a mob of Muslims who falsely believed he had desecrated the Quran, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Nazir Gill, a resident of the predominantly Christian community in Sargodha, suffered severe head trauma and died at a military hospital near Islamabad on Monday.
...continue reading this storyThe Burmese army military junta which controls Myanmar on Thursday May 23 rounded up dozens of Christian leaders and children in the country’s Kachin state on suspicion of aiding the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) and other anti-Junta militias in in the ongoing civil war, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyPolice in eastern Pakistan say they have arrested over 100 Muslim men for attacking and nearly killing a Christian father and son who were accused of desecrating pages of “Islam’s holy book.”
...continue reading this storyThe International Christian Concern (ICC) humanitarian organization has reported that as many as 70 Christians in India’s Uttar Pradesh state remain imprisoned without trial for allegedly converting Hindus to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyA 74-year-old Presbyterian Christian man in Pakistan is on a ventilator in critical condition after two Islamist neighbors incited a mob to attack him for allegedly burning pages of the Quran, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyThere was concern Friday about the declining health of Pakistani Pastor Zafar Bhatti, who has been held in prison for 12 years and faces execution by hanging for alleged blasphemy against Islam.
...continue reading this storyA local government-backed advertisement campaign for sanitation workers targeting the Christian minority in Pakistan has highlighted concerns that only Christians should work in these low-paying, dangerous jobs in the mainly Muslim nation.
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