Malaysia: Court Denies Woman's Appeal to Leave Islam
A civil court on Aug. 5 denied a woman's appeal to renounce Islam in favor of Christianity, highlighting the jurisdictional disputes in Malaysia's dual legal system.
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Saudi Arabia: Muslim Father Kills Daughter for Converting to Christianity
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that a Saudi Arabian man cut out the tongue of his daughter and burned her to death after finding out that she had converted to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyMuslim Candidate Kills Christian Voter For Refusing To Vote For Him
Widow Zeenat Javed was still awaiting justice Sunday, August 10, four months after her Christian husband was killed for refusing to vote for a Muslim candidate in elections in Pakistan's Punjab province.
...continue reading this storyPresident Bush Visit Officially Staged Church Service
As President Bush today (Sunday) visited and attended a service at the Three Self Patriotic Movement's (TSPM)Kuanjie Church established by the government, a renowned Christian social activist in Beijing was arrested once again by the Chinese police, but has since eluded authorities.
...continue reading this storyPrayer Service Attacked in Karnataka, India
Hindu radicals attacked a Christian prayer service meeting.
...continue reading this storyEritrea Shuts Christian Students into Shipping Containers
Authorities on Tuesday (August 5) locked up eight high school students at a military training school in metal shipping containers for objecting to the burning of hundreds of Bibles, sources told Compass.
...continue reading this storyTwo Missionaries Released from Detention in Inner Mongolia
China Aid Association has learned that two of the four missionaries detained in Inner Mongolia in early July have been released after serving 30 days adminstrative detention.
...continue reading this storyPakistan: Christian Allegedly Murdered
Local Pakistani police declared the death of a young Christian man in May to be a suicide requiring no investigation, but a high inspector has reopened the case and taken two Muslim suspects into custody.
...continue reading this storyEgypt: Another Convert Tries to Change Religious Identification
One year after the first attempt by an Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to change his religious identity, another convert this week became the second to make such a controversial legal request.
...continue reading this storyLaos: Authorities Detain 90 Christians
Authorities in Laos have detained or arrested at least 90 Christians in three provinces in recent weeks, including an arrest last Sunday (Aug. 3) of a pastor and two other believers from a house church in Boukham village, Savannakhet province.
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