Extremist Hindus in India’s Chhattisgarh state last week hacked to death a female relative of theirs because she left Hinduism to follow Christ, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyFollowing reported pressure from a powerful hardline Islamic group, a court in Punjab Province, Pakistan last week granted bail to 52 Islamists accused of lynching 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill in Sargodha on May 25 over false blasphemy accusations, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyThere was concern Tuesday about the plight of a Lao church leader and five other Christians who were detained in central Laos amid a crackdown on Christian worship in the openly communist Asian nation, representatives told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyLawmakers in India’s Rajasthan state are considering approving the type of anti-conversion law that has led to the intense persecution of Christians and other non-Hindus in Indian states that already have such legislation.
...continue reading this storyFive Christian converts from Islam in Iran have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine months to 15 years for reasons that have not been made public, the Jerusalem Post reports.
...continue reading this storyMinority Christians in Kyrgyzstan fear measures limiting their worship possibilities may be forthcoming despite legislators opposing more restrictive religious legislation.
...continue reading this storyNigerian authorities were investigating Monday a fire that destroyed the headquarters of one of the nation’s largest evangelical churches and that its controversial pastor blamed on the devil.
...continue reading this storyIraqi authorities demand that a Christian woman “converts” to Islam and abandon her marriage to a Christian man, Christians confirmed.
...continue reading this storyChristians said Friday their “hearts are heavy” after police in northwestern Pakistan confirmed that an angry mob had killed a man questioned there for allegedly “desecrating” the Koran.
...continue reading this storyThe bodies of three Christians, who were killed by Islamic fighters in northern Nigeria after being separated from other bus passengers, have been found, Christians said Thursday.
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