Two Christian women were among the nearly 100 political prisoners released from Iranian jails before that nation's newly elected president addressed the UN General Assembly in New York City Tuesday, according to Barnabas Aid.
...continue reading this storyThe ruling authorities of several villages in Laos have been threatening to banish Christians unless they renounce their faith in Jesus.
...continue reading this storyA member of the Afghan Parliament recently recommended that Muslim converts to Christ be executed to stop the growth of Christianity among the Islamic nation's citizens both within Afghanistan's borders and abroad, according to Aleteia.
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Police asked several churches in Sri Lanka to close on some Sundays during September because of threats from Buddhist extremists, according to Barnabas Aid.
After his arrest in May, International Christian Concern reported that Pastor Bakhytzhat Kashkumbayev has been severely mistreated by the Kazakhstan government while it continues to hide his whereabouts.
...continue reading this storyClaiming Christians don't belong in Zanzibar, extremists threw acid on a 60-year-old Catholic priest Friday, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyPhilippine troops have begun to battle their way back into several coastal communities in Zamboanga where Muslim rebels have held residents hostage in a six-day standoff that so far has killed 56 and displaced more than 60,000, according to Creeping Sharia.
...continue reading this storyLast month a large mob of Hindus destroyed a church in northern India and then beat the pastor and his congregation, according to Barnabas Aid.
...continue reading this storyIn Nigeria's Borno state, Christian leaders last week decried the government's plan to demolish 25 Christian buildings in order to make room for a housing project, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyA Moroccan Christian has been fined and jailed for "shaking the faith of a Muslim."
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