Ethiopian Muslims Burn Down Christian Homes, Farms
Twenty-five Muslims burned down ten Christian homes, leaving eighty Christians homeless in Ethiopia, a Washington-based rights' group said Thursday, September 30.
...continue reading this storyMuslim mob attacks Christians in Gujrat, Pakistan
Muslims have reportedly attacked dozens of Christians, including one already cleared of blasphemy charges, in Pakistan's Punjab Province.
...continue reading this storyContinued Ban On Conversions Proposed in Nepal
A legislative panel in Nepal proposed keeping a ban on religious conversions in the country's new constitution.
...continue reading this storyNew threats from an old nemesis of Nepal's Christians
A militant underground group that once forced hundreds of government officials into resigning is now threatening Christian clergy with violence if they do not give in to its extortion demands.
...continue reading this storyEight Churches Shut Down in Syria
At least eight house churches in northern Syria have been closed down by the government as part of a crackdown on evangelical Christians in country, a Washington-based rights group said Tuesday, September 28.
...continue reading this storyMissionaries Acquitted of Inciting Crowd in Michigan
A jury acquitted four Christian missionaries accused of inciting a crowd while videotaping themselves proselytizing Muslims at the Dearborn Arab International Festival in June.
...continue reading this storyChinese Pastor and Spouse Detained en route to Public Trial
Before they could attend the trial of house church Christians Liu Yunhua and Gao Jianli, Pastor Zhang "Bike" Mingxuan and his wife were detained by the Public Security Bureau.
...continue reading this storyChristians Appeal Labor-Camp Term in China
A hearing in the trial of two members of a "house church" who appealed after they were both sentenced to labor camp "re-education" resumed Monday in Henan province.
...continue reading this storySecond Church in Pakistan Attacked Over Threat To Burn Korans by U.S. Pastor
A Pentecostal church in Karachi was vandalized by Islamists still irate from a threat to burn Korans by a Florida pastor.
...continue reading this story8 Christians Captured, Forced to Return to Buddhism in Bangladesh
Buddhist extremists held eight Chakma Christians for four days in order to force them to return to Buddhism.
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