Indian police continued investigating Friday, December 4, church bombings and other attacks that rocked the Christian community in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, raising fears of more tensions between Christians and Hindus.
...continue reading this storyMembers of a Baptist congregation in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe have appealed to the City Court against a ban on their activity, which was apparently imposed because they meet in a private home without state registration, Worthy News learned Wednesday, December 2.
...continue reading this storyA Kazakh-born Christian leader who holds a German passport was preparing for deportation from Kazakhstan Tuesday, December 1, after local officials reportedly objected to a worship service.
...continue reading this storyChristians in several volatile areas of Pakistan feared more violence Monday, November 30, amid reports that Christians are hiding after attacks by angry Muslims in which at least one person died.
...continue reading this storyThere were fears Sunday, November 29, of more tensions between Christians and Muslims in Russia after suspected Islamist rebels bombed a train that killed 25 people and a gunmen murdered a missionary priest.
...continue reading this storyThe Catholic archbishop in India's troubled Orissa state on Friday, November 27, urged churches around the world to pray this Christmas for victims of anti-Christian violence in 2007 and last year in which over 100 people were killed.
...continue reading this storyPolice briefly detained missionaries and Bible school students in India's southern state of Karnataka in recent days as part of what local Christians said is a Hindu government backed crackdown on "churches and communities."
...continue reading this storyChristians in North Korea said Wednesday, November 25, a massive famine has broken in their autocratic-ruled nation with many children "dying" while security forces send malnourished people to prison camps for not joining "100 days of battle."
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...continue reading this storyA man selling compact discs in Pakistan's war-torn North West Frontier Province remained in critical condition Monday, November 23, after suspected Islamic militants blew up his CD shop because its collection included a film about Jesus and other Christian movies.
...continue reading this storyEnvoys from five Nordic countries are meeting victims of India's worst anti-Christian violence in decades, which left over 100 people dead in the state of Orissa.
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