Christian investigators on Monday, October 2, urged the international community to pressure the government of the Indian state of Gujarat to respect religious freedom following the adoption of controversial legislation and attacks against missionaries there.
...continue reading this storySeven Christians working with the Indian Missionary Society (IMS) in India’s Gujarat state were released on bail this morning. The group was charged with attempted murder after Hindu extremists waylaid and assaulted them last week.
...continue reading this storyIran’s feared secret police have detained a Christian couple in the northeastern city of Mashhad, forcing them to leave behind their 6-year-old daughter, a Christian news agency reported late Friday, September 29.
...continue reading this storyBorn on June 18 to a Christian family in northern Azerbaijan, three-month-old Ilya Eyvazov still has no official name.
...continue reading this storySomali Christian refugees in Kenya continue to face increasing attacks from Somali groups and struggle to receive adequate assistance to survive, according to reports received by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
...continue reading this storyIslamic violence against Iraq’s Christian minority has increased in recent days killing at least two people, as the Muslim month of "Ramadan and statements [about Islam] from Pope Benedict XVI have ignited an explosive atmosphere," well-informed religious rights investigators said Thursday, September 28.
...continue reading this storyA mob of Muslim youths injured six Christians -- one critically -- and set fire to 10 churches last week in Dutse, capital of Jigawa state in northern Nigeria.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists severely beat two pastors on September 24 in Madhya Pradesh, India, before dragging them to a police station and accusing them of 'forcing' conversions. Two days earlier, extremists had attacked and injured two evangelists in the same state, later accusing them of 'hurting Hindu sentiments.'
...continue reading this storyA Christian soldier who was imprisoned in the troubled unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh for refusing to swear the military oath and carry weapons on Biblical grounds, has been released, after spending one year in jail, BosNewsLife learned Monday, September 25.
...continue reading this storyA Chinese Christian leader was free Monday, September 25, after a Chinese court revoked a 're-education through labor' ruling, an unprecedented move in this Communist-run nation.
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