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• Bangladesh: Elderly Convert From Islam Dies from Burns
A 70-year-old woman convert from Islam died on Friday (February 1) from burns she suffered when unknown assailants in a Muslim-majority area about 150 miles northwest of the capital set her home on fire last month.
Added: Feb 5th, 2008 4:51 AM
• India Hindu Militants "Force" Orissa Christians To Convert "At Gunpoint"
Hindu militants have "forced" Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism and threatened to resume attacks against Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, where up to nine people were killed in religious clashes last month, an advocacy group said Sunday, February 3.
Added: Feb 4th, 2008 1:21 AM
• North Korea Christians Face More Persecution Than Ever, New Report Shows
Christians in North-Korea have faced more persecution in 2007 than ever before, according to a major human rights report released Friday, February 1.
Added: Feb 4th, 2008 1:18 AM
• Egypt: Court Rules Against Convert
In a blow to religious freedom in Egypt, a Cairo court has ruled against a Muslim convert to Christianity who requested that his religious affiliation be changed.
Added: Feb 1st, 2008 4:09 AM
• Jordan: Authorities Expel Foreign Christians
Jordan has increased pressure on foreign Christians living in the kingdom, expelling many long-time residents over the past 13 months in what local churches see as an attack on their legitimacy.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 3:54 AM
• China Police "Burning" Bibles and "Beating" Christians in Yunan Province
Members of a house church in China's Yunan Province were "severely beaten" by police officials, who earlier "burned" the church's Bibles, a Christian rights group said Wednesday, January 30.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 2:45 AM
• Pakistan Evangelical Pastor Killed Amid Growing Religious Tensions
Christians in Pakistan's volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) faced new tensions Wednesday, January 30, amid reports that a Pakistani pastor has been shot and killed because of his involvement in evangelistic work.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 2:29 AM
• Malaysia: Indigenous Group Sues Over Demolished Church
An indigenous church community has filed a lawsuit against local authorities in the state of Kelantan over the demolition of their church building on June 4, 2007.
Added: Jan 28th, 2008 3:38 AM
• Egypt: Tempers Flare into Melee at Convert's Hearing
An Egyptian judge is scheduled to rule next week on the case of a Muslim-born convert to Christianity whose court hearing threatened to turn into a brawl earlier this month, the convert’s lawyer said.
Added: Jan 28th, 2008 3:35 AM
• Protestant Pastor Shot Dead In Philippines
Christians in the Philippines on Saturday, January 26, mourned a Protestant pastor after police confirmed he was shot and killed, the second member of the Philippine clergy to die violently in nine days.
Added: Jan 28th, 2008 3:28 AM
• House Church Members Flee Somaliland Amid Government Crackdown
Members of a house church in the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland have fled to neighboring Ethiopia after hearing that the government wants to arrest them as part of a crackdown on evangelical Christians, an influential human rights group said Thursday, January 24.
Added: Jan 25th, 2008 3:42 AM
• Bangladesh: Elderly Christian Woman's Home Set Ablaze
Unknown attackers tried to burn a 70-year-old woman to death on January 7 after learning that she would be baptized as a Christian next month.
Added: Jan 25th, 2008 3:24 AM
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