Two evangelists severely beaten in eastern Uganda
Two Christians were on their way to preach Christ in Iganga town, eastern Uganda on May 28 when they took a wrong turn.
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Christian evangelist slain in eastern Uganda
An evangelist who had received death threats from Muslim extremists was killed after leading Muslims and others to Christ on June17 in eastern Uganda, sources said.
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Pastor’s ordeal shows challenges Christian leaders face in India
Pastor Josemon Pathrose spent nearly all of February in jail and finally got his confiscated vehicle back after four months. The harassment and criminal charges he’s endured at the hands of Hindu extremists are not uncommon in India.
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Widow of Christian killed for his faith in India flees village
The young widow of a Christian killed for his faith in India’s Chhattisgarh state is living in fear a month after she fled for her life.
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Hardline Muslims beat Christians unconscious in Uganda
Two evangelists are still receiving hospital treatment two weeks after hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda beat them unconscious for proclaiming Christ, sources said.
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Christian convert in Somalia wounded, loses family
A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith in Christ this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said.
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Muslim family disrupts Christian worship in Indonesia
A local official and his Muslim family last week disrupted house church worship in an area of Java island, Indonesia where it has never happened before.
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Muslims attack Catholic students with knives in Indonesia
Two young women were slightly wounded when a mob of Muslims on Sunday (May 5) assaulted a group of 15 students engaged in a Catholic ritual prayer at a rented house in Banten Province, on the Indonesian island of Java, sources said.
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Attacks on Christians in Egypt were preventable, group says
Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians, according to a human rights group.
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Muslim soldiers detain, torture Christians in Sudan
Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said.
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Pastor in Indonesia accused of blasphemy
Muslim leaders have filed complaints of blasphemy against a leading Christian pastor in Indonesia.
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Vietnamese churches demand investigation of Christian’s death
Relatives of Y Bum Bya, a member of the Evangelical Church of Christ of the Western Highlands (ECCWH), on March 8 found his battered body hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck.
