Muslim father burns daughter for turning to Christ
A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said.
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Prominent Christian woman kidnapped from church in Nigeria
Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources.
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Muslim relatives attack Christian, wife and children in Somalia
Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children.
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Christian family seeks justice after rape of 15-year-old girl in Pakistan
Police in Pakistan have refused to arrest two Muslims who raped a 15-year-old Christian girl, and the suspects have threatened to harm her family members if they do not withdraw the case, relatives and attorneys said.
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Video of halted Christian worship in March surfaces in Indonesia
Officials in Indonesia said they regretted the surfacing of a video showing Muslims halting worship of a church service in March, as authorities have since provided a temporary site for the congregation’s services.
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Christian remained in captivity in Nigeria to aid elderly Muslim
A kidnapped Christian in Nigeria declined to be released so he could continue aiding a Muslim captive in her 80s, the elderly woman says on a video on social media.
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Unknown assailants shoot pastor dead in Laos
Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was feeding his chickens and ducks behind his house in Vanghay village, northwestern Laos, on Monday (July 22) when two men on motorcycles, faces covered, arrived.
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Attack in India ends church’s in-person worship services
Members of a house church in northern India can no longer meet for worship after a mob of about 150 Hindu extremists attacked them on July 14, sources said.
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Christian in UK banned from teaching for ‘misgendering’ student
By Chris EyteA High Court judge in England on Thursday (July 25) upheld a ban on Christian Joshua Sutcliffe from teaching following his dismissal for refusing to use the preferred pronoun of a schoolgirl identifying as a boy.
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Russia begins demolishing of church building in occupied Crimea
By Jack BethelRussian occupation forces began dismantling a worship building of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria on Sunday (July 21), according to published reports.
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Pakistan reverses ban on passports for asylum seekers
Pakistani Christians who have fled the country due to persecution were relieved to hear the government has reversed its decision to stop issuing or renewing passports to those seeking asylum abroad.
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Rape, attempted kidnapping in Pakistan drive Christian family into hiding
A pastor and his family have gone into hiding after a Muslim neighbor who raped his 14-year-old daughter tried to kidnap her and force her to convert to Islam and marry her, he said.
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