Malaysia: Christian has ‘Islam’ removed from ID card
A Malaysian Christian raised in a family of Muslims has finally been permitted to have “Islam” removed from his identity card.
Christian Persecution – Asia
India: Attacks continue despite Congressional letter
Despite having received a letter last month from the U.S. Congress requesting that India’s prime minister condemn the sectarian attacks on his nation’s religious minorities, PM Narendra Modi remains unmoved.
Pakistan: 70 Killed, 300 wounded in Easter bombing
At least 70 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded in a suicide bombing targeting Christians celebrating Easter in Lahore, Pakistan.
Indonesia: Islamists protest church construction
Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims in Java’s North Bekasi District have protested the construction of a church for the district’s Catholic community.
India: Congregation attacked, church vandalized
A church in India’s Chhattisgarh state was attacked by Hindu nationalists during the March 6 Sunday service.
Thai Church helps persecuted Pakistanis
Pakistanis fleeing their country’s notorious blasphemy laws have been heading to Thailand for sanctuary.
Pakistan: Christian forced to become ‘sweeper’
This month a committee was formed in Faisalabad, Pakistan, to investigate any possible discrimination after a Christian was told that he could not work as the school’s waterman because of his faith.
Persecution in India gets congressional response
A bipartisan congressional letter was sent last week to Prime Minister Modi requesting that he strongly condemn the persecution of India’s religious minorities and to uphold the rule of law.
India: Hindus injure Christians
A mob of Hindu nationalists assaulted a Christian prayer gathering in Nagepur village in Telangana State on Jan. 17, resulting in the hospitalization of six Christians.
Philipines: Mulsims militants kill Christians on Christmas Eve
Nine Christians were killed as hundreds of Muslim militants raided Christian villages in the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines, on Dec. 24.
Thailand: Christian dies in detention on Christmas
A Christian woman who fled from religious persecution in Pakistan died in Thai police custody on Christmas Eve after she was denied her prescribed medications.
Hindus persecute Christians for Christmas
More than 15 Hindus surrounded a handful of Christians from the Rehoboth Prayer House as they handed out Bibles in Hyderabad, India, during Christmas week.
Indonesia: Churches close, but Christianity grows
Official church closures have not stopped the growth of Christianity in Indonesia.
Two Christian activists beaten
Two Christian activists who had previously served prison sentences were both beaten and detained in Vietnam’s Central Highlands last month.
Pakistan: Christians Fight Eviction
Thousands of poor Pakistanis face the destruction of their temporary homes in Islamabad after a government agency announced last week that Christian migrant slums threatened the demographics of the city’s Muslim majority.
Bangladesh: Islamists send death threats
More than 20 Christians in Bangladesh have received death threats during the past two months.
Pakistan: Arson Fire at Christian TV Station
Pakistani police are deliberately downplaying any chance of arson after a suspicious fire damaged a Christian cable TV station in Karachi last week.
India: Hindus asault Christians
Forty Christians were severely beaten by Hindu nationals in India’s Telangana state last month after holding a prayer meeting in a private home.
Malayasian gov’t targets Christians for Islamisation
Christians in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are struggling against government-funded ploys to entice them to convert to Islam.
Bangladesh: Christians survive arson attacks
In early November, a group of Muslims attempted to burn four Christian families alive by setting their homes in the village of Kamarpara, Bangladesh, on fire, but neighbors helped them to escape the flames.