Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill Indian Pastor
A 35-year-old church pastor was murdered in India’s southeastern Andhra Pradesh state by suspected Maoist rebels who slit his throat, police and Indian rights activists confirmed Thursday, April 12.
Christian Persecution – Asia
Pakistani Parliament Passes New Guidelines
Pakistan’s parliament unanimously approved new guidelines Thursday to govern the nation’s relations with the United States.
Lao Christians ‘Reclaim’ Confiscated Church Buildings
Members of three evangelical churches in southern Laos began reclaiming their church buildings confiscated by Lao authorities in a daring move to worship during Palm Sunday, the countdown to Easter, a representative told Worthy News.
Pakistani Playwright Presents Play on Blasphemy Law
A Pakistani Christian playwright will present “295-C”: a play concerning his nation’s notorious blasphemy law.
Report: Burma Army Attacks Church, Christian Conference
Burma’s military ransacked a Baptist church and broke up a Christian conference of the predominantly Christian Chin community in the latest confrontation between government forces and ethnic minorities, Christian investigators told Worthy News.
Pakistan Among World’s Worst Violators of Religious Freedoms
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Secretary of State name Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern in its 2012 Annual Report.
Another Pakistani Woman is Charged with Blasphemy
A registered society that provides legal assistance to persecuted Christians in Pakistan is calling for prayer for yet another Pakistani woman arrested under that nation’s notorious blasphemy laws.
Laos Detains Christians Over Worship Service
Lao authorities have detained five Christians who attended a Christian worship service Sunday, March 25, in southern Laos amid a crackdown on Christianity in the region, representatives told Worthy News.
India Militants Attack Prayer Meeting, Pastors
Suspected Hindu militants broke up a Christian prayer meeting and forced two women leading the gathering to stop evangelizing in India’s southwestern state of Karnataka, as part of several attacks against devoted believers across the country, Christians told Worthy News.
Report: Laos Christian Facing Ultimatum To Recant Faith
The only known Christian in a rural district of northern Laos was under pressure to abandon his faith in Christ or face expulsion from his village, his supporters told Worthy News.
Qur’ans burned in Afghanistan “used to facilitate extremist communications”
The qu’rans burned at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan were removed from the library of a detainee center “because of extremist inscriptions,” a military official said Tuesday.
Kashmir High Court stays proceedings against Anglican clergy
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir stayed further proceedings against an Anglican clergyman.
Burma Troops ‘Kill, Torture’ Christian Kachins Despite Ceasefire Pledge
Burmese troops kill or torture civilians and destroy churches and even entire villages of the predominantly Christian Kachin minority despite pledges from Burma’s nominally civilian government that it seeks ceasefire agreements with ethnic groups, investigators said Sunday, February 12.
India Hindu Mob Attacks Evangelical Pastor, Church Members
Evangelical Christians in southeastern India were due to worship Sunday, January 29, amid heightened tensions after Hindu hardliners attacked a pastor and church members, representatives said.
Indonesia: Yasmin Services Disrupted
A mob of Muslims disrupted the worship services of about 100 members of a GKI Yasmin congregation that were being held at a member’s home in Bogor, West Java on Sunday.
Burma Kachin Christians Flee Deadly Attacks; Fighting Spreading
Churches and Buddhist monasteries in a mining area of Burma’s northern Kachin state have taken in nearly 1,000 refugees, many of them Christians, since New Year’s Day, after the Burmese military reportedly attacked a church and killed several people, Worthy News established Tuesday, January 10.
Hindu Militants Attack India Evangelicals; Several Injured
Hindu militants twice attacked evangelical Christians in India’s southern state of Karnataka, injuring several believers, including women and children, Christians told Worthy News.
Indonesians Ordered to Leave U.S.
A New Jersey community of 72 Indonesians who years ago were spared deportation after a pastor brokered an agreement with immigration authorities allowing them them to stay in the country temporarily may soon be deported thanks to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Church Bombing Goes Bust
Nepal Police deactivated a bomb discovered near the entrance of the Navajiwan Church in Kathmandu last month.
Hindus fail to stop prayer meeting
More than 30,000 Christians recently took part in a prayer meeting in Hubli, Karnataka despite efforts by pro-Hindu groups to disrupt them.