Mother in Uganda Beaten, Driven from Home for Embracing Christianity
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A woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ is in hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam, sources said.
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Pastor in India Perseveres amid Persecution by Hindu Extremists
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A band of Hindu extremists who had snuck into a house-church service beat a pastor with steel rods and sticks, one of them yelling that they would stop if he shouted, 'Hail, Lord Ram [Jai Sri Ram]!'
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Christians Fear Crackdown on Religion Under Evangelism Ban in Nepal
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While attacks against the Christian minority has increased in Nepal, the Himalayan country's parliament passed a bill criminalizing religious conversion and the "hurting of religious sentiment," aiming to restrict evangelism. The move is likely to further escalate Christian persecution.
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Underground Churches in North Korea Growing
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Christianity is spreading in North Korea as more North Koreans are rejecting the regime of Kim Jung-un and searching for faith a defector told The Telegraph.
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Pentecostal church in Ethiopia told to close after it was attacked by mob
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A Pentecostal church in Ethiopia has been ordered to stop meeting in a residential area, in the wake of a mob attack on the church, after which a church member was arrested for illegal activities that incited religious clashes.
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North Korea is executing, torturing and enslaving those who practice religion, US says in new report
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The North Korean regime has continued to position itself as one of the world's worst persecutors of the religious, torturing and killing people who practice their faith, according to a State Department report released Tuesday.
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Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria Released from Five Days of Captivity
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Suspecting corrupt police and accusing the Nigerian government of failing to contain a rash of kidnappings, Christian leaders announced that a pastor abducted last week was freed on Wednesday (Aug. 9).
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Fulani Herdsmen Kidnap Pastor in Plateau State, Central Nigeria
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Armed Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Aug. 4) kidnapped a pastor as he and his driver were traveling in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, the wounded driver told Morning Star News.
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Christian Convert Released from Prison in Iran after 4 Years
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A Christian convert from Islam has been released from prison in Iran where she had been held for four years.
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Christians Killed, Injured in Church Shooting in Southern Nigeria
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At least 11 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church service in southern Nigeria today that apparently was rooted in a conflict with a relative of one of the parishioners, authorities said.
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Ethiopian Christian attacked with machetes for evangelizing
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An Ethiopian Christian suffered deep wounds to the back of his head when he was attacked while alone in his home by a group of local Muslims with machetes.
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Sudan demolishes another church, but MPs block school on Sundays
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The Sudanese government demolished another church on Wednesday (2 August), the day after Members of the Khartoum state parliament rejected an order by the Minister of Education for all Christian schools in the capital to open on a Sunday.
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Police Disingenuous in Hindu Extremist Assault on Pastors in Tamil Nadu, India, Sources Say
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Hard-line Hindus used steel rods and a butcher’s knife to attack a father-son pastoral team in Tamil Nadu state, India, injuring the elder clergyman, sources said.
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Charities Cautiously Optimistic Christians Will Return to ISIS-Cleared Areas of Iraq
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Representatives of international charities operating in Britain are guardedly optimistic that Christians could soon return in numbers to some parts of Iraq from which they have been driven.
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New Indonesian Report Warns Religious Minorities Fear Intolerance
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CSW's new report on freedom of religion or belief in Indonesia warns that religious minorities are increasingly fearful of intolerance.
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Calling Worship ‘Unlawful Assembly,’ Police in Uttar Pradesh, India, Arrest Six Christians
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Berating and slapping a pastor for reading the Bible instead of Hindu texts, police in Uttar Pradesh state, India last month detained six Christians under “unlawful assembly” laws for worshiping together, sources said.
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Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Seven Christian Men in Eastern Kenya
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International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that in early July, al-Shabaab militants led a series of attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County. Between July 5 and July 8 2017, militants raided three villages, and killed three police officers and seven Christian men.
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Iran: Four Christians Receive 10 Year Sentences
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A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and “conducting activities against national security.”
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For the First Time, Russia Ranked Among Worst Violators of Religious Freedom
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Russia’s ongoing crackdown on religious minorities, foreign missionaries, and evangelists has earned it a spot among the worst countries in the world for religious freedom.
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Christianity in Africa Threaten by Rise of Militant Islam
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As the world focusses on potential military advances against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, it risks overlooking another vast region where militant Islam is a growing threat to the Church - in the continent where the Church is growing fastest: Africa.