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| Maldives elections unlikely to improve religious freedom Known for its golden sands and crystal waters, the Maldives is perhaps not the first country that springs to mind when one considers locations lacking in religious freedom. |
| Sudan Christians to be mass evacuated The Barnabas Fund is on a mission to rescue 3,500 Christians from persecution in Sudan. |
| Persecution on the upswing: do we care? The Church is under fire. Upon reading that statement, half the people who started reading this article just moved on to something "more interesting." |
| CHINA: House Church Pastor Attacked by Government Agents Li Shuangping, pastor of Linfen house church, was abducted, beaten and threatened by government agents on the night of August 13th. |
| NIGERIA: Minor Provocation Incites Muslim Mob to Attack Church Several attendants of a church in Lafia, Nasarawa, were severely injured by a mob of Muslim militants in an attack that was prompted by an altercation over a miniscule amount of money. |
| EGYPT: Worst Violent Onslaught Against Christians in Centuries After weeks of rampages by the supporters of the ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, many Christian properties in Egypt were left in extreme disrepair. |
| Persecution more intense in Pakistan than previously reported Recently, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a report detailing Pakistan's history of violence against religious freedom. |
| Burma: Release of child soldiers and new campaign a sign of progress Burma has a long history of sending kids to the front line of battle. |
| Evening prayer raided by Eritrean authorities Eritrean authorities arrested 30 members of the Church of the Living God gathered for evening prayer on August 24. |
| Christian refugees and the case of Rabeel from Pakistan -- Pakistani Christian refugee requires urgent prayer All genuine rescue operations are discriminatory, with the weakest and most vulnerable being rescued first. |
| Kazakhstan: SGA sounds alarm bells over accusations of insanity Since the introduction of a harsh religion law in 2011, persecution has been steadily rising in Kazakhstan. |
| Kazkhstan: Christian CDs lead to government fines Do you own a Christian music CD? Have you ever given one as a gift? This may seem trivial, but it could get you heavily fined in Kazakhstan. |
| Syrian refugees top 2 million as U.S. mulls military action As the West mulls over a military response to the Syrian government's abuses, Syrians are surging toward any place that seems safer than home. |
| Dozens of ‘noisy’ churches silenced in Cameroon The government of Cameroon has ordered the closure of dozens of churches in an attempt to put an end to what it considers to be anarchy among some Christian organisations. |
| A Christian mother goes missing in Somalia Islamic militants suspected to be from Al Shabaab have kidnapped a Christian mother and threatened to attack her husband because of their faith. |
| Churches in Sri Lanka under pressure Christian persecution on the island nation of Sri Lanka has seen a dramatic increase in the past year. |
| 40 Pakistani Christian families face hunger after Gojra elopement dispute Christian minority targeted after Muslim girl elopes with Christian man |
| Five Christians Killed in Roadside Ambush near Jos Pastor says Nigeria armed ethnic Fulani herdsmen join forces with Islamic extremist mercenaries |
| North India Church Destroyed by 1,000-Strong Mob Shouting religious slogans, a mob estimated at 1,000 people has destroyed a Christian church under construction in northern India, according to a report received from church leaders in the region. |
| The Forgotten Genocide: North Korea's Prison State North Korea's nuclear weapons test on February 12 was its third and most powerful to date. |
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES for the week ending June 29, 2013
Gunmen surprise sleeping, off-duty church security guards in rest area
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conservative Barisan Nasional coalition was declared the winner in the nation’s 13th general election last month.
Christians boycotted, forbidden to draw water
Egypt's President, Mohamed Morsi is coming up on his one-year anniversary in office.
The civil war that has been ravaging Syria has been in the news for many months. Less prominently displayed in the news is the underlying current of human suffering that directly results from the bombings, chemical weapons, and other things that we would consider "newsworthy events."
On Friday, June 7th, Boko Haram terrorists stormed into a neighbourhood in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 11 innocent people (including one child) with weapons that were hidden in a coffin, local residents testify.
Nadia, a recent Christian convert in Tajikistan, is experiencing severe persecution at the hands of her Muslim family members. Nadia converted from Islam to Christianity in 2011 and was then baptized.
As Islam gains influence in this country, militant Muslim groups continue in their aggressive pursuit for greater political hold.
Vietnamese authorities in Kontum Province this month resettled four severely persecuted ethnic Sedang Christian families on new land not far from where their homes and farms had been destroyed last February.
A Pakistan court has acquitted a pastor accused of insulting Islam because the pastor's accuser has told the court he was mistaken.
The Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA) has reaffirmed its desire to regain control of several former churches used today for other purposes.
Egypt feels like a pressure cooker ready to explode.
Even in a state with no 'anti-conversion' law Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh this month leveled the accusation of forceful conversion at pastors as they belted the Christian leaders with iron bars
Gunmen opened fire on St. Mary Assyrian Church Tuesday morning, wounding two security guards
Syrian Christians are the victims of disproportionate violence and abuse as sectarian violence continues to engulf Syria, says a new report.
In just a few days, Muslims around the world will begin celebrating Ramadan.
Europe seems to be making religious freedom a priority. The European Union (EU) recently adopted guidelines to protect religious freedom in each of its 27 member nations.
Minority Christians in Somalia faced more violence Tuesday, June 25, after news emerged that Islamic militants publicly executed a young man because he was a Christian.
The chief lawyer defending Christian women who were reportedly sexually abused by activists of Pakistan's ruling party said Monday, June 24, that Muslim militants have threatened to kill him if he and his legal team continue with this case or others, including attacks on a Christian neighborhood and rape.
Human Rights Watch has described it as "a giant prison" and Reporters without Borders calls it "the most repressive nation on earth".
On Russia's national evening news on June 13, viewers saw the unshaven and ailing Alexander Trofimovich Semchenko, one of Russia's best-known Protestants, opening the door of his house early that morning to law enforcement.
Nigerian Islamic militants have threatened a massive bloodbath after killing at least two Christians in recent days, forcing thousands of people to flee their villages along Nigeria's northeast, refugees said Saturday June 22.
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES for the week ending July 11, 2013
One of the leaders of the forcibly closed Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran has been recently released from prison after spending 43 days in custody.
Eight pastors have been murdered in Honduras in 2013 alone.
Two Christian converts have been evicted from their home after requesting prayer for healing, a VOM worker reports.
A young Catholic layman, who turned his home into a shelter for homeless people with a prayer room, is being accused of leading an unregistered religious organization.
Following the shooting death of a priest in Northern Sinai, Christians in Upper Egypt and elsewhere are living in fear after four Coptic Christians were killed near Luxor in the wake of the deposing of Mohamed Morsi as president.
Even in mainly Christian nation, following Jesus can mean painful loss.
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Anti-Muslim preaching by a radical Buddhist monk is feeding anti-Muslim sentiment in Burma today.
At one time, Nigerian Christians and law enforcement had the most to fear from the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, Boko Haram.
Middle Eastern Christians are experiencing one of the most significant periods in their history, according to religious and political leaders meeting in London last week.
Dr. David Curry has been appointed the new president/CEO of Open Doors USA, according to the Open Doors USA Board of Directors.
On Wednesday 3 July the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected President, Mohamed Morsi, and placed him under 'house arrest'.
It was ironic. The very day of the arrival of Jeremy Camp and his team with Speaking Louder Ministries into Bishkek for a major public Christian event, an article was published by the Christian Broadcasting Network about "secret believers" meeting in Kyrgyzstan.
Mostafa Bordbar has been tried for his faith in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
Ramadan is beginning with turmoil and upheaval in several of the Muslim-dominated countries around the world.
A controversial bill in Malaysia was dropped after the Cabinet revolted.
'Survivors say they woke up to find gunmen pointing their guns at them,' says the BBC
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