Police in Bhutan attempted to arrest two more Christians Friday, November 12, for involvement in showing a film about Jesus, shortly after another believer was jailed for similar activities, Christians said.
A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for “insulting” Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, Worthy News learned. Asia Bibi, 45, is believed to be the first woman sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy law.
Hindu and Muslim militants have attacked several Christians and a church in several incidents across the country as part of efforts to crackdown on the spread of Christianity in the country, Christians said.
Back in August, the Vietnamese government initiated a massive military operation involving thousands of soldiers, security forces and local police in what they called “tieu quet” to “wipe out” Degar Christians who refused to join the Evangelical Church of Vietnam.
A pastor was attacked and his house church burnt by Hindus in Karnataka.
The execution of an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy from Islam has been delayed.
A court in Buddhist Bhutan sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for “attempting to promote civil unrest” by showing films about Christianity.
While in jail, a Christian teenager’s family was attacked after he claimed a Muslim friend framed him for murder.
A Pentecostal pastor in Karnataka was arrested and charged with conducting false religious conversions on Sept. 26.
A West Java church agreed to temporarily move following an Islamist attack on two of its leaders.
Three Muslims beat a pastor and left him for dead in the village of Sanda Chistana, Pakistan, a Washington-based Christian human rights organization said Thursday, September 30.
Muslims have reportedly attacked dozens of Christians, including one already cleared of blasphemy charges, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province.
A legislative panel in Nepal proposed keeping a ban on religious conversions in the country’s new constitution.
A militant underground group that once forced hundreds of government officials into resigning is now threatening Christian clergy with violence if they do not give in to its extortion demands.
A Pentecostal church in Karachi was vandalized by Islamists still irate from a threat to burn Korans by a Florida pastor.
Buddhist extremists held eight Chakma Christians for four days in order to force them to return to Buddhism.
A second church in Orang Asli is slated for destruction even though the native parishoners don’t know why.
Hindutva activists attacked a church in Chittoor, but five Christians were the only ones arrested.
Despite an increase in US troops, Afghanistan is becoming more dangerous, according to humanitarian groups operating there.
Five young men severely assaulted a pastor in Punjab, Pakistan for preaching, a Christian human rights group said.