
Young pastor killed after religious debate in Uganda
An imam who debated a pastor at an interfaith dialogue in Uganda is a suspect in the killing of the church leader after the event on Saturday (July 18), sources said.

An imam who debated a pastor at an interfaith dialogue in Uganda is a suspect in the killing of the church leader after the event on Saturday (July 18), sources said.

Muslims in Indonesia on July 7 protested construction of a church building in South Sulawesi Province, falsely claiming it had not fulfilled legal requirements, sources said.

Muslim relatives of a father of five in Somaliland who recently became a Christian poisoned him to death this month for converting, sources said.

Six pastors and another Christian in India have begun serving their five-year prison sentences under an “anti-conversion” law, two years after they were falsely accused at a child’s birthday party, sources said.

Islamists in June demonstrated against the presence of a church in one city in West Java Province, Indonesia and prevented a funeral Mass in another, local sources reported.

The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church building and residence ablaze on June 14, sources said.

A Christian attacked after he and his wife participated in an evangelistic outreach in eastern Uganda on June 14 is still receiving medical treatment for his injuries, sources said.

Nine tribal people in India have been released on bail after they sent 13 Christians to the hospital with severe injuries, sources said.

Muslims on June 11 protested a second time against plans for a church building in Central Java, Indonesia, sources said.

Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that they could demolish their worship building at any time, sources said.

A 22-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries in a hospital in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region after Muslim relatives beat her for putting her faith in Christ, sources said.

Catholics in India arrested in May under Rajasthan’s new “anti-conversion law” are still trying to obtain bail from the state High Court after lower courts denied their petitions, sources said.