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More Christians killed in previously attacked area in Nigeria At least one Christian slain every 86 minutes in Nigeria, study says Muslims stall construction of church building in Indonesia Church building demolished in Maharashtra state, India Baptist pastor, other Christians killed in attacks in Plateau state, Nigeria Attorney couple in Pakistan re-arrested after sentences were suspended Court suspends sentences of human rights lawyers in Pakistan

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally presents the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation to Pakistani cleric Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, accompanied by his wife, at Lambeth Palace in London on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.

Probe ties brother of Pakistani cleric stripped of Lambeth award to blasphemy network

A British newspaper investigation alleging that the brother of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi is connected to a network accused of using Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to abduct, torture and extort people has raised fresh questions about Ashrafi’s own defense of his brother and the Church of Pakistan’s decision to endorse him as an advocate for religious harmony.

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At least one Christian slain every 86 minutes in Nigeria, study says

Christians in Nigeria were killed at a rate of one every 86 minutes between Jan. 1 and Sept. 8, most of them in the Middle Belt that receives low priority in Nigerian and U.S. security policy, a new report by a U.S.-based aid agency shows.

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Swiss court upholds withdrawal of accreditation from theology school STH Basel

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