Stoning of church building in Indonesia leads to melee
An attack by young Islamists on a church building in Indonesia led to a melee that threatened to involve Christian militias in defense, sources said.
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Sudan detains Christian physician for his faith
A medical doctor in Sudan was jailed from Sunday to Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) after officials learned he was a Christian, sources said.
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Christian woman jailed in India treated for cancer
A Christian woman in India jailed for 86 days on false accusations of fraudulent conversion was diagnosed with cancer in October, sources said.
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Christian convert from Sudan expelled from home in Uganda
Life seemed to be looking better for a refugee from Sudan who had fled to Ethiopia and South Sudan, put his faith in Christ, and then found a job at his uncle’s business in Uganda.
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Sudanese Christian Family Threatened with Death in Uganda
A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them.
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Legality of Rajasthan, India’s ‘anti-conversion’ law challenged
India’s Supreme Court on Monday (Nov. 17) issued notice to the Rajasthan government regarding a petition challenging the state’s “anti-conversion” law, which allows officials to demolish homes and seize property based on mere allegations of forcible conversion.
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Islamist protest in Yumbe, Uganda leaves five Christians dead
Five Christians were killed and 44 others injured on Nov. 4 after an Islamist leader incited Muslims to attack Christians over pork sales near a mosque in Yumbe, northern Uganda, sources said.
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Police in India arrest Pastor after Hindu extremist attack
When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said.
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Christians in India cleared of false forcible conversion charges
India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.”
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Hundreds of Muslims protest church construction in Indonesia
Hundreds of Muslims on Sumatra Island, Indonesia on Oct. 14 protested against construction of a church building based on the area being predominantly Muslim, according to various sources.
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Police arrest pastor in Sudan in apparent property grab
In an apparent attempt by a Muslim businessman in Sudan to seize church property, police on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28) arrested and jailed overnight a pastor in River Nile state, sources said.
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Muslim attacks his family and demolishes church building
A Muslim in eastern Uganda this month severely beat his wife and two children for putting their faith in Christ and demolished their church building, sources said.
