India’s harshest anti-conversion law approved in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand state last week passed an amendment to its controversial anti-conversion law expanding punishment to life imprisonment.
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Asked about India's Christians the RSS response was awkward silence
Accused of orchestrating or tolerating attacks on Christians, top representatives of India's RSS went mute. A video of the scene went viral. For India to fulfill its promise in this century, its most influential non-governmental organization must lead by example in transparency, accountability and permitting space for freedom of religion.
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Remembering the forgetten followers in a forgotten war
Sudan's civil war continues to rage after three years of devastating conflict and Sudan's two million Christians face particular peril. Yet this conflict is largely overlooked compared to other conflict zones. It seems to be a crisis too complex, too distant, and too African to hold the Western gaze. God sees, however, so let us pray for peace in Sudan and protection especially for Jesus' followers among the Sudanese.
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The struggle for freedom persists and there are signs of hope
Hungarians celebrating a change in government last week reminds us that freedom can be recovered through democratic means and that illiberal systems are reversible and autocratic leaders are removable. Yet for followers of Jesus our hope is not in political change. Freedom is an inner reality that we must cultivate.
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Will Nepal’s Christians gain protection under new Gen Z-backed government?
Following the GenZ protests of 2025, the test of a new Nepali government is whether it will resist the growing influence of Hindu nationalism, which has increasingly targeted the country’s small (2%) Christian minority.
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Former sheikh beaten, loses family after vision of Christ
A Muslim who put his faith in Christ after receiving a vision in a mosque in Uganda was hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his home and took in his wife and six children, sources said.
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Two years after attacks on Christians in Pakistan, justice elusive
Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes for justice are dimming amid the sabotaging of prosecution efforts, advocates said.
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Nuns in India jailed, Christians assaulted amid baseless charges
Falsely accusing two nuns and a Christian man of trafficking three women in India, Hindu extremists with threats and assault forced the three tribal Christian women to sign a statement against their companions, sources said.
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Group calls for freeing of Christians imprisoned in Libya
Amnesty International this week called for the "quashing" of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges that included “insulting Islam.”
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Pakistan legislators call for replacing word ‘minority’ from constitution for greater inclusivity
By CDI StaffIn a significant move aimed at curbing discrimination and intolerance against religious minorities of Pakistan, a provincial legislative assembly on Aug. 11 unanimously recommended that the term “minority” be removed from the Constitution of Pakistan and replaced by language that reflects equality and dignity for all citizens irrespective of their religion, caste or creed.
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Police disrupt Catholic home worship in northern Vietnam
By Edward RossPolice in Vietnam on Monday (Aug. 11) cut electricity at a home where a Catholic Mass was underway and raided the service, advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported.
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Richard Dawkins says AI may be conscious, sparking debate among scientists and ethicists
Evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins has stirred debate over artificial intelligence after saying recent conversations with AI chatbots left him convinced they may possess some form of consciousness, even if they are unaware of it themselves.
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