
Religious Freedom

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Christian arrested on blasphemy charge in Indonesia
Police on Thursday (Oct. 17) arrested a Christian for comments he made about Islam on social media that had led hundreds of angry Muslims to besiege his home, according to local reports. -
Christian convert in Somalia suffers third attack
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Four Christians killed in Benue state, central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said. -

China and North Korea partner to persecute Christians, experts say
China has subjected hundreds of North Koreans to atrocities since last year by forcibly returning them to a country whose leaders hold that religion, especially Christianity, is the greatest threat to its power, experts said at a recent U.S. hearing. -

Fulani herdsmen kill seven Christians in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Oct. 1), attacked a predominantly Christian village in central Nigeria, killing seven people, area residents said. -

Herdsmen kill Christians in northern and central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Sept. 29) ambushed and killed two Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria, area residents said. -

Muslim employers in Pakistan force Christian, 17, to convert, mother says
Muslim employers of a 17-year-old Christian who works at their gas company in Pakistan have forcibly converted him to Islam and are holding him in illegal custody, his mother said. -

Christian woman in Iran suffering in custody, relatives say
A Christian woman held without charges in Iran since Sept. 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her on Monday (Sept. 30), a relative said. -

Herdsmen kill Christians in Plateau state, central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed a Christian on Thursday (Sept. 26) in one area of Plateau state after the killing of eight others on Sept. 15 in another part of the state, sources said.
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