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  Authorities in Indonesia foil plan to bomb churches

  Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.

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  Nearly 70% of Scottish Christians say they’ve faced prejudice, survey reports

  More than two-thirds of Christians in Scotland have reported experiencing some form of prejudice due to their faith, according to a recent survey conducted by a Christian think tank based in the United Kingdom.

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  Muslim father burns daughter for turning to Christ

  A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said.

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  Prominent Christian woman kidnapped from church in Nigeria

  Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources.

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  Muslim relatives attack Christian, wife and children in Somalia

  Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children.

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  Christian family seeks justice after rape of 15-year-old girl in Pakistan

  Police in Pakistan have refused to arrest two Muslims who raped a 15-year-old Christian girl, and the suspects have threatened to harm her family members if they do not withdraw the case, relatives and attorneys said.

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  Video of halted Christian worship in March surfaces in Indonesia

  Officials in Indonesia said they regretted the surfacing of a video showing Muslims halting worship of a church service in March, as authorities have since provided a temporary site for the congregation’s services.

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