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• Sep 2, 2010

  Muslims Resume Building on Christian Graveyard in Pakistan

  Muslims led by a hard-line cleric on Friday resumed building on a Christian cemetery in Mandi Bhawaldin, desecrating more graves in spite of a local government order to halt construction, according to the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA).

• Aug 31, 2010

  Persecution News in Brief: Recent Incidents in India

  Police in Sivaho Dhamtari on Aug. 29 arrested three Christians after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of luring people to convert to Christianity by offering them money and \"false hope.\"

• Aug 28, 2010

  Pakistani Taliban Kills 3 Foreign Christian Aid Workers

  Authorities on Wednesday recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in the flood-ravaged country, area officials said.

• Aug 27, 2010

  Victim of India Violence Rescued from Trafficking Ring

  A 16-year-old Christian girl in India\'s Kandhamal district has been rescued – one of at least 60 people sold into slavery after being displaced by the 2008 attacks.

• Aug 25, 2010

  'Blasphemy' Threats Send Pakistani Worker, Couple into Hiding

  Threats of \"blasphemy\" charges in two provinces in Pakistan have sent a Christian cleaning worker and a young inter-faith couple into hiding.

• Aug 21, 2010

  Rapes of Christian Girls in Pakistan Reflect Hidden Trend

  The vulnerability of Christian girls to sexual assault in Pakistani society emerged again last month as a Muslim landowner allegedly targeted a 16-year-old and a gang of madrassa (Islamic school) students allegedly abused a 12-year-old in Punjab Province.

• Aug 20, 2010

  Evangelist Arrested in Zanzibar, Tanzania

  Christian university students on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, a predominantly Muslim area off the coast of East Africa, have been denied the right to worship, while on another part of the isle a Christian leader has been jailed.

• Aug 19, 2010

  'Unchecked Extremism' Behind Attacks on Churches in Indonesia

  The country that is home to the world\'s largest Muslim population celebrated its 65th Independence Day today amid a widespread sense of distrust in the government\'s ability to check attacks on churches by Islamist groups.

• Aug 16, 2010

  Tanzanian Court Acquits 2 Evangelists of 'Illegal Preaching'

  The accusers had claimed that the Christians\' message that Jesus is God had annoyed Muslims and therefore disrupted a peaceful coexistence between those of the two faiths.

• Aug 14, 2010

  Religious Club Closures in Schools Touch Nerve in Malaysia

  More closures of non-Muslim religious clubs in Malaysian schools, including Christian fellowships, have surfaced since the first incident was reported on July 12.