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Government-Incited Gang in Vietnam Attacks House Church
A gang of youths on Sunday attacked a house church as the congregation worshiped in Xi Thoai village in Phu Yen Province on Vietnam\'s south central coast, Christian sources said.
Police Demolish House Church in Indonesia
Public order personnel on Monday supported Bogor police officers who demolished a house where a church regularly met in a village in Bogor Regency, West Java.
Buddhist Bhutan Proposes Anti-Conversion Law
Christians in this Himalayan nation who are still longing to openly practice their faith were disheartened this month when the government proposed the kind of \"anti-conversion\" law that other nations have used as a pretext for falsely accusing Christians of \"coercion.\"
Christians Narrowly Escape Flying Bullets in Pakistan
Suspected Islamic extremists fired bullets into the car of a Christian evangelist with impunity last month, while in another Punjab Province town stray gunfire led to two Christians being falsely accused of murder.
Two Pakistan Churches Attacked by Islamists
Christian communities in two areas came under attack in Punjab Province earlier this month. An unidentified motorcyclist tossed a grenade in front of the gates of St. Filian\'s Church of Pakistan, next to a small Christian-owned amusement park where children were playing.
Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan
A Muslim mob in Jhelum, Pakistan murdered the wife and four children of a Christian last month, but local authorities are too afraid of the local Muslim leader to file charges, according to area Muslim and Christian sources.
Sealed Church in Indonesia Appeals to UN
The Gereja Kristen Indonesia Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West Java has filed a religious discrimination appeal with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, church leaders said.
Indonesian Muslims Call for Halt to 'Christianization'
Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday (June 27) declared their intention to establish paramilitary units in local mosques and a \"mission center\" to oppose \"ongoing attempts to convert people to Christianity,\" according to the national Antara news agency.
Christian Professor in Pakistan Beaten for Refusing to Convert
Muslim students attacked a Christian professor at the University of Peshawar this month after he refused their demand to convert to Islam, the instructor said.
Christian Child Abducted, Forced into Bonded Labor in Pakistan
An 11-year-old Christian boy here is growing weak and ill from malnutrition from working in slave-like conditions for a Muslim landowner who kidnapped him and is forcing him to work off his family\'s debts, said his mother.