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• May 19, 2010

  Muslim Teachers in Pakistan Allegedly Abuse Christian Students

  Muslim teachers at a girls school here have derided Christian students for their faith, beat them, pressured them to convert to Islam and forced them to clean school bathrooms and classrooms after class hours, according to area Christians.

• May 18, 2010

  Christian Girls Kidnapped in Yemen Are Rescued

  Saudi Arabian and Yemeni security forces rescued two German girls yesterday, 11 months after the two young sisters, their parents, brother and four other Christians were taken hostage in Yemen.

• May 17, 2010

  Egyptian Convert from Islam Devastated by 'Delay Tactic'

  An Egyptian convert to Christianity said he is devastated by a recent court decision to suspend a lawsuit he filed to change the religion on his identification card from Muslim to Christian.

• May 13, 2010

  Pakistani Christians' Employer Has Them Illegally Arrested

  Police illegally detained three Christians on false charges of alcohol possession in Sialkot last week at the request of their Muslim employer.

• May 12, 2010

  Anti-Christian Motives Suspected in Evangelist's Slaying in India

  The gruesome nature of the May 2 murder of an evangelist in Bihar state who had no enmity with anyone has led area Christians to suspect anti-Christian motives.

• May 7, 2010

  Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says

  Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly converted an 18-year-old Christian woman to Islam severely beat her mother on two occasions to discourage her from trying to recover her daughter, lawyers said.

• May 5, 2010

  Muslims Burn Christian Center under Construction in Indonesia

  Hundreds of people calling themselves the Muslim Community of the Puncak Route last week burned buildings under construction belonging to a Christian organization in West Java Province.

• May 4, 2010

  Buddhist Extremists Drive Christians from Village in Bangladesh

  Four Christian families in southeastern Bangladesh left their village Sunday under mounting pressure by Buddhist extremists to give up their faith in Christ.

• Apr 29, 2010

  Christian Girl Recovered from Pakistani Authorities After Alleged Torture

  Local authorities on Monday recovered a 14-year-old Christian girl from Pakistan Air Force (PAF) police who allegedly tortured her and her family for five days here as Christian \"soft targets\" over false theft allegations, sources said.

• Apr 29, 2010

  China Moves Uyghur Christian Prisoner, Allows Family Visit

  Authorities in Xinjiang Province recently moved Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit from a prison in Kashgar to a prison in the provincial capital Urumqi and allowed the first visit from family members since his arrest in January 2008, sources told Compass.