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• Mar 8, 2012

  Two Christian Hospital Workers Abducted in Karachi, Pakistan

  Authorities do not know who abducted two Christian hospital employees in Karachi last week, but police sources said they suspected the kidnappers had links with banned terrorist organizations.

• Mar 7, 2012

  Court Sentences Priest From Attacked Church Building

  A priest in Egypt was sentenced this week to six months in jail for a minor construction violation at his church building, while no one in a mob that burned the same structure down has been arrested.

• Feb 29, 2012

  Doctors Try to Save Remaining Eye of Ugandan Pastor

  While a Ugandan pastor was fighting to retain sight in his remaining eye after an acid attack, Muslim extremists this month were shooting at his close friend, a leader of another church.

• Feb 28, 2012

  Indictment of 'Masterminds' of Murders in Turkey Expected

  Judges in Turkey's southeastern city of Malatya have announced the preparation of an indictment in the case of three murdered Christians that is expected to reveal a shadowy network that incited five young men to carry out the crime.

• Feb 28, 2012

  Pakistani Muslims Employ 'Blasphemy' Threat in Land Grab

  Tensions are still high in a village near here following Muslims' attempt to seize land from a Christian family by threatening to accuse them of "blasphemy."

• Feb 27, 2012

  Church Head in Unprecedented Meeting with Turkish MPs

  In an unprecedented meeting, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey last week expressed his concerns and hopes for the country's Christian minority to members of the Turkish Parliament.

• Feb 25, 2012

  Indonesian President Sidesteps Church Controversy

  In a defeat for the rule of law in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declined to enforce a Supreme Court ruling that a local government allow a West Java church to worship in its building.

• Feb 22, 2012

  Two Churches Targeted in Bomb Attack in Nigeria

  Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (Feb. 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven in a church bombing in nearby Madalla.

• Feb 19, 2012

  Accused Pastor in Kashmir, India Given Reprieve

  A court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir state government to temporarily halt criminal proceedings against a pastor accused of bribing Muslim youths to convert to Christianity.

• Feb 19, 2012

  Churches Forced to Stop Farsi Worship in Tehran, Iran

  Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has ordered the last two officially registered churches holding Friday Farsi-language services in Tehran to discontinue them.