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  May 31, 2023

  Christian man sentenced to death in Pakistan after 'baseless' blasphemy conviction

  A court in Bahawalpur on Tuesday handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy laws, sources said.

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  May 30, 2023

  Christian woman caught reading Bible starved by Muslim husband, left for dead at wild animal park

  A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said.

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  May 26, 2023

  Christian mother of 5 held hostage, beaten by police and Muslim employer in Pakistan

  A Christian housecleaner in Pakistan was beaten and illegally confined for a week by her Muslim employers after she tried to leave her job due to pregnancy, she said. 

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  May 24, 2023

  Christians shot, injured in Sudan; Bible school bombed

  Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with apparent anti-Christian motives.

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  May 22, 2023

  Christian teens charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, could face death penalty

  Babar Sandhu Masih was resting after lunch last Thursday afternoon when he heard a commotion outside his house in the Qurban Lines neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan.

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  May 19, 2023

  Indonesian authorities reduce blasphemy charge for official who ordered Christians to stop worshiping

  Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service. Church leaders in Indonesia said such leniency would never be granted to a Christian who broke up mosque prayers and appealed for equal treatment under Indonesian law.

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  May 17, 2023

  Iran: Judge frees Christian couple from prison, rules house church gatherings not illegal

  Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.

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  May 15, 2023

  Pakistan: Christian widow accused of blasphemy, threatened with life imprisonment

  A court in Pakistan on Saturday released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said.

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  May 9, 2023

  Christian convert beaten, strangled by Muslim intruders: 'I refused to renounce Jesus as the Son of God'

  A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat him unconscious for converting to Christianity, sources said.

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  May 2, 2023

  Radical Fulani kill 12 Christians in Nigeria, pastor’s house among 86 homes torched

  Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 12 people in attacks on predominantly Christian villages of central Nigeria, sources said.