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Indonesian authorities foil student's plot to use 'Mother of Satan' explosives to bomb churches
Authorities in Indonesia arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.
19-year-old girl tied up, beaten and burned with flat iron for converting to Christianity
A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity.
Muslims storm church service, force Christians to stop worshiping Christ in viral video
Officials in Indonesia said they regret that a group of Muslims stormed into a church and forced Christians to stop worshiping. The incident was caught on video and shared worldwide.
Lao pastor warned by authorities to stop 'Christian activities' shot dead, leaves behind wife, 2 children
Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was feeding his chickens and ducks behind his house in Vanghay village, northwestern Laos, when two men on motorcycles, faces covered, shot him dead.
'We are enduring immense hatred': Hindu extremists storm church, beat Christians at worship service
Members of a house church in northern India can no longer meet for worship after a mob of about 150 Hindu extremists attacked them on July 14, sources said.
Hindu extremists seize Bibles from children, beat women in attack on worship service
Worship services at a church in a village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been suspended since Hindu extremists attacked the congregation last month, sources said.
Indonesia: Officials force congregation to stop wedding, ban Christian worship services
Local officials in Indonesia stopped a wedding ceremony and banned the church from further worship meetings at the site, sources said.
Christian woman murdered by relatives wielding axe, face smashed with stones
A tribal religion villager in India killed his 32-year-old niece with axe blows and stones last week, claiming she and her relatives had no right to ancestral farmland because they had become Christians, sources said.
Baptist evangelist tied down with ropes, killed by Muslim extremists in Uganda
An evangelist who had received death threats from Muslim extremists was killed after leading Muslims and others to Christ in eastern Uganda, sources said.
'I saw them kill my husband': Widow of Christian killed for his faith in India flees village
“I saw them kill my husband right before my eyes,” said Jime Kawasi, whose husband, 22-year-old Kosa Kawasi.