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  Feb 28, 2013

  Christian Convert in Sudan Reveals Struggles, Restrictions on Religious Freedom in African Nation

  Mohammed Khidir Khalil Hassan, a Sudanese convert from Islam, has to be careful what songs he sings to his sons.

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  Feb 28, 2013

  Justice Unlikely for Murderers of Pakistani Christian Killed in Police Custody

  The murderers of a 65-year-old Christian in Pakistan are not likely to face justice in this world.

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  Feb 28, 2013

  Recently Converted Christian Families in Vietnam Beaten for Their New Faith

  Newly converted Christians of the Sedang ethnic minority in Vietnam's Central Highlands were terrorized last week – their homes and personal property badly damaged or destroyed in four consecutive night raids, and some of the faithful seriously injured from beatings in broad daylight, sources said.

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  Feb 28, 2013

  Nigerian Official Had Prior Knowledge of Church Bombing That Killed 20 Christians

  Nigerian military authorities say the commandant at a military college in Kaduna state had prior knowledge of the Nov. 25, 2012 bombing that killed 20 Christians at the institution's chapel.

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  Feb 25, 2013

  Iranian-American Pastor Abedini Writes of Torture, Pressure to Renounce Faith in Iran Prison

  An Iranian-American pastor imprisoned for planting house churches in Iran years ago writes that he is undergoing torture, death threats, and pressure to renounce his faith from prison officials and inmates.

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  Feb 24, 2013

  Arrests and Torture of Christians Continues in Libya

  Arrests continue of Christians accused of proselytizing in Libya, with a total of seven now known to be in custody including one reported to have been tortured, sources said.

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  Feb 24, 2013

  Christian Bookstores Raided, Church Buildings Demolished, Church Leader Beaten in Sudan

  Having deported scores of foreign Christians and demolished several church buildings in the past few months, Sudan continued ridding the country of Christianity this week by raiding Christian bookshops in Khartoum and arresting Christians, sources said.

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  Feb 21, 2013

  Islamic Extremists Suspected in Killing of Catholic Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania

  Suspected Islamic extremists shot and killed a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar on Sunday Feb. 17, area sources have said.

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  Feb 20, 2013

  Christians in Syria Being Targeted for Kidnapping by Islamic Extremists

  In a poor gypsy neighborhood of Istanbul, a Syrian Orthodox refugee from Syria says he worked as a dentist in Aleppo as long as he could after fighting broke out in 2011; he finally fled when lack of food, electricity, water, and constant fear of sniper-fire and kidnapping of Christians made life too dangerous.

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  Feb 19, 2013

  Two Pastors in India Arrested After Being Beaten and Threatened by Hindu Mob

  Pastor Mallik Arjun knew something was wrong when he received a call from the mobile phone of his friend and fellow pastor in Gadag District, Karnataka state – but it was a stranger on the other end of the line.