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  • Government-Incited Gang in Vietnam Attacks House Church

    A gang of youths on Sunday attacked a house church as the congregation worshiped in Xi Thoai village in Phu Yen Province on Vietnam\'s south central coast, Christian sources said.

  • Police Demolish House Church in Indonesia

    Public order personnel on Monday supported Bogor police officers who demolished a house where a church regularly met in a village in Bogor Regency, West Java.

  • Buddhist Bhutan Proposes Anti-Conversion Law

    Christians in this Himalayan nation who are still longing to openly practice their faith were disheartened this month when the government proposed the kind of \"anti-conversion\" law that other nations have used as a pretext for falsely accusing Christians of \"coercion.\"

  • Christians Narrowly Escape Flying Bullets in Pakistan

    Suspected Islamic extremists fired bullets into the car of a Christian evangelist with impunity last month, while in another Punjab Province town stray gunfire led to two Christians being falsely accused of murder.

  • Two Pakistan Churches Attacked by Islamists

    Christian communities in two areas came under attack in Punjab Province earlier this month. An unidentified motorcyclist tossed a grenade in front of the gates of St. Filian\'s Church of Pakistan, next to a small Christian-owned amusement park where children were playing.

  • Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan

    A Muslim mob in Jhelum, Pakistan murdered the wife and four children of a Christian last month, but local authorities are too afraid of the local Muslim leader to file charges, according to area Muslim and Christian sources.

  • Sealed Church in Indonesia Appeals to UN

    The Gereja Kristen Indonesia Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West Java has filed a religious discrimination appeal with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, church leaders said.

  • Indonesian Muslims Call for Halt to 'Christianization'

    Muslim organizations in Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday (June 27) declared their intention to establish paramilitary units in local mosques and a \"mission center\" to oppose \"ongoing attempts to convert people to Christianity,\" according to the national Antara news agency.

  • Christian Professor in Pakistan Beaten for Refusing to Convert

    Muslim students attacked a Christian professor at the University of Peshawar this month after he refused their demand to convert to Islam, the instructor said.

  • Christian Child Abducted, Forced into Bonded Labor in Pakistan

    An 11-year-old Christian boy here is growing weak and ill from malnutrition from working in slave-like conditions for a Muslim landowner who kidnapped him and is forcing him to work off his family\'s debts, said his mother.

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