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Seminary student burned to death after failed kidnapping in Nigeria
Assailants in an area of Nigeria where Fulani terrorists have operated freely burned a Catholic seminary student to death Thursday night in a failed kidnapping attempt, sources said.
Muslims halt church worship service in Indonesia; police call it a 'misunderstanding'
A machete-wielding Muslim threatened to kill members of a house church in Indonesia as he and family members on Aug. 29 broke up a worship service, sources said.
Pastor shot after refusing to recite Islamic profession of faith
A pastor was shot and wounded by hardline Muslims on Sunday evening in Jaranwala, Pakistan, a week after Islamist slogans were written on the walls of his church building, sources said.
Pakistan police arrest Christians as chief deflects blame for Muslim mob violence on ‘foreign conspiracy'
Church and rights leaders in Pakistan are demanding an investigation into anti-Christian rioting in Jaranwala amid illegal arrests of area Christians and a police claim of a “foreign conspiracy” to create religious strife, sources said.
Baptist pastor killed, 2 Christians kidnapped in Nigeria's Kaduna state
Two Christians were kidnapped last Friday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two days after gunmen described as terrorists killed a Baptist pastor in another area of the state, sources said.
Police send 'suspicious' notices to at least 40 churches in India seeking information on evangelism
Police in India have issued questionnaires to at least 40 churches in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state seeking information that Christians fear will be used by Hindu extremists to attack them, sources said.
Pastor, over 20 Christians assaulted during evangelism event in Uganda
Hardline Muslims at an open-air evangelistic event in eastern Uganda on Aug. 11 assaulted a preacher and more than 20 other Christians for his teaching about Christ’s divinity, sources said.
Christian charged with blasphemy in aftermath of Jaranwala riot
Police in Pakistan on Saturday night charged a Christian with blasphemy for uploading on TikTok a video of content that last week led to attacks on Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala more than 100 kilometers away, sources said.
Mobs interfere with Christian worship at 2 churches in Indonesia
Mobs in northern Indonesia this month blocked a church from its Sunday service venue in one town and damaged a worship building under construction in another, sources said.
Christian teacher in India arrested on false charges of trafficking, conversion of students
Police in central India beat a Christian educator and filed baseless charges against him of human trafficking and fraudulent conversion of eight Christian students he was escorting to a Bible institute, sources said.