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Indonesia: Authorities shut down church after Muslims demand Christians stop worshiping Jesus
Local officials sealed shut a church building in West Java Province, Indonesia last Saturday, two weeks after Muslims intruded into a worship service and demanded its closure, church leaders said.
Terrorists kill 9 Christians in Nigeria, slain Christian's son kidnapped
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed a pastor and his two sons last month in Plateau state, Nigeria, and six other Christians were slain in the state in other attacks.
Pastor killed, wife abducted by radical Fulani terrorists in Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor last Thursday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two weeks after terrorists killed a Baptist pastor’s son in the same state, sources said.
Pastor's slain body found after Muslim relatives threaten to kill him for following Christ
Muslim relatives of a pastor in eastern Uganda took him from his home and killed him for his faith this month, sources said.
Pastor, son hospitalized after attack by Muslim extremists; church destroyed
Muslim extremists on March 15 seriously injured a pastor and his 14-year-old son as they were preparing for an all-night prayer vigil at their church site in eastern Uganda, sources said.
Woman chained by husband, subjected to electric shocks for following Jesus
For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiatric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said.
Muslim leaders ban church construction in Indonesia: 'Against state regulations'
Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said.
Iran releases pastor imprisoned for 'evangelizing,' promoting 'Zionist Christianity'
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s annual amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution.
Police rescue 40 children kidnapped by Ugandan man posing as Christian charity leader
Police in Uganda have arrested two people in connection with the kidnapping of 40 Christian children lured by a Muslim posing as the leader of a Christian charity offering free education, sources said.
Indonesia: Village official threatens Christians at Sunday service, demands they stop worshiping
A local village official in Indonesia stopped a church service on Sunday in what became a mob intrusion, sources said.