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Christians shot, injured in Sudan; Bible school bombed
Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with apparent anti-Christian motives.
Christian teens charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, could face death penalty
Babar Sandhu Masih was resting after lunch last Thursday afternoon when he heard a commotion outside his house in the Qurban Lines neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan.
Indonesian authorities reduce blasphemy charge for official who ordered Christians to stop worshiping
Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service. Church leaders in Indonesia said such leniency would never be granted to a Christian who broke up mosque prayers and appealed for equal treatment under Indonesian law.
Iran: Judge frees Christian couple from prison, rules house church gatherings not illegal
Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.
Pakistan: Christian widow accused of blasphemy, threatened with life imprisonment
A court in Pakistan on Saturday released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said.
Christian convert beaten, strangled by Muslim intruders: 'I refused to renounce Jesus as the Son of God'
A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat him unconscious for converting to Christianity, sources said.
Radical Fulani kill 12 Christians in Nigeria, pastor’s house among 86 homes torched
Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 12 people in attacks on predominantly Christian villages of central Nigeria, sources said.
Christian college student murdered in Uganda for sharing the Gospel with Muslims
A Christian college student was killed in northern Uganda on April 14 for sharing about Christ with Muslims, a fellow student said.
18 Christians killed, pastor wounded by extremists in Nigeria
In 11 days of attacks through Wednesday, Fulani herdsmen killed 18 people and wounded others in predominantly Christian villages of Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said.
ISWAP terrorists kill pastor, radical Fulani slaughter 134 Christians in Nigeria
Islamic extremists killed a pastor in northeast Nigeria, and terrorists in the country’s middle belt state of Benue killed 134 Christians the first week of April, sources said.