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  Feb 20, 2023

  Church leader arrested in Sudan for preaching to Muslims

  Authorities in southeastern Sudan on Friday arrested a church leader for preaching to Muslims, according to a local Christian group.

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  Feb 18, 2023

  Police thrwart plan to burn church buildings in India; 3 arrested

  Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said.

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  Feb 13, 2023

  Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage by 60-year-old man in Pakistan, family says

  Arif Gill said he lost hope of finding his 15-year-old daughter abducted by a 60-year-old Muslim who forced her into an Islamic marriage amid police inaction in Pakistan.

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  Feb 12, 2023

  Indian pastor remains jailed despite bail after Hindu extremists file false conversion charges

  A pastor in northern India remains in jail after more than three months despite winning bail because Hindu extremists filed new false charges against him, his wife said.

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  Feb 11, 2023

  Christian farm laborer beaten to death by landlord in Pakistan, family says

  A Muslim landowner in Pakistan on Monday beat a Catholic farm laborer to death, claiming he had stolen oranges from his orchard, the victim’s family said.

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  Feb 7, 2023

  Pakistani man throws acid on Christian woman who refused to convert to Islam, marry him

  A Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan, last Wednesday threw acid on a 19-year-old Christian woman for refusing his pressure to enter into relationship and convert to Islam, sources said.

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  Feb 4, 2023

  12 Christians killed by radical Fulani herdsmen as Nigeria rises among ranks of worst persecutors

  After authorities in Nigeria ignored warnings that thousands of cattlemen were arriving in Benue state, suspected herdsmen last Saturday attacked two villages there and killed 12 Christians.

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  Jan 30, 2023

  Pastor killed after being abducted from home in Nigeria: 'Major loss to the body of Christ'

  A church pastor in northeast Nigeria was slain last Thursday, and anti-Christian violence continued to grow in the southern part of the country with the killing of two Christians in Delta state, sources said.

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  Jan 29, 2023

  Pastor, 3 other Christians killed by Islamic extremists in pre-dawn attack in Sudan

  A church pastor and three other Christians were killed in Sudan on Monday when suspected Islamic extremists shot them to death.

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  Jan 29, 2023

  Pakistani Christians fear heightened persecution as lawmakers pass bill expanding blasphemy laws

  Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation to make the country’s blasphemy laws stricter even as their blatant misuse again came to light in a threat to falsely charge a Christian woman.