Persecuted Christians News
- Aug 27 2010Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Kills Three Foreign Christian Aid Workers
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 27 (CDN) — Authorities on Wednesday (Aug. 25) recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban ...
- Aug 27 2010Bangladesh
Christian Convert in Bangladesh Falsely Accused of Theft
DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 27 (CDN) — A Christian convert from Islam was falsely arrested for cattle theft last weekend in a bid by influential Muslims to stop his Christian activities, area villagers ...
- Aug 25 2010India
Victim of Orissa, India Violence Rescued from Trafficking Ring
NEW DELHI, August 25 (CDN) — Nearly two years after large-scale anti-Christian violence broke out in India’s Kandhamal district, Orissa state, a team working against human trafficking on Aug. 9 ...
- Aug 25 2010India
Family Refutes Police Claims in Death of Christian in IndiaNEW DELHI, August 25 (CDN) — The family of a 20-year-old Christian found dead last week in the northern state of Rajasthan suspects he was killed by Hindu nationalists, though police claim he died of ...
- Aug 25 2010Pakistan
Christian Nursing Student Nearly Dies from Assault in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan, July 26 (CDN) — A Catholic nurse trainee has regained consciousness after a Muslim doctor allegedly raped her and threw her from a hospital’s fourth-floor window this month.
The ...
- Aug 24 2010Pakistan
‘Blasphemy’ Threats Send Pakistani Worker, Couple into Hiding
BAHAWALNAGAR, Pakistan, August 24 (CDN) — Threats of “blasphemy” charges in two provinces in Pakistan have sent a Christian cleaning worker and a young inter-faith couple into hiding.
In separate ...
- Aug 23 2010Vietnam
Government-Incited Gang Attacks House ChurchHO CHI MINH CITY, July 23 (CDN) — A gang of youths on Sunday (July 18) attacked a house church as the congregation worshiped in Xi Thoai village in Phu Yen Province on Vietnam’s south central coast, ...
- Aug 19 2010Zanzibar Islands
Evangelist Arrested in Zanzibar, Tanzania
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 19 (CDN) — Christian university students on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, a predominantly Muslim area off the coast of East Africa, have been denied the right to worship, ...
- Aug 19 2010Pakistan
Christians Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ Slain in Pakistan
FAISALABAD, Pakistan, July 19 (CDN) — Today suspected Islamic extremists outside a courthouse here shot dead two Christians accused of “blaspheming” Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. The gunmen shot ...
- Aug 17 2010Indonesia
Unchecked Extremism behind Attacks on Churches in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 17 (CDN) — The country that is home to the world’s largest Muslim population celebrated its 65th Independence Day today amid a widespread sense of distrust in the ...