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  Jun 2, 2023

  Pastor among 43 Christians killed by herdsman in Nigeria; homes destroyed

  Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said.

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  May 31, 2023

  Christian man sentenced to death in Pakistan after 'baseless' blasphemy conviction

  A court in Bahawalpur on Tuesday handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy laws, sources said.

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  May 30, 2023

  Christian woman caught reading Bible starved by Muslim husband, left for dead at wild animal park

  A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said.

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  May 26, 2023

  Christian mother of 5 held hostage, beaten by police and Muslim employer in Pakistan

  A Christian housecleaner in Pakistan was beaten and illegally confined for a week by her Muslim employers after she tried to leave her job due to pregnancy, she said. 

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  May 24, 2023

  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.

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  May 22, 2023

  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.

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  May 19, 2023

  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.

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  May 17, 2023

  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.

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  May 15, 2023

  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.

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  May 9, 2023

  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.