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  Sep 4, 2023

  Pakistan police arrest Christians as chief deflects blame for Muslim mob violence on ‘foreign conspiracy'

  Church and rights leaders in Pakistan are demanding an investigation into anti-Christian rioting in Jaranwala amid illegal arrests of area Christians and a police claim of a “foreign conspiracy” to create religious strife, sources said.

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  Aug 31, 2023

  Baptist pastor killed, 2 Christians kidnapped in Nigeria's Kaduna state

  Two Christians were kidnapped last Friday in Kaduna state, Nigeria, two days after gunmen described as terrorists killed a Baptist pastor in another area of the state, sources said.

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  Aug 25, 2023

  Police send 'suspicious' notices to at least 40 churches in India seeking information on evangelism

  Police in India have issued questionnaires to at least 40 churches in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state seeking information that Christians fear will be used by Hindu extremists to attack them, sources said.

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  Aug 24, 2023

  Pastor, over 20 Christians assaulted during evangelism event in Uganda

  Hardline Muslims at an open-air evangelistic event in eastern Uganda on Aug. 11 assaulted a preacher and more than 20 other Christians for his teaching about Christ’s divinity, sources said.

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  Aug 22, 2023

  Christian charged with blasphemy in aftermath of Jaranwala riot

  Police in Pakistan on Saturday night charged a Christian with blasphemy for uploading on TikTok a video of content that last week led to attacks on Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala more than 100 kilometers away, sources said.

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  Aug 16, 2023

  Mobs interfere with Christian worship at 2 churches in Indonesia

  Mobs in northern Indonesia this month blocked a church from its Sunday service venue in one town and damaged a worship building under construction in another, sources said.

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  Aug 11, 2023

  Christian teacher in India arrested on false charges of trafficking, conversion of students

  Police in central India beat a Christian educator and filed baseless charges against him of human trafficking and fraudulent conversion of eight Christian students he was escorting to a Bible institute, sources said.

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  Aug 1, 2023

  Pastor beaten unconscious for preaching about Jesus at funeral in Uganda

  Hardline Muslims threw stones at a pastor in eastern Uganda and beat him unconscious as he spoke at a funeral using both the Bible and the Koran, he said from his hospital bed.

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  Jul 28, 2023

  Christian convert killed by husband for accepting Jesus in Uganda

  A Muslim in eastern Uganda on July 9 killed his wife for converting to Christianity, a relative said.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Christian father of 2 girls tortured, jailed on allegations of sending 'blasphemous' WhatsApp message

  A judge is allowing a Catholic to be charged with blasphemy under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law, which his attorney said is “illegal and illogical.”