Two Christian families suffer extortion, beatings

September 9, 2010

BANGLADESH — Two Christian women in Bangladesh’s northern district of Jamalpur said village officials extorted relatively large sums of money from them — and severely

Christians arrested for offering money, ‘false hope’

September 9, 2010

DHAMTARI, India — Police in Sivaho Dhamtari arrested three Christians Aug. 29 after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of luring people to convert

Christian relief workers killed by Pakistani Taliban

September 9, 2010

Authorities on Aug. 25 recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in

Exiled Palestinian pastor returns to homeland, ministers to Gazans

September 2, 2010

The exiled pastor of Gaza Baptist Church began teaching Aug. 16 at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary following a three-week visit to his homeland to preach,

Students denied right to worship; evangelist arrested

September 2, 2010

PAJE, Tanzania — Christian university students on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, a predominantly Muslim area off the coast of East Africa, have been denied

‘Blasphemy’ threats send Pakistanis into hiding

September 2, 2010

BAHAWALNAGAR, Pakistan — Threats of “blasphemy” charges in two provinces in Pakistan have sent a Christian cleaning worker and a young interfaith couple into hiding.