A 16-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped, forced to marry her captor, raped and then sexually trafficked has been rescued and returned temporarily to her family.
The unrelenting attacks of extremist groups upon Christians in Nigeria have claimed 16 more lives in just a matter of days.
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State officials and local clerics closed a prayer house and halted Christian activities for the time being and also expelled an evangelist and his young son from the district.
One Baptist church in Russia has been prohibited from holding activities and at least three other churches are facing a similar situation, sources say.
In a rare decision, a Pakistani court ordered issuance of a new government identification card to a woman to acknowledge her conversion to Christianity.
A Christian woman and her baby reportedly have been held captive in a locked room since early August.
A former sheikh who put his faith in Jesus was beaten and hospitalized, during which time his wife left him, taking their six children.
