JAKARTA, Indonesia — Islamic extremist groups and local governments in Indonesia closed 110 churches from 2004 to 2007, according to religious and human rights organizations.
MADHYA PRADESH, India — Seven people associated with a Hindu extremist group attacked the March 23 evening service of a house church in Bherugarh village,
SRINAGAR, India — Peerzada Shakeel, a convert to Christianity from Islam in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir state, was arrested along with his wife, Arifa, on
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Two Baptists in Kazakhstan have been given large fines for peaceful religious activity. Pyotr Panafidin and Ivan Friesen were each fined 116,800
JAIPUR, India — The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan state passed a new “anti-conversion” bill March 20 with more stringent and arbitrary provisions
BELGOROD, Russia — A regional court in Russia has dissolved a functioning Methodist congregation because it did not file a report about its annual activities
BANGALORE, India — Hindu nationalist extremists stormed two Easter services and beat at least 16 Christians, including two pastors, in Karnataka’s state capital of Bangalore
Central Asia is suffering through its worst winter in at least 30 years, and Southern Baptists have moved to help isolated villages where people are
