Pastor, family attacked after roadside incident

June 25, 2009

KILA SARDAR SHAH, Pakistan — In a growing culture of violence, a traffic incident in Punjab province in June led to Muslim assailants later mounting

12-year-old girl forced to marry, convert to Islam

June 18, 2009

HANIF KOT, Pakistan — The Christian mother of a 12-year-old girl in Punjab province who was kidnapped, coerced into converting to Islam and forcibly married

Police sentenced to 5 years for Christian’s death

June 18, 2009

GIZA, Egypt — Two policemen convicted of killing a Christian in Giza have received only a five-year prison sentence for what lawyers are calling the

Religion Law ‘limits people’s rights’ in Azerbaijan

June 18, 2009

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan’s repressive new Religion Law and amendments to both the Criminal Code and the Administrative Code went into force May 31. More

Muslims overrun court during Christians’ hearing

June 11, 2009

MUSTAFABAD, Pakistan — In May, radical Pakistani Muslims overran a courtroom in a town outside of Lahore in hopes of swaying a judge in a

Peace in Our Time

June 4, 2009

Another Alabama National Guard unit is on its way to Afghanistan. News reports announced a suicide bombing in Pakistan that claimed 23 lives. In Iraq,

Iranian Christian’s father arrested, interrogated

May 28, 2009

BANDAR MAHSHAHR, Iran — In an attempt to silence a Christian human rights activist living in England, Iranian authorities arrested and interrogated his Muslim father