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Asia Bibi put in solitary cell

October 16, 2015 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Human rights, Islamabad, Multan, Pakistan, Prisons, Punjab, Salmaan Taseer

Jailed Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi was moved into solitary confinement in the Multan Women’s Prison last week, following “genuine threats” to her life by angry supporters of Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws. “She could be killed by any inmate or even a prison guard, so we have to be careful,” a . . . Read More

Anti-conversion laws threaten another Indian state

October 15, 2015 India Anti-conversion law, Gumla, Hindu nationalism, India, Jharkhand, Vishva Hindu Parishad

Hindu extremists have called for “anti-conversion laws” to be introduced in India’s Jharkhand state, after local media reported that 300 tribals had converted to Christianity. But Catholic Cardinal Telesphore Toppo told UCA News the reports were false and that the indigenous people were already Christians. Jharkhand has a higher than . . . Read More

IS ‘releases’ 50 Assyrian Christians

October 15, 2015 Syria Assyrians, Homs, Islamic State, Jizya, Qaryatain, Syria

The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has released 50 Assyrians among a large group of Christians snatched 10 weeks ago near the Syrian city of Homs, the Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights (AMHR) reported. The freed indigenous Christians arrived back on October 12 at their Syriac towns of Zaidan and Fairozeh, . . . Read More

Indonesian Christians flee violent attacks

October 15, 2015 Indonesia Aceh, Churches, Indonesia

A church has been burnt down and another targeted in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Clashes broke out between Muslims and Christians following the arson on 13 October in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. One person was killed and dozens injured, while thousands of Christians fled the province, reports UCA News. . . . Read More

Kazakh Christian could face 10 years in jail

October 14, 2015 Kazakhstan Astana, Central Asia, Islamic extremism, Kazakhstan, Seventh-day Adventists, Yklas Kabduakasov

A Seventh-day Adventist in Kazakhstan could face between five and 10 years in prison if convicted of “spreading religious discord”. Yklas Kabduakasov, 54, was arrested in August, after a year of police surveillance and the secret filming of a conversation between him and four Muslim students. His trial began in . . . Read More

Pakistani Christian bailed over ‘blasphemy’

October 14, 2015 Pakistan Blasphemy, Kasur, Pakistan, Punjab

A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy has been released on bail, ahead of his next hearing on 20 October. Pervaiz Masih, an illiterate Christian labourer from the Punjab city of Kasur, was arrested on 2 September, after being accused by three colleagues of using “blasphemous words”. In Pakistan, a blasphemy . . . Read More

Bangladesh arrests pastor’s suspected attackers

October 13, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamic State, Jamaat-ul-Mujahedin Bangladesh, Luke Sarkar, Pabna, Rangpur

Five men have been arrested following the knife attack on a Protestant pastor in Bangladesh last week. Luke Sarkar, 50, pastor of the Faith Bible Church in Pabna, received cuts to his throat during the attack on 5 October at his home. The five men are all suspected members of . . . Read More

Catholic priest released in Syria

October 12, 2015 Syria Catholics, Homs, Islamic State, Jacques Mourad, Paolo Dall’Oglio, Qaryatain, Syria

Fr. Jacques Mourad was set free on Saturday, 10 Oct, nearly five months after masked Islamic State (IS) gunmen kidnapped the Syriac Catholic priest in Syria’s central Homs province. Church sources told Agence France Presse that Fr. Mourad celebrated Sunday mass the following day in Zaydal village, five kilometers from . . . Read More

IS builds army of children

October 8, 2015 Boko Haram, Children, Christina Abada, Iraq, Islamic State, Minorities, Nigeria, Qaraqosh, Syria

The Islamic State is moulding Syrian and Iraqi children into a new generation of militants, reports the BBC. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than 50 children under the age of 16 had died fighting for IS so far in 2015, while 19 were used as suicide . . . Read More

Pakistan: Qadri’s death sentence upheld

October 7, 2015 Pakistan Blasphemy, Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistan, Punjab, Salmaan Taseer

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Mumtaz Qadri, a police bodyguard who killed the politician he was supposed to protect because he had criticised Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws. Salman Taseer, the Governor of the state of Punjab, was shot dead in January 2011. Qadri was convicted of . . . Read More

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Asia Bibi put in solitary cell

Anti-conversion laws threaten another Indian state

IS ‘releases’ 50 Assyrian Christians

Indonesian Christians flee violent attacks

Kazakh Christian could face 10 years in jail

Pakistani Christian bailed over ‘blasphemy’

Bangladesh arrests pastor’s suspected attackers

Catholic priest released in Syria

IS builds army of children

Pakistan: Qadri’s death sentence upheld

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