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On the evening of August 19, Santu Adhikary, 33, a worker for Christian Life Bangladesh (CLB), was attacked by four unidentified terrorists at Bowfal in Patuakhali, a southern district of Bangladesh. Four masked terrorists grabbed Santu while he was on a bicycle.
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The steady increase in the movement of people around the globe is one of the main features in today's world and is having a deep impact on churches, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has heard.
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A bishop in Pakistan has renounced his nationality in protest against discrimination and hatred he says is suffered by the minuscule Christian minority in the world's second largest Muslim nation.
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A 29-foot (8.8 metre) cross in San Diego, California has become the latest focus for continuing struggles about the place of religious symbols in US public life. On 14 August, the cross at the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego's La Jolla district...
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Iraq Program Coordinator Nabil Omeish has become accustomed to encountering unusual experiences in the course of his work. “One day in Baghdad I was stopped at a security post by an official who asked to see what was in the suitcase I was carrying...
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The parents of Prakash, a third-year Gospel for Asia Bible college student, were washed away in the heavy flooding in their village in Maharashtra, India. The body of Prakash's father, Marotrao, was recovered, and his mother, Vimla, is presumed dead.
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A large anti-Christian hate campaign has been launched by the Hindu nationalist/anti-Christian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh state). The BJP alleges that Christian missionaries are proselytizing in the town and are agitating...
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International Christian Concern has just become informed that the execution date has been set for three Christians involved in the Poso conflict. The men are to be executed on Saturday, August 12, at 12:15 am.
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Christian groups have decried changes to laws said to enshrine "freedom of religion" by legislators in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, ruled by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), a party opponents describe as having a Hindu nationalist agenda.
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On 24 July, an Iranian Christian named Issa Motamadi was imprisoned on account of his faith. French Internet news site VoxDei reports that Issa Motamadi, a resident of the north-western town of Resht, the capital of Gilan Province, will soon stand trial before a Revolutionary Tribunal. (Link 1)
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On the afternoon of July 29, a large house church building was destroyed and many Christians were arrested and wounded during the confrontation. The house church building is located at Che Lu Wan Village, Dangshan Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
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CAA released a report regarding cases of persecution against Chinese House churches by province in China in the past 12 months. The inconclusive report lists the main persecution events in different provinces in China from May 2005-May 2006. According to the report, in the past 12 months, at least 1958 Chinese house church pastors and...
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It was another groundbreaking and controversial move for a denomination that consecrated Anglicanism's first openly gay bishop just three years ago. Standing before cheering delegates to Episcopal General Convention, Jefferts Schori said she was "awed and honored and deeply privileged to be elected."
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The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has just become informed of the arrest and imprisonment of ten North Koreans in Laos who were attempting to find a safe haven in a Southeast Asian country. Two South Korean Christian aid workers who were aiding the escapees were also arrested.
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The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that violence towards Christians in Sri Lanka is increasing at an alarming rate. As Sri Lanka faces the threat of war yet again, Sinhala Buddhist extremists continue with a campaign of terror against Christians.
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