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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:42:24 +0000 The recent repatriation of 28 Vietnamese refugees has sparked a protest in the capital of Cambodia, where most of the Christians fled in 2001 after staging protests in Vietnam over land rights and religious freedom. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8160 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:12:11 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8160 Sharia law, and thus persecution, follow Muslims wherever they go, even causing life to be incredibly difficult for Muslims in the UK who become Christians. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8154 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:36:30 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8154 With three complaints in 10 years, Gujarat's 'anti-conversion' law proving unnecessary. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8153 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:21:02 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8153 Christians are highly persecuted in the countries of the Middle East and other Muslim-dominated areas of the world. Additionally, when they apply for refugee status to settle in Western countries, they are discriminated against by local Muslim officials who work for Western governments and international organizations. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8161 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:41:38 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8161 China provides us with another example of their strategy to ensure a "harmonious" Olympic Games: arresting, torturing, and harassing a Christian Pastor and his wife until they are forced to live on the streets and refused shelter. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8159 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:54:14 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8159 This article provides some comfort to those who are concerned about the growth of radical Islam in the UK. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8149 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:33:09 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8149 This is an intriguing article from a more secular newspaper in the very Islamic country of Pakistan that explores Islam's difficulties with inter-faith dialogue. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8158 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:11:36 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8158 A church that has attracted thousands of Hindu converts is now the target of strenuous Hindu opposition. The church, called Heavenly Feast, currently has nearly 15,000 members and is meeting in a tent in Kottayam, a city in the state of Kerala, India. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8162 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8162 Overwhelming number of witnesses point to one Hindu leader as the man responsible for Orissa attacks last Christmas. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8148 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:23 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8148 Muslim countries are enacting laws that restrict the freedom of Christians to preach the Gospel, under the guise of protecting Islam from defamation. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8157 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:22 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8157 A congressional signatory committee has directed a petition to the Chinese Ambassador to the US, charging the Chinese Government of directly violating the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The letter includes a list of names of current prisoners who are being held because of their religious beliefs. The committee expects a reply from the Chinese Government before the beginning of the Olympic Games on August 8. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8156 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:51:45 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8156 Algerian authorities have stepped up persecution of Christians since they enacted laws that forbid such activities as evangelizing Muslims and distributing Christian literatures among them. According to this article, Muslim extremists are also involved in the persecution of Christians. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8155 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:43:03 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8155 Church people in Madhya Pradesh plan to renew their demand for the withdrawal of an amendment the central Indian state made to its anti-conversion law two years ago. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8145 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:25:29 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8145 Glimmer of hope as Saudi king supports inter-religious dialogue group in Madrid. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8144 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:23:28 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8144 "Groups of men dressed in black, religious militias, have been going around talking with our priests and our fathers to impose Islamic rules on them. So all of a sudden, we could no longer call ourselves Christians. We immediately had to begin wearing the veil, our churches are open only for a few hours on Sunday, and many have been closed entirely". http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8152 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:17:21 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=8152