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August 7, 2008, 02:08:00 PM Country: Philippines Muslim rebels who have forcibly occupied Christian villages since the halted agreement between the Philippine government and the MILF are being warned to vacate and return the land to the 6500 displaced Christians or be removed by the Philippine government.
August 7, 2008, 02:05:52 PM Country: Azerbaijan Human rights activists and religious communities have expressed frustration about the highly restrictive censorship system – including postal censorship – and police confiscations of books, including the Bible, which are said to be "banned".
August 7, 2008, 01:50:49 PM Country: China On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, two Christian protestors are dragged from Tiananmen Square, claiming to act as "a voice for those who are in prison because of their religious beliefs."
August 7, 2008, 01:48:31 PM Country: India Niranjan Das and his congregation were thrilled when they were finally able to purchase land on which to construct a church building. Their joy was short-lived however. Now anti-Christian extremists are doing all they can to halt construction of the building.
August 7, 2008, 01:45:57 PM Country: India The missionaries, Yohan Samuel, Raj Lohra, Nanji Bir and Shobha Joshi, were arrested July 31 and charged with attempting to force people to convert to Christianity and with "offending the sentiments of the people."
August 6, 2008, 03:15:22 PM Country: Islam Mr.Yousef decided to come to Christ after hearing the message of love that Christ preached. He currently resides in United States. In many Muslim countries, converting from Islam to Christianity results in death. Muslims who convert to Christianity need our prayer and support
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August 6, 2008, 02:22:05 PM Country: India On July 31 at about 9 p.m, a group of between 20 and 25 Bajrang Dal (Monkey Brigade) activists burst into a prayer meeting held in the home of a Christian believer called Ramakrishna.
August 6, 2008, 02:20:41 PM Country: India Two female Christian students were distributing Christian literature to college students, when three Hindu radicals suddenly arrived on the campus driving a motorbike.
August 6, 2008, 02:18:38 PM Country: Bangladesh Muslim militants raided and destroyed a 'house church' in Bangladesh as part of an operation to expel Christians from the region.
August 6, 2008, 02:10:26 PM Country: Egypt, Islam Egyptian Christians are facing a spike in persecution. This article by The New York Times describes the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt
August 6, 2008, 02:04:24 PM Country: China China continues to abuse the rights of its people behind the carefully constructed facade of religious tolerance ahead of the Olympic Games. While China agrees to print and distribute Bibles and Christian books, it persecutes Christians and banishes pastors from Beijing to keep them from meeting with foreign officials during the games.
August 6, 2008, 01:53:38 PM Country: Vietnam The reality of religious freedom in Vietnam.
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