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Two Egyptian Christians Slain in Libya
A group of Muslims robbed two Egyptian Christians living in Libya, then tied up and shot them to death after the two Copts refused their demand to convert to Islam.Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Iranian President's Words Require Action, Religious Rights Activists Say
After a week in which the new president of Iran skirted religious rights issues even as he received a letter from an imprisoned pastor, religious rights advocates hoped action would accompany the...Monday, September 30, 2013
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Muslim Herdsmen, Islamic Extremists Kill More Christians in Nigeria
Muslim herdsmen killed 15 Christians in Nigeria's Kaduna state Saturday morning, two days after suspected Islamic extremists in Yobe state killed an Anglican pastor and his son.Monday, September 30, 2013
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Laos: Officials Threaten Christians in Three Villages With Expulsion
Local authorities in Laos are threatening Christians in three villages with expulsion unless they renounce their faith, with residents in one village calling the converts "pigs and dogs."Friday, September 27, 2013
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Sudanese Woman Faces Ordeal as Convert From Islam
After her family in Khartoum, Sudan, nearly buried her alive for leaving Islam and authorities imprisoned her for six months, a Sudanese Christian thought she might find refuge in Ethiopia. She had...Monday, September 23, 2013
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Suspected Islamic Extremists Throw Acid on Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Asserting that Tanzania's Zanzibar Island is not a place for Christians, suspected Muslim extremists threw acid on a 60-year-old Catholic priest on Sept. 13, sources said.Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Nigeria: Muslim Herdsmen, Soldiers Kill Three Christians, Wound Mother
In the latest night raids by Muslim herdsmen and soldiers in Plateau state, a Christian and his two teenage sons this month were killed and his wife wounded.Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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Christian Widows in India Beaten for Refusing to 'Reconvert' to Hinduism
When Laxmi Sovi, a Christian widow in India's Chhattisgarh state, heard her door opening one morning last month, she could not have guessed that by the next day she would be hospitalized and her...Friday, September 13, 2013
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Christian Mother Killed, Boy Kidnapped in Somalia
Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab rebel group are suspected of killing a Christian woman in one town last week and kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from another.Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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Muslim Herdsmen Kill Six Christians Outside Jos, Nigeria
Muslim, ethnic Fulani herdsmen shot five members of a Christian family to death last week, including a 7-year-old boy, and killed another Christian as they fled.Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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Armed Muslims in Nigeria Kill Christians in Their Homes
Christians in villages on Nigeria's Kaduna/Plateau state border were killed and wounded in an attack by more than a dozen ethnic Fulani Muslims.Monday, September 9, 2013
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Christians in Central African Republic Vulnerable as Chaos Continues
More than four months after Islamist rebels seized control of the Christian-majority Central African Republic, Christians remain vulnerable to atrocities and the threat of imposition of Islamic...Friday, September 6, 2013
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Five Christians Killed in Roadside Ambush Near Jos, Nigeria
As Emmanuel Sunday rode his motorbike near Jos last Thursday evening, gunmen stopped him and asked him his religion. The 19-year-old technical school student saw a group of people the gunmen had...Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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Impunity Said to Abet Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Impunity for terrorists and state-sponsored discrimination against Christians in northern Nigeria has led not to sectarian war but to genocide, says the general secretary of the Christian...Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Muslim Mob Injures Church Leaders, Choir Members in Nigeria
A Muslim mob with knives and iron rods injured several members of an Anglican church in Nasarawa state on Aug. 17 over a dispute about less than 1 cent in change, area Christians said.Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Islamic Extremists in Somalia Abduct Christian Mother of Two Young Children
Islamic extremists suspected to be rebel al Shabaab militants have kidnapped a Christian mother of two young children in Somalia and threatened her husband because of their faith.Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Hindu Extremists Attack Pastor's Mother in India
Reena Behl answered the doorbell of the home she shares with her son and his wife in Rajasthan state at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and four men wearing motorcycle helmets demanded to see her son, a...Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Pakistan: Imam Acquitted of Desecrating Koran, Framing Christian Girl for 'Blasphemy'
A court in Islamabad on Saturday dismissed charges against a Muslim cleric arrested on suspicion of framing a Christian girl for blasphemy.Monday, August 19, 2013