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A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian was murdered by his brothers days later for following Christ, area sources said.
Muslims in Sudan’s River Nile state drove 34 displaced Christians from their homes, sources said.
Islamist villagers in eastern Uganda burned a pastor and his family to death after he led three Muslims to faith in Christ, the pastor’s brother said.
Police have arrested a Christian man for comments he made about Islam on social media that led hundreds of angry Muslims to besiege his home.
A convert from Islam in Somalia who was attacked in May and July was again assaulted on Oct. 5 after Muslim relatives suspected him of leading Christian prayer meetings, he said.
A Christian woman held without charges in Iran since Sept. 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her on Monday, a relative said.
Muslims in eastern Uganda beat an evangelist on Sept. 20, leaving him hospitalized with head injuries and a broken hand, sources said.
Authorities from Jombang Regency, Indonesia, with a mob of about 50 area residents on Aug. 18, dragged a pastor from his worship site and sealed the shop where his church met, sources said.
Muslim extremists with swords in eastern Uganda on Monday killed a Christian for leading Muslims to Christ, sources said.
Opposition has emerged to a proposal by Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs to do away with the role of a Muslim-dominated body that has complicated efforts by minority religions to build houses of worship.
