A U.S. military official said American forces became aware of the threats only last month and now have erected barriers around the largest Christian enclave in Baghdad`s Dora neighborhood in an effort to protect its residents.
Christians in Baghdad refuse to discuss the threats for fear of retribu

Pradesh, the state government has banned all religions other than the one traditionally associated with local places of worship or prayer. The state's chief minister, Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, told AsiaNews that a bill to that effect will be presented in the next session to the state assembly.
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Bursting into the home, the men swung a large bamboo pole at Jay's head, but he dodged it and took the heavy blow to his shoulder instead. Then, the men grabbed Siddhani and her sister and beat them mercilessly.
The prayer group was finally saved when some neighbors heard the women shrieking for h

The pope was not hurt and didn`t even appear to notice that the man --- who was between 20 or 30 years old --- had jumped over the protective barrier in the square and toward the white popemobile as it drove by. The pontiff kept waving to the audience.
At least eight security officers who were trai

Holy Father,
I, the undersigned Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian Congress and Editor of Pakistan Christian Post wish to bring facts about election system and religious freedom issues faced by 15 million Christians in Pakistan.
The comments by His Holiness on occasion of accepting crede

Mr. Bhatti said "Ms Riyaz is among four Muslim women serving as diplomat in army of thousand of Muslim employees in Foreign Services of Pakistan while there is non Christian in any missions of Pakistan around world"
He added that relatives of Army Generals, Politicians, Bureaucrats and Businessmen

He termed it target killing as culprits have killed the children but kept on demanding ransom of two million rupees.
Two Christian children named Obaid and Sajjid were kidnapped from neighborhood of Christian Town from Korangi area of District East of Karachi, on May 21, 2007.
According to PCP co

Lahore June 1, 2007. (AsiaNews) – Lahore district court yesterday condemned to death Younis Masih, a Christian accused of blasphemy. The judges also condemned to man to pay a fine amounting to 100 thousand Rupees. Defence lawyers denounce a lack of evidence and accuse police of negligence for no

There are fifty Christian student nurses and three hundred Muslim students in this institute who were sharing cordial relations before threats of Islamic laws by clerics of Lal Masjid in capital city of Pakistan.
Lal Masjid Imams and adjacent Islamic seminary students have challenged writ of gover

Lahore: May 30, 2007. (Report by Pastor Azam Peter) The more reports have been surfaced of gang rape of Christian girl in Muslim graveyard in Lahore. According to information's, the name of Christian victim is Miss Lunba, a 20 years old, who was in love with Nasir Masih (Mochaha) who is 21 years of

and directed a Muslim Convert woman to contact Sharia Courts to decide her appeal to remove Islam from her identity card.
Malaysia is Muslim majority country and Sharia laws deal with their personnel laws but Hindu, Buddhist and Christian minorities are dealt with Civil laws.
Ms Lina Joy who was A

The rally, called "Stop Violence On Christians", was organized after two recently televised attacks on Christians and an increase of anti-Christian incidents in the first few months of 2007.
The rally started at 10am at Jantar Mantar near the Parliament in New Delhi. Rally organizers had expected

According to information's Mochah Masih was passing by the graveyard with her fiancé when four drunken Muslims threatened them and hold up on gunpoint. They ordered Mochah Masih to run away and handover her future wife to them.
On refusal of Mochah Masih, four Muslims dragged both of them inside

The Pope underscored this element of his recent trip in his address to over 40 thousand pilgrims and visitors gathered in St Peter's square for his general audience. An evangelizing journey which, in the Pope's own words, must be undertaken in the light of the "theological and social" aspects of a

Mohammad Asif added some medicine in tea of Sumera and her mother to make them unconscious and then took teenage girl in fields and raped her.
This incident of sexual assault happened in Nazam Pura Chack number 2, Sub-District Chuniyah of District Kasur in Punjab province of Pakistan.
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