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Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:35
USA: Pastor 'suspends' Qur’an burning
A Christian pastor in the US state of Florida has called off and then threatened to reconsider plans to burn copies of the Muslim holy book in a bonfire on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary…
Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:33
India: Church threatened over Qur'an burning
Christians have sought protection for a church in Madhya Pradesh state after an anonymous letter threatened to blast it if the Dove World Outreach Centre in Florida went ahead with its plan to burn Qur'ans on…
Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:31
India: Christians detained on 'false hope' accusation
A pastor and two other Christians who were attacked by extremists have been charged with 'outraging the religious feelings' of others. Pastor Dilip Chakravarty, Ganga Ram and Shankar Lal of the Church of God in Chhattisgarh…
Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:29
Vietnam: Tragic details emerge in persecution
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned new details about recent religious persecution in Vietnam and the following brutal cover-up. Vietnamese authorities ordered the Christian Con Dau village, near the city of Da Nang, to be abandoned…
Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:27
Iraq: Christian killed in region proposed as safe haven
The murder of another Iraqi Christian from Mosul has renewed fears in that city, where the Christian minority has been the focus of a series of targeted killings. Louyaé Behnam was abducted last week from his…
Saturday, 11 September 2010 11:26
Nigeria: Fear of fresh violence
A prison break by an armed group known as Boko Haram has raised fears of renewed violence in northern Nigeria just months before elections. The group staged a raid on the prison on Tuesday night in…