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Four churches targeted in attempted firebombings in Indonesia
Three men threw Molotov cocktails at two churches in Makassar, the provincial capital, in the early hours of 10 February.
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India: attack on revival meeting sends Christians underground
As police looked on, militants attacked a Christian church in central India earlier this month, causing severe injuries to some and sending the pastor into hiding, according to witnesses.
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Pastor beheaded in Tanzania
Mathayo Kachili, pastor of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God church in Buseresere, Tanzania, was reportedly beheaded by a group of religious extremists in an attack on the church on 11 February.
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Churches torched in Egypt
Muslims in the village of Sarsena, Tamiya district in Fayoum province set fire to the church of St George on Friday. They also threw rocks at the church, causing damage to its dome.
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Muslims attack Christians in Egypt
Thousands of Muslims from Marashda and surrounding villages attacked eight Coptic homes and businesses, including five pharmacies, which were looted and torched. Coptic-owned cars were also torched.
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Cuba: Church leaders denounce government threats to destroy church
Leaders of the Apostolic Movement, a fast-growing unregistered network of protestant churches, have condemned threats by government officials to destroy church property in the central Cuban city of Camaguey.
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Sudan cracks down on South Sudanese Christians
Sudanese authorities rang in the new year by bulldozing a church building outside Khartoum because it belonged to Christians of South Sudanese origin and lacked a permit, a source said.
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European court to rule on UK Christian freedom cases
Judgment in the cases of four UK Christians will be handed down at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 15 January.
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Italy urges Pakistan to drop Asia Bibi's death sentence
Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi has given instructions to its embassy in Islamabad to appeal to the Pakistani authorities on behalf of Asia Bibi.
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Muslims in Indonesia violating rights of Christians
Concerns are growing over at least 50 cases of religious freedom violations against Christians in Indonesia last year, as not only extremists but ordinary Muslims were responsible for many of the acts of intolerance and violence, according to a recent study.
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Christians killed in Christmas bloodshed in Nigeria
Christmas Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria's Borno state - already reeling from the slaughter of at least 10 Christians earlier this month - took the lives of six people at a Baptist church, as gunmen killed six others in Yobe state the same night.
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Rimsha Masih asks for prayers for blasphemy victims
"I ask Catholics, the West, the international community to help all Christians in prison, victims of the blasphemy laws."
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Imprisoned Iranian pastor reaches out to Sandy Hook parents
Imprisoned Iranian pastor Farshid Fathi, suffering for his faith in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, has sent a letter to the Sandy Hook parents who lost their children in the recent shooting rampage.
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MPs pack their Christmas shoeboxes for kids around the world
Members of Parliament from all parties have come together to help Operation Christmas Child in their final push to reach their milestone of delivering a gift-filled shoebox to their 100 millionth child.
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Asia Bibi's husband appeals for help from Spain
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman, Asia Bibi, sentenced to death for blasphemy, appealed to Spain on Thursday to help free her and grant her asylum.
