A Baptist pastor who also works as a teacher was arrested last week in the Northeastern state of Assam following complaints from villagers that he was attempting to convert people through prayers. Attempting to heal people by praying for them is illegal under the Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Act, enacted in February. This law purportedly wants to create science-based knowledge and a safe environment to protect human health. […]

11/18/2024 Pakistan — Earlier this month, a 6-year-old girl was raped by a Muslim security guard at her school in Lahore, Pakistan.  The girl is from Faisla town B Block and attends a local private school, according to an  Christian Concern  staffer. Her family and members of the local Christian community said the staff member, named Husnain, sexually assaulted her because of her family’s Christian faith.   When the girl returned home from […]

11/08/2024 India (The New Jerusalem Radio) — The High Court of Tamil Nadu made a significant statement on Oct. 23, saying there is a need for Christian institutions to be regulated by a statutory government endowment body, like Hindu and Muslim institutions. A bench of the court sought the opinions of both the federal government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Tamil Nadu state government, […]

11/1/2024 Uganda (International Christian Concern) — In Eastern Uganda, an Islamist mob killed Pastor Weere Mukisa, his wife Annet Namugaya, and their two young daughters, Judith, 7, and Sylvia, 4, by setting their home on fire after the pastor converted three Muslims to Christianity.   The attack occurred at around 3 a.m. on Oct. 13 in Kibale village, Namutumba District, according to his brother, James Tusubira. Pastor Mukisa, 30, had received threats since the […]

10/25/2024 Somalia  — As Mohammad Abdul led a Christian worship gathering on the evening of Oct. 5 in his home in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region, four Muslim relatives waited outside for the event to end.   As the worship ended, his relatives confronted Abdul, asking him why he was worshiping God differently.   “My prayer is a secret between me and my Lord Isa [Jesus],” Abdul told his relatives.   […]