• Police Evict Two Pastors from Their Homes to Allow Muslims to Take Church Property

  August 22, 2017: In further efforts to help a Muslim businessman take over church property, police in Omdurman, Sudan evicted two church leaders and their families from their houses, sources said.

  

• Muslims Beat Mentally-Challenged Christian Boy, Force Him to 'Confess' Blaspheming Quran

  August 22, 2017: A Muslim mob in rural Punjab Province, Pakistan stormed a police station to continue beating a 16-year-old boy accused of blaspheming the Koran, sources said.

  

• Judge in Pakistan Urges Parliament to Prosecute Blasphemy Cases under Terrorism Laws

  August 18, 2017: In an expanded order to remove "blasphemous" content from social media in Pakistan, a high court judge included a recommendation that Parliament include terrorism charges against those accused of blasphemy.

  

• Pastor Brutally Beaten by Hindu Extremists in India Asks God to Forgive Persecutors

  August 17, 2017: As two Hindu extremists gripped his hands while others beat him last week in northern India, Pastor Amar Stephen was asking God to forgive them.

  

• Muslims in Nigeria 'Quietly Seizing' Christians’ Property

  August 15, 2017: Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian Berom farmers in Plateau state, Nigeria amount to "economic terrorism," Christian leaders told Morning Star News.