• Indonesia Faces Defining Moment in 'Blasphemy' Protests against Christian Governor Ahok

  Having concluded their investigations, Indonesian police have now named Jakarta's ethnic Chinese Christian Gov. Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama a suspect in a blasphemy case. The case that has produced virulent protests will now to go trial.

  

• Pastor in China Upholds Faith after Nearly Year In Prison

  A pastor in southwestern China, jailed for nearly a year on fabricated charges and suffering a liver disease, focuses on trusting God in a letter of encouragement to his wife, according to China Aid.

  

• Fulani Herdsmen Increasingly Militant in Killing 22 Christians in Kaduna, Nigeria

  Attacks by Muslim Fulani herdsmen or allied gunmen in southern Kaduna State appear to be increasingly militant, marked by greater sophistication in training and arms, sources said.

  

• Persecution of Church in China to Escalate as Zhejiang Experiment Goes National

  In October 2012, the South China Morning Post ran a series of articles on China's looming leadership transition. One line might prove prophetic, although not in the way intended: "For clues about how China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping might manage the world's second-largest economy, Zhejiang Province is a good place to start looking."

  

• Pakistan Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Asia Bibi Case as Islamist Pressures Mount

  As Islamist groups warned of reprisals for a possible acquittal in Pakistan's highest profile blasphemy case, the country's Supreme Court today delayed ruling on an appeal against the death sentence given to Christian mother of five Aasiya Noreen.