Morning Star News
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Pakistan aims to try blasphemy cases under anti-terror law
A government concession to demands by a Muslim extremist political party to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan's anti-terrorism laws has raised fears of more injustice for those accused under the harsh statutes, sources said.
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Christian students slaughtered in attack on high school in Uganda
Islamist terrorists from DRC suspected.
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Fulani terrorists kill 46 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen on June 3 and 4 killed 46 Christians in attacks on a cluster of villages in Benue state, Nigeria, sources said.
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Hindu extremists jail pastors, close churches in India
Accused of forcible conversion and insulting religion, Pastor Kirubendran was released on May 24 after four failed attempts to secure bail.
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Pastor, wife among 43 Christians killed in central Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said.
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Christian in Pakistan sentenced to death under blasphemy law
A court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on Tuesday handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country's blasphemy laws, sources said.
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Pregnant Christian woman beaten by employer in Pakistan
"I cried and screamed for help, but no one came to rescue me," she said.
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Two Christians, 18 and 14, accused of blasphemy in Pakistan
Family devastated as youths jailed on baseless charge.
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Unusual ruling frees Christian couple from prison in Iran
Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.
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Christian widow accused of blasphemy released on bail
A court in Pakistan on Saturday released on bail a Christian woman charged under a blasphemy statute that calls for life in prison, her attorney said.
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Fulani herdsmen kill 12 Christians in central Nigeria
Pastor's house among at least 86 homes burned down.
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Islamist extremists kill pastor, herdsmen slaughter 134 Christians in Nigeria
Terrorists are going unchecked in Borno and Benue states.