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Christians who remain in Iraq live increasingly in an atmosphere of terror. Christian women have been threatened with kidnapping or death if they do not wear a headscarf. Muslim gangs have even terrorized Christian neighborhoods in Baghdad, knocking on doors and demanding payment of the jizya, the religion-based tax assessed by Islamic law against Christians, [...]

KUALA LUMPAR, Malaysia — Living as a Christian in a Muslim nation can carry severe risks and suffering. A two-hour journey from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur revealed an isolated encampment where some Christian converts say they’ve been taken to be forced back to Islam. The Malaysian government calls the facilities “retreat centers.” Muslims [...]

Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that despite some promising developments, Christians in Turkey continue to suffer attacks from private citizens, discrimination by lower-level government officials and vilification in both school textbooks and news media, according to a study by a Protestant group. In its annual Report on Human Rights Violations, the country’s Association of [...]

SEOUL, South Korea — Some North Koreans have been able to escape from the Communist country and its strict human rights violations. Kim Eun Jin is one of those survivors. The 31-year-old was born in Pyongyang, North Korea. She was part of the nation’s secret underground church, and her story has never been told until [...]

Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Christian students who participate in examinations for admission in public universities are discriminated against and disadvantaged because “they do not know the Koran by heart”: this is the complaint sent to Fides by the National Commission “Justice and Peace” of the Bishops of Pakistan . The Commission has submitted a formal [...]