Persecution

Rick Warren, David Platt, Ed Stetzer, Matt Chandler and many others have joined the campaign to save Christian convert Said Musa from execution by Muslim authorities in Kabul. Christian Leaders Launch Twitter Campaign

The violence occurred “after a local court handed down a verdict against a Christian man accused of blasphemy against Islam.” Churches destroyed

One-legged Afghan Red Cross worker set to be hanged after converting to Christianity 

“Iranian authorities see the unregulated Christian gatherings as both a potential breeding ground for political opposition and suspect they may try to convert Muslim in violation of Iran’s strict apostasy laws.” Iran rounds up Christians in crackdown

Egyptian Muslims act to protect churches in Egypt

“ ‘Since Tuesday evening, there have been 13 bombs and two mortar attacks on homes and shops of Christians in which a total of six people were killed and 33 injured,’ a defence ministry official said. ‘A church was also damaged.”’ More

Hong Kong Catholics say prayer meeting blocked“the Roman Catholic Church has the right to operate freely in Hong Kong, a former British colony promised Western-style civil liberties, including freedom of religion, as part of its special semiautonomous status.”