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TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's parliament has accepted a law proposal stipulating the death penalty for "apostasy", adding to concerns about jailed Christians from Muslim backgrounds, rights watchers said Thursday, September 11.

(ADDS MORE COMMENTS, DETAILS)LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has granted custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the Muslim man accused of abducting her, observers of the controversial case confirmed Wednesday, September 10.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (BosNewsLife)-- Mexican authorities have detained a group of men for their alleged involvement in killing three native Indian Christians and seriously injuring six children of the same evangelical family in the country's Chiapas state, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, September 10.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Iranian Christians from Muslim backgrounds may receive the death penalty on charges of apostasy, according to prosecution documents published Tuesday, September 9.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- An active Degar Montagnard Christian remained under house arrest in Vietnam's Central Highlands Monday, September 8, after he was already forced to sign a statement renouncing Christianity and pledging to stop attending a local church, his friends said.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Catholics across India held a day of fasting and prayers Sunday, September 7, in response to anti-Christian violence in the Indian state of Orissa which killed up to 36 people.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The widower of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was elected president Saturday, September 6, raising hopes among the country's minority Christians who are reeling from several murders and attacks in recent months.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An ailing house church leader and owner of a Christian book store remained detained Friday, September 5, despite mounting pressure on China to release him because of health concerns, friends said.

TBLISI, GEORGIA (BosNewsLife)-- Georgian Orthodox monks and nuns are forced to close down their two monasteries and leave Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia unless they become part of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church, a religious rights group reported Thursday, September 4.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians were facing an ultimatum in India's troubled state of Orissa Wednesday, September 3, to turn to Hinduism or face expulsion from their villages or even death following weekend violence in which at least two people were killed, missionaries said.