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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani Muslim, accused of blasphemy, was weighting his legal options Tuesday, June 24, after he was sentenced to death for allegedly desecrating the Koran in a case closely watched by minority Christians and rights groups.

KHARTOUM/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese government troops are pressuring impoverished Christians to abandon their faith in Christ and become Muslims by withholding Western food supplies and even drinking water, an influential Dutch news website and partner of BosNewsLife reported Tuesday, June 24.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, has opened a center and synagoge aimed at stimulating (Orthodox) Jewishness in Hungary amid rising concerns over antisemitism here, BosNewsLife established Monday, June 23.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least sixteen Christians abducted by suspected Muslim militants in Pakistan's restive North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) were free Monday, June 23, after the government said it had secured their release.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A frail prominent Chinese house church leader and Christian bookstore owner already detained for three months remained in a Chinese prison Sunday, June 22, after a court hearing was unexpectedly cancelled, Chinese Christians said.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BosNewsLife)-- Zimbabwe's main opposition leader decided Sunday, June 22, to pull out of next week's presidential run-off after reports of intimidation and a ban on foreign aid groups which also impact thousands of Christians in the country, BosNewsLife learned.

(EXTENDED VERSION, ADDS MORE DETAILS AND BACKGROUND)BAKU/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A key Baptist pastor remained behind bars Saturday, June 21, a day after he was arrested on "trumped-up" charges of carrying an "illegal weapon", local Christians and a rights group confirmed.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, and other Jewish leaders from Central and Eastern Europe will gather in Budapest Sunday, June 22, to discuss what they see as the rising threat of neo-Nazi groups in the region and the uncertain future of religious Jewish education.

ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Catholics near Nigeria's northern Kano City were without a church Friday, June 20, after state employees and security forces demolished the building as part of a crackdown on Christian institutions in the country's predominantly Muslim states, local Christians and rights investigators said.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in southern Sri Lanka feared more violence Thursday, June 19, after days of anti-Christian rallies and the assault of at least one Christian girl by fellow students, a major evangelical umbrella group said.