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DALLAS, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders have urged Christians in the United States to stop acting as if "salvation is in the hands of Americans" and to reevaluate their role in the world today, BosNewsLife monitored Saturday, October 4.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian mother in Egypt lived in fear Friday, October 3, that police would take away her two sons after their Muslim father won a controversial custody battle.

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in southern Somalia faced more tensions Thursday, October 2, after two people were injured when their house church was attacked, for a second time, by Muslim militants, rights investigators said.

(ADDS MORE DETAILS INCLUDING KILLING CHRISTIAN COUPLE)NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Over 10,000 demonstrators, including political leaders, marched in New Delhi Thursday, October 2, to protest ongoing attacks by hardline Hindu nationalists against India's minority Christians, that left dozens of people dead, witnesses said.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran has released two Iranian Christians from Muslim backgrounds who could have received the death penalty on charges of apostasy, BosNewsLife monitored Wednesday, October 1.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces have raided an evangelical church, confiscating Christian properties including Bibles, hymnals, a large cross and the collection box, Christians said Wednesday, October 1.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Pastor Zhang "Bike" Mingxuan and his wife celebrated their first peaceful Sunday in more than three months after officials restored their water and electricity and permitted their house church to gather, their supporters said Wednesday, October 1.

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Bangladesh have charged two persons of raping a pastor’s teenage daughter in the village of Laksmipur, a Christian news agency reported Wednesday, October 1.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnam's Catholic Archbishop in Hanoi remained under "virtual house arrest" Wednesday, October 1, with "thugs" shouting anti-Catholic slogans in front of his residence and secret service agents listening to phone conversations and following him via cameras deployed in nearby buildings, Catholic sources with close knowledge about the situation said.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Degar Montagnard Christians are among those being held in a Vietnamese prison after they were detained as part of a major government backed crackdown on 'illegal' house churches in Vietnam's Central Highlands, their friends said.