http://au.christiantoday.com Copyright (c) 2013 Christian Today. All Rights Reserved. Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Updated: Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 13:12 (EST) 5 144 31 http://au.christiantoday.com http://au.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif SELECT id,submittime,title,slug,summary FROM ct_article WHERE submittime>'2013-06-12 20:13:28' AND output='Y' AND subcat='1116' ORDER BY submittime DESC LIMIT 50 Four years after its military victory over Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka appears to be seeking to establish social and political supremacy of the Sinhala Buddhist majority within a unitary state instead of bringing about reconciliation And this postwar resurgence of nationalism no longer threatens only the Tamil ethnic minority but also religious minorities particularly Christians and Muslims http://au.christiantoday.com/article/why-christian-persecution-is-worrisome-in-sri-lanka/15583.htm Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:21:31 +1000 Police in Indias remote Tripura state are backing away from earlier statements that the Christian faith of a convert from Hinduism was a factor in his murder http://au.christiantoday.com/article/police-back-off-statement-of-religious-motive-in-murder-of-christian-in-india/15545.htm Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:06:37 +1000 Hindu extremists launched a brutal attack on 20 Baptist pastors in Andhra Pradesh in southern India yesterday Release partners report http://au.christiantoday.com/article/india-pastors-hospitalised-after-extremist-attack/15535.htm Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:43:52 +1000 International Christian Concern ICC has learned that the rescuers of Christian children taken captive by Islamic traffickers in Bangladesh are being accused of forcefully converting the children to Christianity http://au.christiantoday.com/article/islamic-traffickers-cry-forced-conversion-in-attempt-to-retaliate-against-christian-rescuers/15519.htm Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:34:28 +1000 Gospel for Asia is responding after Tropical Storm Mahasen left thousands of people displaced and homeless in Bangladesh and Burma http://au.christiantoday.com/article/gospel-for-asia-assists-bangladesh-after-tropical-storm/15447.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:32 +1000 On March 12 in a southeast India village the local newspaper published allegations that Divya Jyoti Church had been built on government land http://au.christiantoday.com/article/mob-demolishes-church-in-india/15430.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 22:14:17 +1000 More than 140 children have been rescued from Islamic training centers madrassas in the last nine months with a majority of the children targeted because of their Christian faith The females accounting for nearly half of those rescued report that they were used for forced labor and sex slavery http://au.christiantoday.com/article/young-christian-girls-trafficked-into-forced-labour-and-sex-slavery/15398.htm Fri, 10 May 2013 10:06:15 +1000 Massive riots in Dhaka and other Bangladesh cities have left at least 36 people dead and 60 injured after tens of thousands of Islamists clashed with police demanding stricter penalties for atheist bloggers http://au.christiantoday.com/article/36-dead-after-muslim-crowds-protest-for-stricter-penalties-against-atheist-bloggers/15381.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 23:33:12 +1000 Amid rising political conflict Bangladeshi Christians are relying on the government to resist the demands of Islamists for the introduction of a new antiblasphemy law that could inflame Christian persecution http://au.christiantoday.com/article/bangladesh-in-turmoil-over-proposed-anti-blasphemy-law/15295.htm Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:59:08 +1000 Christians suffered serious head injuries expulsion from home and incarceration based on false witness as Hindu extremists continued their reign of terror in India this month sources said http://au.christiantoday.com/article/india-christians-wounded-jailed-expelled/15146.htm Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:17:19 +1100