Officials of an Indonesian town verbally revoked permission for construction of a Christian school after Muslim groups marched in protest of the project.
Officials of China’s Shandong province are requiring students and their families to complete surveys detailing information about each individual’s religious beliefs and activities.
A Christian family in Laos was expelled from their village for their faith and, in another province, a worship service was disrupted and members threatened with arrest.
Unrest in Pakistan that erupted in August after two Christian brothers were accused of blaspheming Islam has continued, with a pastor being shot and other Christians arrested, and an official in Pakistan blames India for the conflict.
Following a raid earlier this year by Kyrgyzstan officials, two foreign Protestants — both associated with a registered church — were fined for “illegal missionary activity.”
Police in China raided a church’s summer youth camp and detained four Christian adults for “carrying out activities in the name of an illegal social organization.”