10/6/06 India (Compass Direct News) Youth in India Abducted, Tonsured for Receiving Christ - Hindu extremists in the western state of Orissa abducted a Christian youth from his house and tortured and tonsured him, allegedly to punish him for accepting Christianity.

10/7/06 Pakistan (BosNewsLife) Pakistan's Longest Held Christian Prisoner "Feels Forgotten" By Church - One of Pakistan’s longest held Christian prisoners faced another uphill battle as he "feels forgotten by the Church," amid alleged pressure by fellow inmates to covert to Islam and health problems.

10/8/06 Iraq (Asia News)Terror campaign targets Chaldean Church in Iraq -- There were two new attacks against the parish of the Holy Spirit in Mosul. A convent of Dominican Sisters has also been struck. These are the most blatant signs of a campaign that aims to throw Christians out of Iraq.

10/9/06 Columbia (CSW)New Report Documents Severe Violations of Religious Freedom in Colombia - A new report details for the first time the extent of religious freedom violations in Colombia. It outlines at least six clear cases of targeted assassinations of pastors or church leaders, the kidnapping or forced disappearance of at least three others, and the a ttempted assassination of a pastor that left more that 70 bullets embedded in his body.

10/9/06 Nigeria (Compass Direct News)Nigerian Eight Months in Hiding after Escape from Stoning - Eight months after she escaped from a judgment by officials at a school of nursing she attended in Sokoto to stone her to death for “blasphemy,” Ladi Muhammed is still in hiding.

10/9/06 Egypt (Compass Direct News)Egyptian Christian Girl Escapes Muslim Kidnappers - An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus. While holding her captive, they threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if her family did not leave their Nile Delta city

10/10/06 Pakistan (Asia News)Two Catholics Arrested For Blasphemy against the Qur’an

- Pakistani police arrested two Catholic men from Faisalabad for allegedly burning a copy of the Qur’an despite the fact that their accusers did not see them commit the act itself.

10/10/06 Philippines (BosNewsLife)PhilippinesPastor Killed By Militants -- Three men wearing bonnets attacked priest Dionisio Gingging, just outside his hous e in Bajao village in Tago town at the Tandag of Surigao del Sur area,

10/11/06 India (ICC) Christians Attacked During Worship Service in India -- A group of about 50 Hindu militants in the northern sate of Uttaranchal have attacked two Christian workers during a Sunday worship service before accusing them of “hurting religious sentiments

10/11/06 Sudan (BosNewsLife) SudanChristians In Crossfire As Fighting Continues -- Christian aid workers continued to support minority Christians in the troubled region of Darfur, in western Sudan, amid reports of ongoing attacks against churches.