7/28/2006 Columbia (BosNewsLife) Colombia Mother Of Four "Murdered" For Evangelizing -- Christian rights group said it learned that the woman, who was only identified with her pseudonym Jenifer, was murdered because she had been leading insurgents to Christ, many of whom defected "from their illegal armed group."

7/28/2006 Somali (BBC News) Riots as Somali minister killed-- Riots have broken out in the Somali town of Baidoa after a minister in the transitional government was shot dead. Minister Abdallah Isaaq Deerow was killed outside a mosque in Baidoa, where the government is based.

7/29/2006 Uganda/Kenya (Open Doors) Prayers Urged for Muslim Background Believers in Uganda and Kenya - Open Doors has received reports of a series of attacks, from May to date, on Muslim Background Believers (MBBs) in Uganda and Kenya. This has really affected the emotional stability of the MBBs in these two countries.

7/30/2006 China (Compass Direct)Chinese Authorities Raid House Churches -- China Aid Association (CAA) reported that government raids of two house churches last week resulted in the arrest of about 80 Christians

8/1/2006 Iran (Assist News) Iran: Another Believer Arrested-- On 24 July, an Iranian Christian named Issa Motamadi was imprisoned on account of his faith. French internet news site VoxDei reports that Issa Motamadi, a resident of the north-western town of Resht, the capital of Gilan Province, will soon stand trial before a Revolutionary Tribunal.

8/1/2006 China (Christian News Wire)LargeHouse Church Destroyed in Zhejiang -- CAA learned that, a large house church building was destroyed and many Christians were arrested and wounded during the confrontation.

8/2/2006 Iran (Frontline) Muslim Authorities Charge Converts From Islam With Apostasy In Iran -- An Iranian man who with his wife chose a Christian name for their newborn son has been arrested and imprisoned by Muslims on allegations of apostasy.

8/2/2006 India (Asia News)Christians Pray Against Religious Persecution - India’s “persecuted” Christians met in Bangalore for the first ecumenical meeting “of prayer and testimony” in the nation’s history

8/3/2006 Afghanistan (Asia News)Kabulto Expel Korean Evangelicals - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the “complete expulsion” of all Koreans who came to the country to take part in a “peace march” organized by an evangelical organization.

8/3/2006 China (Asia News)Hebei: Bishop, Priest and 90 Unofficial Catholics Arrested -- Police from the province which has the highest density of Catholics, did not explain why they took the bishop into custody. Local Catholics protested against the injustice.