CHRISTIAN RULE OF AUSTRALIA ASSERTED
Canberra (Australia): Prime Minister John Howard declared that Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were should get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. READ MORE

christians acquitted IN PAKISTAN
Islamabad (Pakistan): Finally some relief for the oppressed Christians here. Five Pakistani Christians who were falsely accused of blasphemy in April 2007 and had been detained in prison, were recently acquitted of the charges, according to reports.  READ MORE

CHRISTIAN GIRLS RESCUED FROM SEX SLAVERY
Karachi (Pakistan): Two Christian girls in Pakistan have been rescued after more than a month of captivity as sex slaves to Muslim lawyers in Karachi.
According to International Christian Concern, a human rights organization focused on Christians who are persecuted for their faith, Parvisha Alam, 18, and her 14-year-old sister Sanam of Gujranwala, Pakistan, were abducted Nov. 12 by a neighbor, Muhammad Irfan, who offered them training in cosmetology and jobs in his beauty salon. READ MORE

CHRISTIAN BLOGGER ARRESTED
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): On January 13, 2009 Saudi police arrested Hamoud Bin Saleh (28) and blocked access to his online blog, according to reports from The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. Saleh had used his blog to express his opinion on religious issues and discuss his conversion from Islam to Christianity. READ MORE