Sudanese authorities arrested a pastor in Omdurman as he was preaching on February 23 and threatened that he would "face justice" unless he resigned his position, sources said.
Seven Coptic Christians were found executed on a beach in Libya earlier this week. Coptic advocacy groups blame the Lybian and Egyptian authorities for not doing enough to keep them safe.
The UK Minister for Faith and Communities gave an address at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Oman yesterday, in which she condemned sectarianism and highlighted the importance of religious freedom for all.
Suspects in the murder of Pakistan's first Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could walk free due to intimidation tactics by Islamic extremists, Christians fear.