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TWO hundred Muslim rebels attacked a bustling port city in the Philippines last week, taking 200 to 300 people hostage in the latest standoff between the Muslim-minority and the government.

FOUR months after a recent convert to Christianity from Islam in West Bengal was stripped and beaten, about 50 Muslim extremists yesterday disrupted a prayer meeting held in her home, threatening to burn it down if she did not return to Islam, area Christians said.

"If the Christians stay in Syria and Iraq, they risk being eliminated by Islamic extremists and if they seek sanctuary abroad in the main refugee camps, they suffer abuse from those already there," the priest continued.

THE militia was formed in late June 2014 — directly after the fall of Mosul — and first went into battle three months later at Camp Speicher, a former U.S. military base outside the city of Tikrit.

"Basuki loves Indonesia. He loves God. In every meeting he always says that he's just an extension of God to bless the people in Indonesia," Ardes Goenawan, Purnama's churchmate, said.

ISLAMIC extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab militia last week publicly beheaded a mother of two girls and her cousin in southeastern Somalia after discovering they were Christians, Morning Star News reported from sources inside the country.

IN a rare show of religious camaraderie, Muslims in Mangalore, Karnataka, have staged a rally in the city to protest against attacks on the Christian community by radical Hindu groups.

THE most dangerous countries to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic, according to a new report by the human rights group Open Doors International.

A mother of four was killed for her Christian faith on Jan 7 on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia by Islamic extremists from al Shabaab militia, delayed reports said.

MUSLIM extremists, along with members of the Nigerian army, allegedly killed 24 Christians during mid-August in Nigeria’s Plateau state, according to Compass Direct News.