Havovi Cooper is a Pakistani writer over at The Huffington Post and she has written a very interesting article, titled Asia Bibi and Pakistan's Selective Persecution.

ChinaAid Association (OSLO -- Dec. 8, 2010) On International Human Rights Day this Friday, Dr. Liu Xiaobo will be awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. President of ChinaAid Bob Fu was given the honor of an invitation to attend the ceremony. Although many will travel from across the globe to attend the ceremony, the honored guest, Dr. Liu, will be continuing his 11-year prison sentence in a dark cell in China.

Every day I am both inspired and grieved by the stories I read of fellow believers who die for their faith in Christ. I'm inspired because it shows the reality of their faith, the reality of what God's word clearly teaches, and also the reality of the hate the world has towards Christ.

We've been focusing a lot on Asia Bibi and the death sentence hanging over her head, but we have failed to focus on this dear pastor who is also going through a similar thing.

If you are mission minded, then maybe the Lord has put the country of India on your heart to pray for. If so, maybe you'd like to help minister to families this year at Christmas time - and if so, we have a great opportunity for you to do so.

Earlier this year, in March 7, 2010 more than 500 Nigerian Christians, mostly women and children, were killed. At that time, we shared the following video with you. Today I wanted to remind you of our wonderful family in Christ who are wonderful examples to us as to how to persevere under persecution. As you watch this, please consider our previous post about The Stephen Center and know you may be helping some of the orphans from this tragic attack.

On Dec. 3, 2010, a mullah in Pakistan offered more than $6,000 (U.S.) to anyone who kills Asia Bibi, according to The Voice of the Martyrs contacts.

One of the new ways we have designed for you to be able to help VOM without even trying is to do your shopping through our partner site Good 2 Give, which is a charity mall.

When Pastor Peter Paul was attacked by an angry mob after sharing New Testaments with Muslim young people in the slum where he worked, the police were called. But instead of dispersing the mob, the police arrested Peter Paul. They said he was guilty of "disturbing communal harmony" by telling Muslim children about Jesus!

Over the weekend I found this article and I wanted to share it with you because as you know, Christians are being persecuted daily all over the world.