Middle East (MNN/SAT7) ? Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for a nationwide peaceful demonstration today to condemn insults to Prophet Mohammad from an amateurish film.

Burma (MNN) ? Burma doesn't seem to have made as many advances as it first appeared in a year of change.

Todd Nettleton, spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs USA, says the blasphemy law is often misused by Muslims to settle personal scores with Christians. Even unproven allegations can prompt a violent public response.

Kenya (MNN) ? Muslim rioters took to the streets of Mombasa, Kenya following the death of Sheikh Aboud Rogo. Unknown gunmen sprayed Rogo's van with bullets, immediately killing the controversial Islamic cleric. Jerry Dykstra with Open Doors said rioters focused their rage on two targets.

India (MNN) ? August marks the three-year anniversary of the arrest of two Children's Bible Club leaders in Karnataka on false charges.

Egypt (MNN) ? A potentially ugly confrontation is brewing in one of the Arab Spring countries.

India (MNN) ? Shunned and hated in Pakistan, families who suffered through torture, kidnapping and increasing pressure to convert to Islam finally fled across the border to India.

According to the American Center for Law and Justice, it's unclear if the charges are new or are connected to his apostasy conviction. Nadarkhani was convicted and sentenced to death for apostasy: becoming a Christian. When Iranian officials demanded that he recant his faith in Jesus Christ or die, he responded, "I cannot." He has been illegally imprisoned and separated from his wife and two boys since 2009.

Nigeria (MNN) ? You know that saying 'if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck'?

Azerbaijan (MNN) ? Azerbaijan's government has struck another blow to the Greater Grace Protestant Church. According to Russian Ministries, the court of appeal in Baku, Azerbaijan has upheld the lower court's decision to liquidate the evangelical church, thereby making any and all church activities illegal. Pray that the Lord protects His people in Azerbaijan.