We have discussed many times on this blog about the anti-converstion laws that many Christians have to deal with in their countries. These laws are generally in countries either hostile towards Christians or it's a restricted nation.

As is our custom on Friday, here are our weekly prayer requests. Please also remember that we are still in the month of Ramadan, so pleasee pray for Muslims to come to Christ this month too.

The following report is from the Assyrian International News Agency. Remember this is the month of Ramadan and Christian persecution is continuing among our brothers and sisters in dangerous and hostile countries to Christianity. Please read this report, which focuses on Egypt and consider praying for Egyptian Christians today, and for the Muslims who are observing Ramadan. Full story at AINA.

A few days ago our friends at Assyrian International News Agency shared about the recent gathering of Assyrians who observed Martyrs Day. Here's part of their report:

Authorities in Uzbekistan continue to pressure churches and religious groups, often fabricating evidence to punish or limit Christians’ ability to practice their faith. Christians recently have been subjected to excessive fines, false accusations and literature confiscations. In the most recent case, on July 15, 2011, Konstantin Malchikovsky, pastor of the Hamza District Baptist Church in Tashkent, was indicted for tax fraud.

India (MNN) ? An Indian woman just months into her Christian walk was recently attacked for the second time in four months.

Today we wanted to share with you one of the recent blog updates from our wonderful Kids of Courage ministry page.

NEW DELHI, August 5 (CDN) — Four months after a recent convert to Christianity from Islam in eastern India’s West Bengal state 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. The extremists warned Selina Bibi of Motijil village in Murshidabad district that if she did not return to Islam, then she must either leave the area or see her house burned down. At her baptism at Believers Church four kilometers from her home on March 29, a large crowd of Muslim extremists disrupted the service, said a pastor identified only as Bashir. “I pleaded with them to let me at least finish the worship service before they attack us,” he told Compass. When word of her conversion to Christianity reached her village, another extremist group from Motijil led by Jamal Shaike disrupted the service. Shaike and the others verbally abused the Christians, and he ordered his son who was present at the service to leave immediately, Bashir said. The pastor said that on April 5, two Muslim women along with members of the extremist group summoned Selina Bibi to one of their homes and forcefully stripped her naked. “The radicals believe that when any person from the Muslim community becomes Christian, they get Christian marks on their body,” Bashir said. “When the radicals could not find such marks, they started beating her up.” The Muslim extremists later gathered at the local mosque and resolved to ostracize her until she returned to Islam. She lives only with her two teenage sons. Selina Bibi told Bashir that her body bore the marks of suffering for the sake of Christ, and that she was being treated like a criminal.

Last week we asked you to take the time to write Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel and I am very happy to tell you that 6 more letters were written to Dr. Gebremeskel. Praise the Lord for your faithfulness to act!! A big thank you to all of you who did write! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU! The week before we had 41 letters written and this past week 6 letters were written! Thank you to the six of you who took your time to write Dr. Gebremeskel. The Lord will bless you, as you have blessed him.