The Voice of the Martyrs has not yet confirmed this report from BosNewsLife concerning Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's fate, however, we wanted to share with you this latest report concerning Pastor Youcef's case.

NEW DELHI, October 6 (CDN) — Hindu extremists in West Bengal, India who earlier this year refused to admit Christian orphans to a high school have forced them to contribute funds for idol worship in order to gain admission, sources said. The conflict in Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, last month led the hard-line Hindus to throw stones at a Christian orphanage, shut it and other social programs down and threaten to arrest the head of the organization that operates them. The Rev. Dr. Subimal Dutta, director general of Ambassadors Service Society, which operates the Gilgal Children’s Home, told Compass he faced the threats and program shut-down after opposing the collection of money for idol worship at government schools or government-aided schools.

Today we wanted to remind you about our wonderful Be-A-Voice-Network which will allow you time to fellowship with others and also a place to get specific prayer requests for needs in the world of persecution.

On this weeks episode of the Persecution Podcast, Gary Lane from CBN News shares about his visit with Asia Bibi's family.

LAHORE, Pakistan, October 4 (CDN) — A Christian mother of five who was allegedly raped by two Muslims rejoiced after police in Pakistan’s Kasur district arrested a suspect and suspended an officer who had dismissed her complaints, but her solace was short-lived when her father collapsed and died Friday night (Sept. 30) after learning of her ordeal. The 32-year-old woman and her husband, municipal worker Mushtaq Masih, told Compass by phone that they had lost hope of getting justice as they were facing threats from area Muslims to withdraw the case even as police were deliberately slow to investigate and arrest the accused. Heartened after advocate pressure led to the arrest last week of one of the primary suspects in the case, the woman, whose name is withheld, went to visit her father late Friday night (Sept. 30). Up to that point she had not been able to bear informing her siblings and 70-year-old father, Gama Masih, about being raped on Sept. 15, but the family felt it was unwise to refrain further. “As soon as my wife shared her ordeal with her family, her father collapsed and died on the spot,” Mushtaq Masih said. “He could not take the pain. My wife is in a state of shock. She lost her honor, and now she has lost her father. We have suffered a lot in the last 15 days.”

If you live within distance of Bartlesville, Oklahoma The Voice of the Martyrs has a regional conference happening this Saturday, October 8th from 9 AM to 5 PM.

Last week we shared with you a little bit about how Christians on The Voice of the Martyrs Facebook page have shared their prayers for Pastor Youcef.