'That smile put me to shame'

A sliver of hope for Christian women who suffer beatings, rape, and forced conversions to Islam.

Muslim seminary implicated in forcible conversion attempt.

Plus: Buddhists burn another church in Sri Lanka, some conservative Christians are nonplussed by Bush's marriage initiative, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Plus: Sri Lanka church burned before Sunday services.

Plus: Wesley Clark's change of tune on abortion limits, more Ten Commandments disputes, poor clergy criticized, and many other stories from online sources around the world.

Arrested in 1998, Aslam Masih is released from prison because of a lack of evidence

Two men in burqas throw a bomb into a small church during worship

Christian massacre survivor released from custody, detained, and then released again

A graduate of Murree Christian School in Pakistan, the site of a deadly assault by Islamic terrorists in August, reflects on his growing-up years, on what has changed in the interim, and on the beleaguered Christian community in Pakistan

Christians aim to reclaim the school's neglected religious heritage

Now two on death row, five appealing life sentences

Family pins hopes for release on attorney's novel argument

Saira's plight prompts a journalist to reflect on truth and culture

Pakistan scraps system in which religious minorities could only vote for candidates of their own faith.

On the Sunday after March 17 attack, church members regather in Islamabad

Fleeing persecution with no passport, refugee witnesses last week's grenade murders in Pakistan

Five killed in grenade attack inside Islamabad church