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• China Detains House Church Leaders For Running "Evil Cult" - Worthy News House church leaders and other Christians remained detained Sunday, April 6, in China’s Sichuan Province, on charges of running an "evil cult" after security forces raided their house church and Sunday School, fellow Christians said. Added: 04.08.2008 07:37 • Uzbekistan Police Raid Christian Gathering - Worthy News A devoted Christian in Uzbekistan’s second largest city faced more police interrogations Saturday, April 5, after security forces broke up a Christian home meeting, a well-informed rights group told BosNewsLife. Added: 04.08.2008 07:36 • Vietnam Christian Prisoner Tortured To Death, Friends Say - Worthy News A Vietnamese Degar Montagnard Christian who refused to join the Communist-backed church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has been tortured to death in prison, while other detainees were beaten for declining to renounce their faith in Christ, representatives told BosNewsLife. Added: 04.08.2008 07:35 • Indonesia: 110 Churches Closed in Three Years - Worthy News Islamic extremist groups and local governments in Indonesia closed 110 churches from 2004 to 2007, according to religious and human rights organizations. Added: 04.03.2008 11:36 • "Wave of Persecution in China"; Group Smuggles Millions of Bibles - Worthy News Government initiated attacks in China against Christians and their churches are "the worst in years" with a "wave of persecution" reported across the Communist nation, a well-informed group revealed Tuesday, April 1. Added: 04.02.2008 10:39 • Algeria Continues Widespread Church Closures - Worthy News Groups of devoted Christians in Algeria were without places to worship Saturday, March 29, after authorities closed down more than a dozen Protestant churches amid anger over alleged attempts by evangelical believers to convert Muslims. Added: 03.31.2008 11:26 • India: Hindu Extremists Assault Christian Family - Worthy News Hindu extremists in a village in Madhya Pradesh who have harassed and threatened local Christians beat the grandparents and aunt of a 15-year-old girl last weekend when the Christian family refused to allow the group to rape her. Added: 03.28.2008 10:32 • Egypt: Ex-Muslims Blocked from Declaring Conversion - Worthy News Christian-born converts to Islam in Egypt wishing to return to their former faith have found their way blocked by an appeal before the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court. Added: 03.27.2008 10:09 • Sri Lanka: Attacks on Bible School Continue - Worthy News A Provincial Council member brandishing a gun assaulted a security guard at a Bible college in Lunuwila, Puttlam district two weeks after an attack on 10 of the institution’s students seriously injured two of them. Added: 03.26.2008 10:10 • India: Intolerant Hindus Attack Easter Services - Worthy News Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) extremists stormed two Easter Sunday services and beat at least 16 Christians, including two pastors, in the Karnataka state capital of Bangalore and in Shimoga district. Added: 03.26.2008 10:00 • India: Rajasthan Passes New 'Anti-Conversion' Bill - Worthy News The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan state on Thursday (March 20) passed a new "anti-conversion" bill with more stringent and arbitrary provisions than previous legislation stalled by objections from the former governor. Added: 03.26.2008 09:58 • Fourteen Indian Christian Evangelists Imprisoned In Bangladesh - Worthy News Some fourteen Indian Christians remained detained in Bangladesh Saturday, March 22, weeks after completing a three-month sentence for unwittingly crossing the border while evangelizing, because India has not request their repatriation, news reports said. Added: 03.24.2008 09:41 | |
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