Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Lebanon Christians Attacked, Church Stoned, By Angry Muslims
Posted on Monday, February 6, 2006
Lebanon's Interior Minister resigned late Sunday, February 5, after an estimated 20,000 angry Muslims not only torched the Danish Embassy but also attacked the Christian community in the capital Beirut over published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.
Villagers Brutally Beat Christians in Orissa State, India
Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006
Extremists encouraged Hindu residents of a village in Malkangiri district, Orissa state, to attack Christian residents on January 24. At least 10 Christians were injured and two were hospitalized.
Egyptian Sisters Win Christian Identity
Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006
Two young Coptic Christian women whose father had converted to Islam when they were infants have won a court battle in Egypt to retain their official religious identity as Christians.
India Hindu Militants Attack Orphanage, Children and Pastors Injured
Posted on Friday, February 3, 2006
Indian Hindu militants attacked a Christian orphanage of Hopegivers International (HI), one of India's leading mission organizations, injuring orphans and three pastors, its president confirmed Thursday, February 2, following a weeklong investigation.
Eritrean Military Jails 75 Protestant Conscripts
Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006
Eritrean military authorities jailed 75 Protestant Christians yesterday at the Sawa Military Training Camp for 'reading Bibles and praying during their free time,' local sources in the small East Africa nation confirmed.
Palestinian Militants Threaten Churches and Close EU Office Over Cartoons
Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006
Armed Islamic groups angered by cartoon drawings depicting the Prophet Muhammad in European media, threatened to attack churches and closed down the European Union Commission office in Gaza Thursday, February 2, as anger over the published caricatures spread…
British Government’s Religious Hatred Law Defeated
Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The British Government was considering its options Wednesday, February 1, after parliament voted against its version of a religious hatred bill, amid pressure from evangelical Christians and others who feared the law could lead to religious persecution.
Nigerian Churches Marked for Demolition in Zamfara State
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
'For your information, the state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, has ordered that your church should be demolished before his arrival in this town tomorrow. So, we shall carry out this directive tomorrow morning.'
India Christians Injured As Hindu Violence Rocks State
Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
At least 18 Christians, including children, were injured when Hindu militants armed with sticks, rods and other sharp weapons broke up a Christian seminar in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the fourth such incident in as many…
Two Churches Attacked in Sri Lanka
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2006
Two churches in Sri Lanka were attacked last weekend as threats from Buddhist monks continued amid tensions between the government and Tamil rebels.
Azerbaijani Soldiers Desecrate Armenian Christian Cemetery
Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006
The Washington, DC-based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has recently been informed that the government of Azerbaijan has destroyed an irreplaceable medieval Armenian Christian cemetery in the Djulfa region of Nakhichevan.
Christians Attacked, Houses Burned in Orissa, India
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006
A pastor and his cousin charged with attempted forced conversion in Matiapada village, Orissa state, were released on bail yesterday, while five Hindu villagers charged with assault and setting fire to the pastor's house are still in custody.
UK Evangelicals Warn Of Persecution Threats in Britain
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom (EAUK), an umbrella group representing one million evangelical Christians in the UK, prepared Tuesday, January 24, a major campaign to "alert" believers to "the dangers of the proposed religious hatred (law) and other…
Indonesian Court Rejects Legal Intervention for Jailed Teachers
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Judges at Indonesia's Constitutional Court on January 17 ruled that the Child Protection Act is in line with the constitution and should not be amended. The Rev. Ruyandi Hutasoit had challenged Article 86 of the Act, used as…
India Local Government OK’s ‘Anti-Christian’ Weapons Distribution
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006
The government of India's largest northwestern state, Rajasthan, has withdrawn criminal procedures against most militants of an influential Hindu nationalist organization involved in the massive distribution of 'tridents', three-sponged spears that have reportedly been used to intimidate the…
