Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Egypt Arrests 22 Muslim Converts to Christianity
Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003
U.S. Copts Association received several phone calls from the families and friends of over 20 Egyptian Muslim converts to Christianity who have been detained by the Egyptian police since October 20th.
Iraq’s Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Iraqi Christians who have become targets of attacks by Muslim extremists and bandits are risking their lives to attend church services, ASSIST News Service (ANS) has established.
Christian Village Suffers Midnight Attack in Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Indonesian Christians who have lived in the village of Old Beteleme (Bethlehem), Central Sulawesi, since being displaced by a three-year wave of religious violence suffered a night-time attack Friday that left two people dead, six missing and 38…
Gospel for Asia Broadcaster under House Arrest
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Dhoniam, one of Gospel for Asia’s radio producers, is under house arrest—along with his young family—and not allowed to contact anyone unless they deny their faith in Christ. This has greatly affected the production of GFA’s radio broadcast…
Eight Aid Workers Free at Last
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- In what was seen as an answer to the prayers of thousands of Christians around the world, eight Christian aid workers detained in Afghanistan arrived safely in neighboring Pakistan, Thursday November 15, after more…
Abu Sayyaf Seeks U.S. Negotiation for Missionary Safe Release
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ZAMBOANGA CITY, PHILIPPINES (ANS) - The Philippines military has theorized that the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, which is holding American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham of Kansas City, has opened its communication lines with officials of…
Kabul Court To Resume Christians’ Trial Saturday
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISTANBUL, September 27 (Compass) -- The Taliban Supreme Court announced it will resume trial proceedings on Saturday against eight Western aid workers who have been jailed in the Afghan capital for the past two months on charges of…
Afghanistan’s Regime Denies Prisoners Exchange
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban regime denied Thursday, September 6, that his hard-line movement was considering a prisoner swap with the United States to free eight detained Western Christian relief workers. Reports…
Taliban Arrest 35 More Afghans In Alleged Missionary Probe
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISTANBUL, September 10 (Compass) -- Taliban authorities arrested 35 more Afghan aid workers over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 50 Afghans jailed by the strict Islamist regime since early August on suspicion of aiding covert…
