Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
MORE CHURCHES DESTROYED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
MORE CHURCHES DESTROYED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA Sharia-related Tension Continues to Breed Violence by Obed Minchakpu GUSAU, Nigeria (Compass) — At least five churches were destroyed during February in northern Nigeria as the controversial implementation of Islamic law continued…
Nigerian Churches will Challenge Islamic Law
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) -- Disturbed by some northern Nigeria states' widespread declaration that they are Islamic states and have adopted Islam as the state religion, Nigerian Christian churches have resolved to go to court to challenge what they…
New Blasphemy Case Filed Against Pakistani Christian
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
ISTANBUL, April 9 (Compass) -- Police in Pakistan's Punjab province registered another questionable blasphemy case against one of its Christian citizens on April 1, jailing a respected high school principal for slander he allegedly spoke two months ago…
Mob Attacks Church In Tripura, India
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
by Michael Fischer HONG KONG (Compass) — A fundamentalist Hindu mob attacked a church in the eastern Indian state of Tripura on February 25. Church leaders say the Krishnanagar Baptist Church in the capital Agartala was attacked as…
Four weeks without arrest for Chinese pastor Li De Xian
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
Pastor Li De Xian preached twice this week in his usual Tuesday meeting in Huadu near Guangzhou, China without interference from Chinese authorities. This marks four consecutive weeks without arrest or interference for Pastor Li's ministry.
Top Stories of the Year 2000
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
The growing awareness of worldwide Christian persecution can hardly be explained by the actions of a few people or the dramatic events in a specific country. So the following list of "top" stories for 2000 should be viewed…
Religious Freedom in the Classroom Disputed in Chile
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
SANTIAGO, Chile (Compass) -- The issue of religious discrimination is in the public spotlight in Chile, due to the case of San Pedro de la Paz, a town some 300 miles south of Santiago. There a Baptist lawyer…
On Cults, Leaders and Politics in China
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ANHUI "Here we only have one registered church, which is packed out with people standing in the courtyard. However, since the church was opened, none of the accounts listing all the believers' donations have ever been made public…
High Profile Prisoner Released, but Others Arrested in China
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
HONG KONG (Compass) -- Zhang Rongliang, also known as David Zhang, is at large in China despite receiving a three-years' hard labor sentence in December 1999. Reliable reports from central China say he was able to buy himself…
Why TBN’s Paul Crouch Does Not Understand China
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
Paul Crouch got it wrong. In fact, Christian leaders only get it that wrong once or twice a decade. The last time a Christian leader visited China and swallowed and disgorged official propaganda so obligingly for his Chinese…
Egypt Acquits All Muslim Murder Suspects
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ISTANBUL, February 6 (Compass) -- Instead of convicting the Muslim murder suspects accused of killing 21 Christians in last year's El-Kosheh massacre, a judge in southern Egypt has accused the local Coptic clergy of responsibility for the three-day…
Christians Attacked in Borno, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
DAMBOA, Nigeria (Compass) -- A Christian-Muslim conflict in Damboa in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state resulted in the deaths of 15 Christians, and four churches were burned.
Egyptian Security Police Threaten, Torture Local Christian
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ISTANBUL, July 6 (Compass) -- Officials from Egypt's powerful State Security Intelligence (SSI) agency detained a Coptic Orthodox Christian for the fourth time in early June, interrogating him under torture on accusations of preaching Christianity to Muslims.
Christian Community Center Burned in Malaysia
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
LOS ANGELES, August 23 (Compass) -- A Christian community center in Malaysia was set ablaze on July 21 by suspected Muslim extremists. The building was unoccupied during the alleged arson attack, reported local fire and rescue officials.
Taliban Vow To Execute Afghans Who Convert
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ISTANBUL (Compass) -- The supreme leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia warned on January 8 that his regime will apply the death penalty to any Muslim who converts to another faith.
Church Harassment in Eastern China Worsens
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
BEIJING (Compass) -- Christian leaders in both the unofficial house churches and the registered "Three Self" churches in eastern China confirmed in June that their situation has become more difficult.
Courageous Christians Imprisoned for 15 Days (China)
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
The Voice of the Martyrs rejoiced to learn yesterday that Chinese Christian “Sister Tong†has been released from prison following a 15 day prison sentence. A VOM worker in the area was able to pass financial support and…
