Hindu Radicals Attack Christians in Madhya Pradesh, India
Hindu radicals attacked a Christian meeting recently.
Christian Persecution
Student Attacked Over Gospel Tract
Sohan didn’t know what to expect when the man asked him to wait for just a minute. Sohan, a third year student at a Gospel for Asia Bible college, was handing out Gospel tracts in a city in Maharashtra, India. One man who received a tract asked Sohan to stay put until he got back.
Malaysia: Court Denies Woman’s Appeal to Leave Islam
A civil court on Aug. 5 denied a woman’s appeal to renounce Islam in favor of Christianity, highlighting the jurisdictional disputes in Malaysia’s dual legal system.
Saudi Arabia: Muslim Father Kills Daughter for Converting to Christianity
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that a Saudi Arabian man cut out the tongue of his daughter and burned her to death after finding out that she had converted to Christianity.
Eritrea Shuts Christian Students into Shipping Containers
Authorities on Tuesday (August 5) locked up eight high school students at a military training school in metal shipping containers for objecting to the burning of hundreds of Bibles, sources told Compass.
Muslim Candidate Kills Christian Voter For Refusing To Vote For Him
Widow Zeenat Javed was still awaiting justice Sunday, August 10, four months after her Christian husband was killed for refusing to vote for a Muslim candidate in elections in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Prayer Service Attacked in Karnataka, India
Hindu radicals attacked a Christian prayer service meeting.
President Bush Visit Officially Staged Church Service
As President Bush today (Sunday) visited and attended a service at the Three Self Patriotic Movement’s (TSPM)Kuanjie Church established by the government, a renowned Christian social activist in Beijing was arrested once again by the Chinese police, but has since eluded authorities.
Two Missionaries Released from Detention in Inner Mongolia
China Aid Association has learned that two of the four missionaries detained in Inner Mongolia in early July have been released after serving 30 days adminstrative detention.
Laos: Authorities Detain 90 Christians
Authorities in Laos have detained or arrested at least 90 Christians in three provinces in recent weeks, including an arrest last Sunday (Aug. 3) of a pastor and two other believers from a house church in Boukham village, Savannakhet province.
Pakistan: Christian Allegedly Murdered
Local Pakistani police declared the death of a young Christian man in May to be a suicide requiring no investigation, but a high inspector has reopened the case and taken two Muslim suspects into custody.
Gospel for Asia Missionaries Released
Four Gospel for Asia missionaries being held in a Karnataka, India, jail were released Friday after spending more than a week there. They are now being taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
China Detains House Church Leader As Olympics Begin
As China prepared for the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games Friday, August 8, a key Chinese house church leader and his wife remained detained amid signs government leaders fear Christians will use the event to highlight reports of religious persecution.
Christians Deported After Tiananmen Square Arrests, Return Safely to U.S.
The three Christians arrested in China yesterday have arrived safely in the United States after being deported for speaking out about oppression in China.
Egypt: Another Convert Tries to Change Religious Identification
One year after the first attempt by an Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to change his religious identity, another convert this week became the second to make such a controversial legal request.
India Christian Couple Detained On “Forced Conversion” Charges
The pastor of a Full Gospel Church of God (FGCB) congregation and his wife remained detained Wednesday, August 6, in India’s state of Madhya Pradesh on changes of “forced conversion,” church members and investigators told BosNewsLife.
Hindu Radicals Demand that Cross on School Uniform be Replaced with Hindu Logo
Hindu Radicals stormed into a Christian School demanding that the Cross on the school uniform be replaced with a Hindu logo.
China: House Church Pastor Detained
Chinese police detained house church leader Zhang Mingxuan, along with his wife Xie Fenlang and co-pastor Wu Jiang He, at a police station in Hebei after a BBC journalist attempted to interview him on Monday (August 4).
American Christian “Deported” From China After Beijing Detentions
Three American Christian leaders were deported from China Thursday, August 7, after being arrested for the second time in as many days for publicly praying and protesting against China’s “religious persecution”, the “policy of forced abortion” and other alleged civil rights abuses, family members said.
Bangladesh Christians Flee After Attack On House Church
Muslim militants raided and destroyed a ‘house church’ in Bangladesh as part of an operation to expel Christians from the region, a group representing the believers said Tuesday, August 5.