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Archive for February, 2011|Monthly archive pageEurope Stuttering Timidity in Denouncing the Persecution of ChristiansMonday, February 28th, 2011NEWS ALERT: Laos Christians Facing Starvation; Officials Cutting Off Food, WaterMonday, February 28th, 2011Persecuted Christians in Laos face starvation when government officials cut off food and water. Chinese Government planning increased regulations on Christian worshipMonday, February 28th, 2011Chinese government increases regulations on Christian worship. Christian Annihilation – The Iraq War’s Collateral DamageMonday, February 28th, 2011Until today, the U.S.’s war strategy to stamp out sectarian violence never involved protecting Iraq’s Christians. Leaving Christians out of the U.S. counterinsurgency equation has proven decisive. To continue to ignore the warnings will mean nothing less than the complete annihilation of Christianity from the region, and the U.S. will have nobody to blame but themselves. Survivors; Egyptian Christians recount the upheaval now behind them and consider the future before their countryMonday, February 28th, 2011“No matter what the future holds, Christians should speak up now.” Murder of 70-year-old Christian in Baghdad raises fears of more attacksMonday, February 28th, 2011Youssif Isho, a 70-year-old Chaldean Christian, was stabbed to death by armed militants who stormed into his Baghdad home, Asia News reports. Armenia: Pastor prosecuted after journalists refuse to leave churchMonday, February 28th, 2011“A Pentecostal Pastor faces criminal trial for ‘obstructing the lawful professional activities of a journalist,’” Forum 18 News Service reports. Exhibit shines light on hidden religion in ChinaSunday, February 27th, 2011Religious Violence In IndonesiaSunday, February 27th, 2011A small but vocal and sometimes violent minority rejects the equal rights of all groups. Recently there have been several worrisome instances of religious violence. Aware of Risks of Work, Missionaries PersevereSunday, February 27th, 2011“The real difference we’re seeing is that missionaries are being targeted more often because of who they are and what they’re doing. That is a change.” CLASS Urges International Community to Put Pressure on Pakistan over Blasphemy LawsSunday, February 27th, 2011"As it stands, the law is failing to protect Christians like Asia Bibi and they are being pushed to the margins by an aggressive minority that is not afraid to take the law into its own hands because it knows there are few repercussions." Freed at last; Afghan Christian Sayed Mossa wins his release from prison—and exileSunday, February 27th, 2011“Mossa’s release is a mixed victory for religious freedom advocates who have campaigned on his behalf for many months,” World Magazine reports. Christians Advised on How to Pray as Middle East Unrest SpreadsSunday, February 27th, 2011"When we pray for the Middle East, we should be praying mainly for conditions to prevail that sustain freedom and peace for the followers of Jesus, so that the gospel would run and triumph, and millions would turn to Christ and be saved for his great glory." Uzbekistan: More short-term prisoners of conscienceSunday, February 27th, 2011“The same Tashkent judge who sentenced three Protestants to 15-day prison terms in a late-night hearing in May 2010 again stayed up late on 12 February 2011 to hand down 15-day prison terms on a further three Protestants,” Forum 18 News Service reports. Famine-like situation in North Korea as crops failSaturday, February 26th, 2011Indonesia cleric says arms training is God’s willSaturday, February 26th, 2011Christians Dismiss Karnataka ‘Bribe’ And Ask for Freedom of ReligionSaturday, February 26th, 2011Indian Christians rejected financial assistance provided by government officials in the state of Karnataka. The Christians ask the officials to respect their freedom of worship. Karnataka is one of the most Christian persecuting states of India. Rise in Kidnapping and Selling Kidneys of Poor Christian Workers in PakistanSaturday, February 26th, 2011Shocking stories of how brick kiln owners are abusing their workers Afghanistan: Jailed Christian convert is freedSaturday, February 26th, 2011“An Afghan man who was jailed for nine months for converting to Christianity has been released after an intense campaign by international diplomatic missions and Christian activists,” The Associated Press reports. Will Christians Survive in the ‘New Egypt’?Saturday, February 26th, 2011"Copts wonder what the post-Mubarak era will bring. Egypt’s original Christian community hopes for end of bombings, killings, while Evangelical Christians long for an end to official harassment," the National Catholic Register reports. |
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