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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Members of the Islamist extremist group Hefazat-e-Islam are accusing Christians and missionaries of forcibly converting people to Christianity. “Most Christian missionaries are converting people by offering money among the poor people to give them a leg-up,” said a spokesperson. “Once the poor people take money, the missionaries put pressure on them to be converted. That is why we are protesting – to stop missionaries converting [people].” Hefazat-e-Islam has been violently protesting in the streets of Dhaka, demanding a strict blasphemy law, resulting in death and injury to many. Their accusations, say Christians are mere propaganda. “Conversion is not an event in which missionaries give money and people are converted,” said a Reverend in Bangladesh.
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
The accusations keep changing! First Pastor Kashkumbayev was told he was arrested for putting “hallucinogens” in the communion “wine” (it’s actually tea). Now the accusation is that he was “praying in tongues and singing” which caused a lady to “lose her mind.” The courts recently upheld an order that this pastor must remain in prison for two months pre-trial. “Prosecutors have long been seeking to punish the leaders of Grace Church, but the reason or reasons for this remain unclear.” Now, it seems, a pastor must languish in prison with unclear charges.
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
After being falsely imprisoned for four and a half years in the murder case of a Hindu nationalist leader in eastern Orissa state, the hearing of seven Christian men has been delayed again, raising doubts over the authorities’ apathetic and indifferent attitude towards the minority in the region.
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
With a new “anti-extremism” program pending in Kazakhstan, many are concerned that persecution of Christians, and other religious minorities, will increase. For example, “If adopted in its current form, all places of worship would require security systems and require the teaching of what the government calls ‘traditional religions.’”
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
Many Christians in Syria—who have historically experienced a higher degree of freedom in Syria than in most other Middle Eastern countries—have refused to actively oppose the regime which, according to Islamists, means they are loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. While these Christians denounce the brutality of the regime, they fear that any government that replaces Assad will be dominated by extremists who will severely persecute religious minorities. In this article, Barnabas Fund shares the tragic stories of Christians who fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon.
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
The health of several Christians who are imprisoned in Iran for their faith is improving, Present Truth Ministries reports. “Remember all of these believers in prayer. The situations that they face are quite difficult,” writes Jason DeMars, the director of Present Truth Ministries. “I know first-hand some believers that have been imprisoned for their faith and have showed great courage in the midst of great suffering. I can testify to you that they are people just like you and I, with the same weaknesses and the same fears; but when it came their time to suffer for the sake of Jesus Christ, grace was given to them.”
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Persecution in Turkmenistan continues with restriction on Religious literature. In this case, a woman reading Christian literature at work. After her boss complained to officials they showed up at her house, confiscated all religious material, and then proceeded to the house of the man who gave her the literature and confiscated his religious material as well.
“Religious literature is under tight state control. No religious literature may be published in Turkmenistan or imported into the country without permission from the Gengesh. Each title and the number of copies must be specifically approved. State postal authorities hold all religious literature received from abroad, releasing it only when the Gengesh has given written approval. The few books that are approved are stamped as approved by the Gengesh.”
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Some 200 Christians have been kidnapped for ransom, 900 Christians have been killed, and more than 60 churches have been bombed in Iraq between 2003 and 2012, the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization reports. Despite more than half the Christian population having fled the country since the war’s outbreak in 2003, persecution and hardship against the church that remains relentlessly continues, Open Doors reports.
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
A recently released book by Ramy Christopher Tadros documents the escalating persecution of Christians in Egypt. “Coptic girls are being abducted every week. Churches are being routinely torched. And Christians are even being terrorized,” said Tadros. “These crimes, at the hands of the Muslim majority, are just the beginning.”
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Indonesian President Yudhoyono intends to accept an award for promoting religious freedom at the end of May despite several protests from Christians and other religious minorities. Christians say the president does not deserve an award for religious freedom when incidents of persecution against Christians have risen considerably under his administration. In 2012, ICC estimates that at least 50 churches were forcibly shut down by local authorities across Indonesia at the behest of radical Islamic organizations. In addition threats against Christians on the island of Sulawesi continue on a regular basis.
Posted in Asia, Countries, Indonesia, News | No Comments »
Friday, May 17th, 2013
The Romeikes family may be forced to return to Germany and face prosecution after loosing their most recent appeal for asylum in the United States. The family left Germany because of their desire to home school their children and provide them with a Christian education. Germany outlaws homeschooling and may take the children into government custody if the Romeikes are forced to return. Their attorney's are appealing their case to a higher U.S. court.
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Two Baptists in Azerbaijan had been punished for exercising their right to religious freedom have had their fines overturned. They had violated Article 299.0.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences which punishes "clergy and religious associations holding special religious meetings for children and young people, as well as the holding by religious bodies of literature circles or other specialised groups.” Though the fines are overturned, they are still not allowed to meet together for worship, as the country has refused them registration.
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
With the persecution of Christians increasing in Bangladesh the World Council of Churches has reached out to believers in the country to express solidarity.
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Since Egypt’s revolution in 2011, more than 80 Christians have been killed and several churches have been destroyed, prompting more than a hundred thousand Christians to seek immigration and leave their homeland permanently. The revolution, which hoped to instill democratic change and greater freedoms, has instead given unprecedented freedoms to Islamists—with the Muslim Brotherhood at the forefront—to impose a radical Islamic agenda on Egyptian society.
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