All NewsFind a specific storyUniversity Student In Michigan Vindicated After Expulsion For Religious BeliefsTuesday, January 31st, 2012In a strongly worded opinion, the court reversed a district court decision in favor of the university and sent the case back for trial, saying “a reasonable jury could conclude that Ward’s professors ejected her from the counseling program because of hostility toward her speech and faith …” Iranian Christian Asylum Seeker Burned By Employer In TurkeyTuesday, January 31st, 2012Mohabat News reported that Ranjbar said, "Then the employer and several other workers attacked and beat me before spilling hot water all over my body." Over 3000 Muslims Attack Christian Homes And Shops In EgyptTuesday, January 31st, 2012According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrators were bearded men in white gowns. “They were Salafists, and some of were from The Muslim Brotherhood,” according to one witness Hindu Extremists Assault Students And Teachers Of A Christian CollegeTuesday, January 31st, 2012The attack on the colleges of St. Joseph Anegal (40 km south of Bangalore) occurred on January 27. Reason for the assault, failure to display the Indian flag during celebrations for the national holiday. The extremists attack the university campus before the eyes of the police, who arrested without cause, the rector Fr. Melvin Medonca. The University is renowned for its commitment in the education of Dalits and tribals. Christian Charged With ‘Blasphemy’ In Pakistan Denied BailTuesday, January 31st, 2012Young man accused after argument with his landlord. In An Act Of Demonstration And Worship, Indonesian Yasmin Church Celebrates Mass In Front Of Presidential PalaceMonday, January 30th, 2012Hundreds of members of a congregation denied the right to build its own church in Bogor demonstrated in the capital yesterday, calling on the president to do something to uphold the law. They complain about repeated acts of intimidation by radical Muslims, backed by Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto. Chinese Dissident And Christian Zhu Yufu’s Subversion Trial Is Scheduled For Tuesday, January 31stMonday, January 30th, 2012Zhu was formally charged for subversion earlier this month and will be defended at the trial before the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court by the well-known Christian human rights lawyers Li Baiguang and Li Duiyong of the Beijing Gongxin Law Firm. Muslim Leader Speaks In Support Of Persecuted PastorsMonday, January 30th, 2012A Muslim political leader opposes the decision of a Sharia court to expel pastors from Kashmir, India after they were accused of converting Muslims to Christianity. The Christian minorities in Kashmir face increasing persecution from Muslims leaders in the area. Can Nigeria’s Christian President End Religious Conflict And Unite The Country?Monday, January 30th, 2012Many wonder if Goodluck Jonathan has what it takes to eradicate extremism Persecution of Christians Rising In Islamic CountriesMonday, January 30th, 2012"The Christian community in Syria has been hit by a series of kidnappings and brutal murders; 100 Christians have now been killed since the anti-government unrest began," the Jerusalem Post quoted the Pakistan Christian Post. Two Coptic Christians Killed In Egypt For Refusing To Pay Extortion MoneyMonday, January 30th, 2012Presently over 4000 Copts are staging a sit-in in front of Nag Hammadi police headquarters until Ahmed Saber and his accomplices are caught. Yasmin Dispute Not My Problem, Religion Minister SaysSunday, January 29th, 2012Concerning the GKI Yasmin church dispute in Indonesia, Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said that the "problem is a legal matter and legal conflicts should be settled by law." Overseas Chinese Christian Businesswoman Is Kidnapped, Tortured By State Security Agents, And EscapesSunday, January 29th, 2012Jenny Chen, who is in her 50s, was held by state security agents and denied food and water for nearly two days. About to go into shock, she was taken to a police hospital, from where she managed to escape and get on a flight to Los Angeles, arriving in the United States on Jan. 17.
Why Christians In Egypt Are Holding Their Breath, Part 2Sunday, January 29th, 2012"There have been low-level pressures on Egyptian non-Muslims for centuries, of course, but these began to especially intensify in the 1970s with the emergence of Political Islam." Mickey Mouse’s Beard Becomes Test Case For New EgyptSunday, January 29th, 2012One of the tycoon’s deepest fears was that an Islamist government would deny equal rights to Egypt’s Coptic Christians. He also worried that Islamists would impose moral restrictions: banning alcohol and beach bathing (undercutting the tourism industry); imposing a mandatory dress code; and restricting women. Uganda Pastor Attacked By Muslims Heals In IsraelSaturday, January 28th, 2012“I grew up studying Islam, but at age 18 I met some Christians who opened my eyes to the Christian faith. I soon converted.” Former Muslim Extremist In Uganda Flees Wrath Of Ex-ColleaguesSaturday, January 28th, 2012Convert to Christianity faces death threats; father committed suicide over conversion. Atheists Launching Mob Attacks Against Christian Films Through IMDbSaturday, January 28th, 2012Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near seven to a four on IMDb (Internet Movie Database), which is the largest film site on the Internet. Anti-Christian comments such as “Christian propaganda,” “Christian-brainwashing,” “Christian idiots,” and “Eliminate Christians” permeated through the film's message boards. Egyptian Judiciary Accused Of Collusion In Kidnapping And Forced Islamization Of Christian MinorsSaturday, January 28th, 2012Attorney Tawfik Kamel, who accompanied the Sabry family to Giza, said that on January 15 a man named Mohammad Ahmed Ibrahim phoned the family and said that Amira had been staying at his home in Boulaq El Dakrour for the last 38 days and asked for 200,000 Egyptian pounds for her return. "The family asked to speak to their daughter, and she spoke to her mother," he added. The President Should Speak Out Against Religious PersecutionSaturday, January 28th, 2012The U.S. president should speak up because such persecution is not merely performed at the hands of “outraged Muslim mobs,” but is institutionalized in many Muslim governments, including those deemed “U.S. friends and allies”—such as Afghanistan, where the last church was recently razed. |
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