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May 17, 2008, 03:23:32 PM
Country: Bangladesh  "You will learn about Hizb ut-Tahrir and come to the right way. Wherever you go, we have people there. We have people in every level of the government. If you want to live you have to work for us."
May 17, 2008, 02:21:57 PM
Country: Vietnam Vietnam officials in Lao Cai have confiscated the land and home of Sua Ying Siong in an attempt to stop the huge number of conversions to Christianity in his district and surrounding region. Siong, a former opium addict who was freed from his addiction shortly after his decision to abandon his animist beliefs and follow Christ, has inspired more than 200 families to do the same. His success as an evangelist has been attributed to his joy at his liberation.
May 17, 2008, 08:18:37 AM
Country: Algeria, Islam Algerian government has recently increased its persecution of Christians. Islamic fundamentalist who are fighting for formation of Islamic State also pose danger to the country’s Christians.
May 16, 2008, 02:15:34 PM
Country: Islam The expert, Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, held that though many Muslims who live in Islamic countries are coming to Christ, exaggerating the number of converts could result in intense persecution on Christians converts.
May 16, 2008, 02:06:49 PM
Country: China Another Beijing House Church was raided Thursday evening when two officers broke in on a prayer service for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and for the Beijing Olympics. Fortunately, a China constitutional law scholar was present and convinced the officials to leave after informing them of the Christians' right to worship under the Chinese constitution and international law.
May 16, 2008, 01:36:09 PM
Country: Lebanon The recent upheaval in Lebanon has died down. But it clearly showed the military might of Hezbollah. It also showed how much Christians in Lebanon are marginalized.
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May 16, 2008, 01:29:29 PM
Country: India Hindu extremists attack Christian women's ministry, saying that they are not needed.
May 16, 2008, 12:29:43 PM
Country: Algeria, Islam “They said we were accomplices and the spies of the Jews, thus we deserve to have our throats cut without pity,”
May 15, 2008, 03:15:14 PM
Country: China A statement by evangelist Franklin Graham during his visit to China has raised questions about his commitment to the presentation of the gospel when it comes into conflict with political pressure. Graham told reporters that Christians should not evangelize during the Olympic games because it is against the law in China. One wonders, since it is always illegal to evangelize in China, if the evangelist believes, then, that China should not be given the chance to hear the gospel, at all?
May 15, 2008, 02:52:53 PM
Country: China In line with a disturbing trend leading up to the Olympics in Beijing, Chinese police and officials raided the Shouwang House Church in Beijing and ordered the church to stop what they called an "illegal gathering." Prior to this raid, on May 9, Pastor Dong Yutao, who is a major house church leader in one of the largest house churches in Beijing, was arrested on his way to collect a shipment of Bibles.
May 15, 2008, 02:30:16 PM
Country: Eritrea It behooves Eritrea to know that the country’s youth will continue leaving the country as long as their freedom of worship and other freedoms are not respected. The country which has imprisoned 2000 Christians because of their faith shouldn’t expect its citizens to stay in the country.
May 15, 2008, 02:24:29 PM
Country: India Police fail to take action even after 3 days.
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His family is not likely to get justice because the government of Bangladesh is trying to hide this growing problem of religious persecution so that they do not lose the support of countries which are financially propping them up.
