The crackdown on Christians opposed to the Syrian stranglehold over Lebanon continues, as plain-clothes Syrian agents infiltrated a peaceful rally late last week and beat up protesters, cameramen and even local police.
...continue reading this storyVandals recently broke into the office of a Bible school in India, tied up the schools' cook, and destroyed the office.
The vandals seem to have thoroughly planned their attack. The school is housed in two buildings, and both buildings were ransacked at the same time. About thirty-five people live at the training center.
...continue reading this storyNEW DELHI, India (BP)--Another day, another bombing.
That's the impression being created, at least, by a mounting wave of attacks on Christians and churches in India.
...continue reading this storyby Michael Fischer HONG KONG (Compass) -- A fundamentalist Hindu mob attacked a church in the eastern Indian state of Tripura on February 25. Church leaders say the Krishnanagar Baptist Church in the capital Agartala was attacked as Christians were attending the Sunday service. The mob forced the pastor to stop the service. The church ... Read more
...continue reading this storyISTANBUL, July 6 (Compass) -- Officials from Egypt's powerful State Security Intelligence (SSI) agency detained a Coptic Orthodox Christian for the fourth time in early June, interrogating him under torture on accusations of preaching Christianity to Muslims.
...continue reading this storyLONDON (Compass) -- Last July, authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui moved to discourage Christian work with young people through an article that appeared in the local Anhui "Xinan Evening News."
...continue reading this storyDAMBOA, Nigeria (Compass) -- A Christian-Muslim conflict in Damboa in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state resulted in the deaths of 15 Christians, and four churches were burned.
...continue reading this storyISTANBUL, April 11 (Compass) -- Two Christians were sent to jail yesterday for seven days on charges of "disobeying the police" in the town of Ismailly, 120 miles west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.
...continue reading this storyISTANBUL (Compass) -- The supreme leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia warned on January 8 that his regime will apply the death penalty to any Muslim who converts to another faith.
...continue reading this storySANTA ANA, CA (ANS) - Turkmenistan has moved to fifth place on the Open Doors World Watch List of worst persecutors of Christians, behind Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Laos and China, causing "great concern" to persecution watchers around the world.
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