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• Kidnapped German Evangelical Freed In Afghanistan
A German evangelical development worker who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul has been freed, her organization and Afghan officials confirmed Monday, August 20.
Added: Aug 21st, 2007 2:37 AM
• Turkey Arrests Street Evangelists For "Insulting Islam"
Turkish police reportedly released an American Christian from prison late Friday, April 27, after he and three other evangelists were detained in Istanbul this week for charges that included "missionary activity" and "insulting Islam."
Added: Apr 30th, 2007 1:17 AM
• Turkish Believers "Satanically Tortured" Before Being Killed
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT, READERS' DISCRETION ADVISED
There was increased concern Thursday, April 26, about the plight of active Christians in Turkey after investigators revealed that three evangelical believers were "satanically tortured" last week before being killed.
Added: Apr 27th, 2007 2:11 AM
• Turkey: Young Muslims Murder Three Christians
In a gruesome assault against Turkey’s tiny Christian community, five young Muslim Turks entered a Christian publishing office in the southeastern province of Malatya yesterday (April 18) and slit the throats of the three Protestant Christians present.
Added: Apr 20th, 2007 2:08 AM
• Turkey: Church Vandalized, Pastor Threatened
Assailants on Turkey’s Black Sea coast vandalized a Protestant church this weekend, days after nationalists from the region murdered a well-known Armenian journalist.
Added: Jan 31st, 2007 12:18 AM
• Turkey: President Vetos Minority Foundations Law
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has blocked a key piece of reform legislation passed last month to broaden religious freedoms in Turkey.
Added: Dec 14th, 2006 2:06 AM
• Turkey: Attackers Firebomb Protestant Church
Unidentified assailants hurled six Molotov cocktails at a Protestant place of worship in western Turkey last Saturday (November 4), breaking windows and inflicting minor damages on the exterior of the building.
Added: Nov 10th, 2006 5:46 AM
• Turkey: Converts Charged Under Speech Law
A Turkish prosecutor slapped criminal charges against two converts to Christianity earlier this month, accusing them of “insulting Turkishness,” inciting hatred against Islam and secretly compiling data on private citizens for a local Bible correspondence course.
Added: Nov 1st, 2006 4:23 AM
• Christians Worldwide To Pray For Persecuted Believers
Eight organizations supporting persecuted churches have urged Christians worldwide to pray for 200 million Christians who they claim suffer "interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ."
Added: Oct 27th, 2006 4:41 AM
• German Evangelicals Protest Planned Deportation of Vietnamese Christian
For over 200 days an evangelical congregation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been providing "church asylum" to a Vietnamese Christian amid fears he may be deported by local German authorities, news reports said Sunday, September 3.
Added: Sep 3rd, 2006 11:17 PM
• Hungary Christians Host Israeli Teenagers Fleeing Rocket Attacks
A group of 18 teenagers from Israel's war-torn northern area and two adult companions arrived in the Hungarian capital Budapest Wednesday, August 16, for a nine-day holiday organized by the Hungarian Baptist Charity and Malev Hungarian Airlines.
Added: Aug 17th, 2006 3:59 AM
• Germany Halts Deportation Iranian Christian
A German court has ruled that German authorities cannot deport a Christian asylum seeker back to Iran where he may face execution for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Added: Aug 1st, 2006 1:21 AM
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