PAKISTAN : Christian At Church Of Beleaguered Pastor Arrested
Friday, 10.17.2008, 02:33pm
In ongoing intimidation of a Pakistani pastor working in the outskirts of Lahore, police last week arrested and beat a young parishioner who was visiting his home to receive prayer.
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BANGLADESH: Christian Convert's life threatened
Thursday, 10.16.2008, 12:49pm
Muslim clerics and neighbors have ordered the father of a man who converted to Catholicism to remain confined to his house until retaliatory punishment can be exacted from the convert.
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Church Says We Were Wrong: Springcreek Church Seeks Forgiveness and Makes Amends
Thursday, 10.16.2008, 07:25am
Springcreek Church, Garland, TX, publicly apologizes and takes responsibility for how it has failed in various ways locally and globally
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PAKISTAN: Taliban Bombs Catholic Girls High School
Wednesday, 10.15.2008, 04:30am
Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run girls’ school in Pakistan’s war-torn Swat Valley as part of a larger effort to subvert women’s status in society through Islamic law, locals say.
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INDIA: Evidence Concocted Against Christians In Murder Of Hindu Leader
Saturday, 10.11.2008, 04:05am
After police in the eastern state of Orissa confirmed this week that Maoists killed Hindu nationalist leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a Hindu extremist group circulated allegedly forged documents in an attempt to implicate a local church in the Aug. 23 murder.
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Egypt: Father's Brief Conversion Traps Daughters in Islam
Saturday, 10.11.2008, 04:01am
An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to uphold her Islamic identity – an identity she didn’t know she had for over four decades.
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PAKISTAN: Pastor Suffers Police Attacks, Death threats
Friday, 10.10.2008, 04:54am
A Pakistani pastor and his family in Punjab province have been living in fear for months after death threats from a murder suspect and repeated attacks on their house by police squads.
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Egypt: Court Gives Christian Boys To Muslim Father
Friday, 10.03.2008, 02:47am
Following the Appeal Court of Alexandria on Sept. 24 granting custody of 13-year-old Christian twins to their Muslim father, their mother lives with the fear that police will take away her children at any moment.
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Church brochure raises eyebrows in Sweden
Thursday, 10.02.2008, 12:50pm
A church brochure illustrated with what appeared to be a cannabis leaf has raised eyebrows in the northern Swedish city of Umea, reports said Wednesday.
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BANGLADESH: Suspects Charged In Rape Of Pastor's Daughter
Thursday, 10.02.2008, 10:53am
Police have submitted a charge sheet to a district court accusing two persons of raping a pastor’s daughter in the village of Laksmipur, said a state prosecutor.
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Fresh Attacks claimed 300 houses and 3 Churches, leaving 1 dead in Kandhamal
Thursday, 10.02.2008, 05:15am
The situation in Kandhamal is getting worse again. On September 30, 2008 nearly 300 houses and 3 churches were burnt by the mob of 3000 from RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal from 7 Panchayats. The attack took place in the presence of police. Victims who sustained injury at village- Hrundangia, Telengia and Gadagura of G. Udayagiri, Kandhamal are admitted at MKCG Medical College and Hospital Berhampur. One woman later succumbed to injuries.
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Bishop wants ban on VHP and Bajrang Dal
Wednesday, 10.01.2008, 06:13am
New Delhi: Aggrieved over continuing attacks on churches and Christian community in Orissa, a prominent Christian Bishop has demanded a ban on VHP and Bajrang Dal and alleged that Naveen Patnaik government in the state is not "not even doing minimum" to protect the community.
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Christians hold protest rally in New Delhi
Wednesday, 10.01.2008, 05:40am
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Christians held a rally Sunday in the Indian capital to protest recent attacks by Hindu hard-liners that have left dozens of Christians dead and thousands homeless in several Indian states. About 400 Christians gathered in a New Delhi park to pray and listen to speeches in which community leaders urged the government to do more to protect the country’s religious minorities. |
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Manmohan Singh faces EU ire over 'massacre' of Christians in India
Wednesday, 10.01.2008, 05:30am
The European Union on Monday ticked off Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his government's failure to curtail violence against ministry Christians in different parts of the country including severely affected states like Karanataka, Orissa and Kerala.
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Indonesia: Pastor Forced to Stop Worship Services in Home
Thursday, 09.25.2008, 04:09pm
JAKARTA, September 25 (Compass Direct News) -- Residents in North Jakarta have ordered the pastor of a small congregation to cease holding services in his home, despite a letter of permission issued by the Religious Affairs department.
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