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Yemen: Christian arrests may herald new era of persecution

By and others ⋅ July 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Yemen: Christian arrests may herald new era of persecution. On 18 June Yemeni news source Al Sahwa reported that Yemeni political security forces in Hodiada province had arrested a “missionary cell” of seven people and charged them with promoting Christianity and distributing the Bible. One of those arrested, Hadni Dohni, stands accused of converting […]

Pray for the World

By and others ⋅ July 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Prayer Focus Update July 2008 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent via email, is available as […]

Azerbaijan; Belarus; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan

By and others ⋅ June 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 21 June 2008 AZERBAIJAN: SHOCK AT SECOND BAPTIST PASTOR ARREST http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1146 Ilya Zenchenko, head of Azerbaijan’s Baptist Union, has condemned the arrest […]

Zimbabwe (June 2008)

By and others ⋅ June 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Zimbabwe: “We are being persecuted.” ZIMBABWE: “WE ARE BEING PERSECUTED” “Religious freedom” that is conditional on being a member of the State religion is clearly not religious freedom. “Religious freedom” that does not permit conversion is not religious freedom. Likewise, “religious freedom” that is conditional on political allegiance is not religious freedom. What began […]

International News 23rd June 2008

By and others ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * ZIMBABWE POLICE HARASSES TSVANGIRAI AND OPPOSITION FIGURES * CANADIAN TRIBUNAL INSTRUCTS PASTOR TO RENOUCE HIS BELIEFS * HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE LEGALISED IN CALIFORNIA * BIBLES TO BE SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR THE OLYMPICS * NIGERIA: RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED GIRLS IGNITES ISLAMIC RAMPAGE * RUSH TO BUILD SHELTER FOR STILL HOMELESS CHINESE QUAKE […]

Indonesia: Religious Liberty, Polarisation And Danger

By and others ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Indonesia: Religious Liberty, Polarisation and Danger. On Monday 9 June 2008, the Indonesian government issued Joint Ministerial Decree Number 199/2008 that imposes restrictions on members of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, banning them from spreading their religious practices and interpretations, on the pretext that they deviate from orthodox Islam. Anyone who violates the ban […]

Persecution of Algerian Christians

By and others ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Greetings in the name of Jesus, head of the Church Algerian Christians continue to face several overt pressures. First, at least 14 believers have been formally charged with evangelism, possession or improper distribution of Christian materials, holding religious activities in places not designated for such purposes or insulting Mohammed. Several have on-going court cases. Four […]

Papua (Indonesia): Muslim-Christian tensions on a knife edge

By and others ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Papua (Indonesia): Muslim-Christian tensions on a knife edge. PAPUA: MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN TENSIONS ON A KNIFE EDGE International Crisis Group (ICG) has just released an informative and significant report on the escalating ethnic and religious tensions in Papua (eastern Indonesia). Indonesia: Communal Tensions in Papua ICG Asia Report No. 154, 16 June 2008 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5485&l=1 As the […]

Persecution of Iraqi Christians

By and others ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Catholic bishops highlight persecution of Iraqi Christians By John Pontifex 18 Jun 2008 Catholic bishops in the UK have spoken out over the “systematic and deliberately relentless” persecution of Christians in Iraq during an emotional Mass at Westminster Cathedral filled with families mourning lost loved ones. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, presided at Monday’s […]

Zimbabwe police raid Christian groups in Harare

By and others ⋅ June 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

By Ecumenical News International 13 Jun 2008 Zimbabwe police and security forces have raided the Harare offices of several Christian groups, arresting the general secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe and other officers and staff. The student Christian group accused the government of President Robert Mugabe of “declaring war against its own people”, […]

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