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July 4, 2008, 01:59:39 PM
Country: Myanmar This story provides insight into how Christians in the repressive country of Myanmar have seen God working through disaster.
July 4, 2008, 01:03:44 PM
Country: India Gospel for Asia missionary Layak Kamol risks his life every time he walks to church and back. Anti-Christian fanatics have threatened him numerous times that they will kill him because he continues to share Christ.
July 3, 2008, 09:07:10 PM
Country: Iran, Islam Iranian authorities are planning to discuss a draft law that mandates the death penalty for apostasy. The draft legislation would make it difficult for Iranian Muslims to come to Christ. Please pray for the Lord’s intervention and for the protection of Iranian Christians and others who are considering coming to Christ.
July 3, 2008, 03:50:40 PM
Country: United Kingdom Church figures have joined the fight to stop a family of Pakistani Christians, who fled to Scotland to escape persecution from Islamic extremists, from being deported tomorrow.
July 3, 2008, 03:36:08 PM
Country: Austria of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European International Organizations Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and all Austria urges to protects interests of Christian population in Islamic countries.
July 3, 2008, 02:28:22 PM
Country: India At least 36 Christian families whose houses were burned during Christmas season violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal district have been evicted from their damaged homes.
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July 3, 2008, 02:22:30 PM
Country: Egypt, Islam We have been posting news about the spike in attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt. This article summarizes the reactions of the Egyptian press to the attacks. Unfortunately, the Egyptian press glosses over the issue of Christian persecution and even denies that such large scale persecution is occurring.
July 3, 2008, 01:29:37 PM
Country: Eritrea Eritrean government is one of the top Christian persecuting countries in the world. As this article describes, the persecution is fueling the exodus of thousands of Eritreans from the county.
July 3, 2008, 01:28:13 PM
Country: Philippines Josefino Estaniel was reportedly executed by members of the Communist New People's Army, the armed wing of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines. The pastor's decomposing body was found in a shallow grave in Dalagdah village in Davao City, with evidence that he had been tortured before he was executed.
July 3, 2008, 01:17:23 PM
Country: China The Chinese government continues its crackdown on rights activists under the noses of two US congresssman visiting to gauge the country's human rights and religious freedom record. One Christian rights activist was evicted from his home after PSB officials broke down his apartment door with a hammer and forced his family and him onto the street at 11:10pm. Other human rights lawyers set to meet with the congressman were detained, threatened, or followed to prevent the meeting.
July 2, 2008, 08:00:55 PM
Country: China  ICC has learned that the owner of a Christian bookstore near the Olympic Village in Beijing is being illegally held in an undisclosed location by Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials who charge only that the prominent house church leader is a “dangerous religious element.”
July 2, 2008, 03:15:17 PM
Country: Turkey The video below was taken on March 8, 2008. The pastor is now facing false accusations on three different accounts.
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