Under US Noses, Brutal Insurgents Rule Sunni Citadel

August 23, 2005 — http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1553781,00.html The Guardian - The executions are carried out at dawn on Haqlania bridge, the entrance to Haditha. A small crowd usually turns up to watch even though the killings...

Pastors Can Appeal Over Vilification Claims

August 23, 2005 — Barney Zwartz, "The Age," Australia - Two Christian pastors found to have vilified Muslims under Victoria's religious hatred law have been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Justices...

Islam’s Message of Hate

August 23, 2005 — ANS - Plans to protect Britains Muslim community with a bill to outlaw incitement to religious hatred could backfire on the very people it is designed to help. So says...

Mongtagnard Foundation Addresses Vietnamese Government Directly

August 23, 2005 — Background: The indigenous Montagnards (Degar) peoples have suffered decades of persecution by the communist government of Vietnam , namely; confiscation of their ancestral lands, torture, killings, unjust imprisonment and religious...

Persecution Continues in Kosovo

August 23, 2005 — Persecution of Kosovo Christians Reveals Larger ThreatSherrie Gossett Cybercast News Service (CNSNews.com) - International intervention to halt the persecution of Christians in Kosovo is a "complete failure," according to a...

Church Closures by Militant Islam Continue in West Java, Indonesia

August 23, 2005 — Another very disturbing report has come to hand from Eskol-Net in Bandung concerning the ongoing targeting of churches in West Java, Indonesia. Eskol-Net reported that today, Sunday, 21 August 2005,...

Militants Threaten to Chop Off Ears

August 22, 2005 — (BosNewsLife) - After a dozen beheadings in the Muslim-majority south, leaflets have appeared reportedly threatening to chop off the ears of any Muslim who works on weekends. Islamist separatists are...

Peace deal looks shakier following the death of John Garang

August 22, 2005 — http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=121&id=1805 (Spero News) - The death of John Garang de Mabior in a helicopter crash has plunged the peace process in Sudan into deep crisis, just three weeks after his...

Grace Takes Amazing Hold

August 22, 2005 — http://www.startribune.com/stories/191/5571828.html In Iraq , Grace Takes Amazing Hold (Star Tribune) - Pastor Ghassan Thomas was overjoyed on April 9, 2003, when coalition forces toppled Saddam Hussein. For four years, in...

Pakistan Schools Still Push Hatred

August 21, 2005 — Textbooks which portray other religions as evil have been an increasing source of virulent hatred in Islamic countries. The following story brings to light this problem in Pakistan's public school...

The Islamization of Europe

August 21, 2005 — By Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund Special to ASSIST News Service ANS - On Friday, May 20th 2005, a crowd of some 300 Muslims burned a wooden...

Islamic Radicals Demand Guilty Verdict For Christians

August 21, 2005 — WorldNetDaily ...Earlier this year, Rebecca Laonita, Ratna Mala Bangun, and Ety Pangesti conducted a "Happy Week" Vacation Bible School-type program in their homes in the village of Haurgelis, West Java....

Growing Restrictions on Rental by Protestants

August 21, 2005 — (Forum 18) - Russian law does not prevent religious communities from renting premises for worship, but Protestants have told Forum 18 News Service that in recent months they are increasingly...

Christian Orphans Struggle with Memories of Massacres

August 21, 2005 — (BosNewsLife) - Photo's of smiling children in yellow t-shirts with the words "Christian Freedom International" (CFI) are the only prove he has of these Christian Karen villagers in neighboring Burma...

Radicals Agitate Judges in Christianization Court Case

August 21, 2005 — (ANS) - Islamic radicals are in no way concealing their agenda as they campaign for a guilty verdict in the court case involving three Christian women accused of "Christianizing" Muslim...

Chinese Christians Pray for Persecution and Revival in American Churches

August 20, 2005 — CHINESE CHRISTIANS ARE PRAYING THAT PERSECUTION COMES TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH SO IT CAN EXPERIENCE THE REVIVAL THAT IS SWEEPING CHINABy Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries NASHVILLE, TN (ANS) --...