Urgent Prayer Needed Today for Iranian Pastor Facing the Death SentenceSeptember 25, 2011 — Youcef is the pastor of a house church in Rasht, Iran, and was arrested in October 2009 for opposing the education practice that forces non-Muslim students to read the Quran...
Human Rights Defenders in China Under AttackSeptember 25, 2011 — 9/22/11 China (HRF) - The new U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, has said he intends to make human rights a very visible part of his remit, which is crucial...
California Couple Will Face Further $500 Fines If They Continue To Hold GatheringsSeptember 25, 2011 — 9/22/11 United States (Christian Post) - A Christian couple from Orange County, Calif., were fined earlier this month for holding Bible studies and for what city officials called “a regular...
UK Doctor Speaks Out After Accusations Of Misconduct For Sharing FaithSeptember 25, 2011 — Christian GP In Legal Battle After Asking 'Suicidal' Patient About His Faith ICC Note "In our conversation, I said that personally, I had found having faith in Jesus helped me...
Eritrean Christian Victim Of Torture Speaks About Experience In JailSeptember 25, 2011 — A Shipping Container Kind Of Faith ICC Note “They would handcuff me and fasten my ankles together too tight so the pain was excruciating. They left us there the whole...
Why ‘Christian’ Persecution?September 25, 2011 — ICC Note: “Most religious persecution in the Muslim world is by far directed against Christians,” Raymond Ibrahim reports in The Algemeiner. By Raymond Ibrahim 9/12/2011 Middle East (The Algemeiner) –...
Salafi Leader Threatens Coptic Christians in EgyptSeptember 25, 2011 — ICC Note: “Egyptian Islamic cleric and Salafi Leader Muhammad Mustafa, also known as ‘Abu Shadi’, has used his position to incite vile hatred against the Coptic community,” Pakistan Christian Post...
Burmese Christians Gather to Promote Unity and Democratic ProgressSeptember 24, 2011 — 9/23/11 Burma (AsiaNews) - Mutual understanding and unity: they are the two guiding principles of the second training course on ecumenism, organized on September 20 last year by the Archdiocese of...
China Frees Prominent House Church Leader; Others DetainedSeptember 24, 2011 — 9/23/11 China (Worthy News)– China has unexpectedly released a prominent house church leader from prison amid international concerns about his health, his family and rights activists confirmed Monday, September 19....
Blasphemy Law Killing Pakistani ChristiansSeptember 24, 2011 — Blasphemy Law Killing Pakistani Christians ICC Note Christians accused of blasphemy continues to die in Pakistan. Pakistan must repeal its blasphemy law and protect religious minorities from killings. By Charlie...
UK Christian Doctor Struggling To Clear His Name After Accused Of Misconduct For Discussing FaithSeptember 24, 2011 — Christian Doctor Struggling To Clear His Name ICC Note A complaint was lodged against a Christian doctor in UK after he discussed about faith with his patient. The doctor indicates...
Iraqi Christians find safety in north, but no jobsSeptember 24, 2011 — ICC Note "I will never return. In Baghdad there is no security. You never know if there is a bomb behind you or in front of you. It can be...
Middle East Christians, between State Islam and FundamentalismSeptember 24, 2011 — The Arab springtime and changes in the Middle East are feeding fundamentalism and threatening to destroy those countries' millenary cultural pluralism. For Mgr Sako, Christians in the near East must...
Kazakhstan: Two repressive laws heading through Parliament at “unprecedented” speedSeptember 24, 2011 — ICC Note: “Two controversial new laws which – if adopted by the Senate and signed into law by Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev – will impose severe restrictions on people exercising...
U.S Commission on International Freedom May Shut DownSeptember 23, 2011 — 9/21/11 United States (Washington Post) - Is it possible Congress may shut down the government body created to promote international religious freedom – a pet issue of conservative evangelical Christians in particular...
Text Messages Spread Fraudulent Rumors of Christian Persecution in IndonesiaSeptember 23, 2011 — 9/21/11 Indonesia (Asia News) - Telephone messages warning of attacks against Catholic and Protestant churches, but they are hoaxes. Police are investigating but it is not clear whether it is...
