Another Jihad On the RiseJuly 9, 2004 — (IPS) - More than 200 people have been killed in clashes between Islamic rebels and government forces using warplanes and tanks; this is not Iraq , but the picture of...
Deconstructing HindutvaJuly 8, 2004 — (ANS) - Indias new Congress-led government has begun the process of digging up the Hindutva foundations laid by its predecessors, the right-wing Hindu nationalist BJP. Congress is actively working to...
Pastor Released from PrisonJuly 8, 2004 — (Compass) - Iranian pastor Khosroo Yusefi was released from prison in northern Iran yesterday, six weeks after he was arrested with his wife and children in Chalous, a city along...
Violence continues in Iraq, Christians persecuted in IranJuly 8, 2004 — (ChurchCentral.com) - Despite the recent turnover of control to the Iraqi interim government, Iraqi Christians in the region still face an uncertain future, according to Agape Press. "It's kind of...
Illegal Baptists under More Pressure as Authorities Try to Stop ChristianityJuly 7, 2004 — (Forum 18) - In the latest twist to Uzbek authorities campaign against Christianity in north-west Uzbekistan, the NSS secret police have interrogated two Baptists, beating one up, and threatening both...
Sri Lankas Evangelical Alliance Suffers Break-InJuly 7, 2004 — (Compass) -- Unidentified vandals broke into the office of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) over the weekend and ransacked filing cabinets and desks. Intruders apparently forced...
Islamic Court Rejects Christian Orphans CaseJuly 7, 2004 — (Compass) - An Islamic court in Jordan has rejected a teenage Christian girls lawsuit to cancel her Muslim uncles legal guardianship. The June 20 ruling was a setback for Christian...
Fears for Life of Cuba’s Most Prominent Christian PrisonerJuly 7, 2004 — (BosNewsLife) - The family of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, one of Cuba's most prominent detained Christian dissidents, fears he may become ill or die as prison officials have denied him...
Parish Area Remains Tense Following Catholic-Hindu ViolenceJuly 6, 2004 — (AsiaNews) - A parish area in western India remains tense two weeks after a Hindu mob attacked Catholics. Police continue to patrol Devbag, a fishing village in the territory of...
Abu Sayyaf Fugitives Held for Kidnap and Murder of Several ChristiansJuly 6, 2004 — (AFP/Borneo Bulletin) - Soldiers have arrested two senior commanders of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf kidnap gang in separate incidents, including one in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said Monday. Ibno...
Iraq Priests Says Christians Not Fleeing Despite Threats From Muslim FundamentalistsJuly 6, 2004 — (Zenit.org) - Despite threats from Muslim fundamentalist groups, Christians are not fleeing from Iraq , says a priest in the north. "Christians are not running away from Iraq ," Father...
Anti-Christian Bias Feared Rising in PakistanJuly 5, 2004 — (Zenit)- Muslim anger over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is leading to more discrimination against Christians in Pakistan , an archbishop warns. "There is a lot of anger among...
Authorities Consider Countering Christian MissionJuly 3, 2004 — (WEA Religious Liberty News & Analysis Religious-Liberty@xc.org) - In January 2004 Forum 18 (F18), which monitors religious freedom in Communist and former Soviet states, published the results of its survey...
German TV Denounces Baptists in Iraq as Holy WarriorsJuly 3, 2004 — (ANS) - The German TV magazine Panorama has denounced Southern Baptist missionaries in Iraq as Americas Holy Warriors. The program compared their spiritual and humanitarian activities with Islamic terrorist attacks....
Iran’s Underground Church’s ‘Spontaneous Growth’ Amid PersecutionJuly 3, 2004 — (CharismaNOW) - Despite tragedy and persecution, a vibrant underground church is growing in Iran . After an earthquake on Dec. 26 devastated Bam and buried thousands of people under the...
Only Two Faiths are Allowed, Islam and Orthodoxy Says Deputy Police ChiefJuly 2, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Abadan 's deputy police chief has told Baptist Svetlana Gurkina that "in Turkmenistan only two faiths are allowed, Islam and Orthodoxy, while the rest are banned", local...
