Christians Threatened With Being Shot if they do not Convert to Islam

April 21, 2004 — (Forum 18) Amid a major crackdown, eleven Protestants in Nukus were questioned at the public prosecutor's office and pressured to convert to Islam. They were also threatened with being shot,...

Islam Allowed to Recite Prayers Over Loud Speaker

April 21, 2004 — (Foxnews.com) Over some residents' objections, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow a mosque to send out a call to prayer to Muslims (search) on a loudspeaker. The...

Jihad Included in School Textbooks

April 21, 2004 — (Pakistan Daily Times) The National Committee on Curriculum (NCC) has agreed that there was no deletion of verses and chapters regarding jihad or holy war from Islamiyat textbooks. The co-author...

Imam Supports Wife Beating; Urges Jihad

April 21, 2004 — (AP) A Muslim prayer leader quoted by a magazine as saying that he favours wife-beating under certain circumstances will have to answer for his remarks before judicial authorities, France's justice...

European Union Voices Concern Over Attack of Montagnards

April 21, 2004 — (ICC) The European Union expressed concern Tuesday about bloody clashes that erupted after security forces broke up protests by ethnic minority Protestants over Easter in Vietnam's Central Highlands. "The EU...

Violence Erupts as Peace Talks Stall

April 21, 2004 — (ANS) The Sudan peace talks being held in Naivasha, Kenya, have deadlocked over the use of Sharia Law in Khartoum, and the status of three disputed provinces. The peace deal...

Upcoming Elections Hold Importance for Christianity in India

April 21, 2004 — (ICC) General elections in India are approaching, and the outcome of these elections will greatly affect Christians in the country. The NDA opposes Christianity, and for the past six years...

Pastor’s Home Attacked with Kerosene Bombs

April 21, 2004 — (ICC) ICC has recently become aware of a church attack in Sri Lanka in the Ampara district. On April 12, 2004 at around 3:30 in the morning, a group of...

Prayer Service Disrupted; Six People Beaten and Injured

April 20, 2004 — International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: [email protected] Prayer Service Disrupted; Six People Beaten and Injured Violence against Christians in Vietnam Continues to Rage FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE You...

Cambodian Authorities Arrest Hundreds of Montagnards Attempting Escape From Vietnam

April 20, 2004 — (Ekklesia) Cambodian police have arrested and deported 160 Christians who crossed the border illegally to escape violence in their country last week. The Christians are members of a Vietnamese ethnic...

Terrorists Warn UN to Leave Falluja or Christians Will Be Targeted

April 19, 2004 — (Barnabas Fund) One of the Islamic rebel groups currently terrorizing Falluja has called on the United Nations to stop the US siege of the town or the group would attack...

Khartoum Violating Cease-Fire Agreement and Refusing to Allow UN into Specific Regions

April 19, 2004 — (Eric Reeves) The National Islamic Front regime in Khartoum has, over fifteen years of tyrannical rule, assembled an unsurpassed record of bad faith, unspeakable cruelty, and massive human destruction. Presently...

Letter: Congressman Wolf Introduces Bill Condemning Sudan

April 19, 2004 — Dear Colleague:A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan and Congress must speak out. I have introduced H. Con. Res. 403 condemning the Government of the Republic of Sudan for its...

Update: Hanoi Government Continues to Deny Killings; Area Remains Sealed Off to Outsiders

April 19, 2004 — (Montagnard Foundation) A week after the first demonstration staged in Vietnam's Central Highlands on 10 April 2004 that triggered a bloody reaction of Vietnamese authorities, the region remains sealed off....

“Nothing Left to Burn”

April 15, 2004 — (Middle East Times) - A fragile calm has returned to Sudan s western Darfur , wracked by 15 months of war, but only because there are no more villages to...

Court Convicts Muslim of Rape of Christian Girl

March 31, 2004 — International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: [email protected] For Immediate Release10 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN GIRL FINDS JUSTICE IN PAKISTANS ISLAMIC COURT - COURT CONVICTS MUSLIM OF RAPE OF...