Lebanese Christians Demand Release of 1,500 Nationals in Syrian Prisons

September 21, 2005 — AINA - The United Nations' probe of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in Beirut has emboldened Lebanon 's Christian activists to demand the release of at least 1,500...

New Forensic Tests Ordered On Injured Turkish Christian

September 20, 2005 — Compass - State medical examiners in Istanbul have been ordered to provide a second opinion in October on whether Turkish Christian Yakup Cindilli sustained permanent damage from being beaten into...

Christian Area in Lebanon Bombed Leaving Many Dead & Wounded

September 19, 2005 — Christian Today - A car bomb exploded in a mainly Christian residential neighbourhood of Lebanon s capital late on Friday, killing one person and wounding more than 20, according to...

Widow At Peace After Winning Custody Fight

September 18, 2005 — Compass - Three months after winning a final court victory for custody of her two children, Jordanian Christian widow Siham Qandah has enjoyed her first anxiety-free summer in seven years....

USCIRF Expert Says No Improvement for Religious Minorities in Iran

September 18, 2005 — The below article discusses how there is little change in the way religious minorities, primarily Christians, are treated in Iran. USCIRF Says No Improvement for Religious Minorities in Iran Under...

TV Vilification for Protestants Leads to Beating in Uzbekistan

September 16, 2005 — (Forum 18) - On 8 September, the Emmanuel Full Gospel Church in Nukus - the last legal Protestant church in north-western Uzabekistan - failed to overturn the justice ministry's ban...

Christians Disappointed: Ankara Has Put Off The Popes Trip To Turkey

September 16, 2005 — AsiaNews - After much hedging, the diplomatic but nonetheless clear response came yesterday from Ankara about the anticipated trip of Benedict XVI. The eagerly awaited invitation from the Turkish state...

Banned Church Once Again Operating Freely

September 15, 2005 — Forum18 - The pastor of a Korean-led Pentecostal church in the northern town of Khujand closed down by the government's religious affairs committee in April has told Forum 18 News...

Messianic Jews Harassed In Israel

September 14, 2005 — ANS - Messianic Jews have called for international protests against violations of religious freedom in Israel . Orthodox Jews have harassed a congregation in the desert town of Arad in...

Taiba Attack Exposes Christian Vulnerability

September 13, 2005 — West Bank: Taiba Attack Exposes Christian Vulnerability By Elizabeth KendalWorld Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)Special to ASSIST News Service AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- Late on Saturday evening 3 September,...

Al-Qaeda and the House of Saud

September 13, 2005 — Al-Qaeda and the House of Saud By John R. Bradley Asia Times Online | September 12, 2005 In February, less than two years after suicide attacks on Western residential compounds...

Honor And Not Religious Hatred behind the Attack against Christians in Taybeh

September 12, 2005 — AsiaNews The violent pogrom on 3 September in the village of Taybeh the only village in the West Bank completely inhabited by Christians is not the outcome...

Archbishop of Westminster: Iraq Constitution Draft a Threat to Religious Freedom

September 11, 2005 — Christian Today - A top Roman Catholic Church leader in the United Kingdom warned Monday that the draft constitution of the new democratic Iraq could be a threat to religious...

‘Islamic Mafia’ Accused Of Persecuting Holy Land Christians

September 10, 2005 — Palestinian Christians continue to leave the country as they are less willing to tolerate abuse from Muslim gangs but are not having success appealing to the Palestinian Authority for justice....

Police Obstruct Search for Missing Christian Woman

September 9, 2005 — Compass - Three months after his 20-year-old daughter disappeared while on an errand from work, Coptic Christian Rezk Shafik Attallah remains convinced that she has been kidnapped by a former...

Muslims Ransack Christian Village

September 6, 2005 — The Jerusalem Post Efforts were under way on Sunday to calm the situation in this Christian village east of Ramallah after an attack by hundreds of Muslim men from nearby...