Women, Christians Protest Over Islamic Law in Constitution

July 26, 2005 — http://www.christianpost.com/article/africa/443/section/women.christians.protest.over.islamic.law.in.iraqi.constitution/1.htm(Christian Post) - Reports that Iraq 's draft constitution could give Islamic law a powerful role in society have sparked strong reactions by Christian and women's groups, who fear the...

“Beaten” Baptist Conscript Released

July 22, 2005 — (BosNewsLife) - A Baptist young man who received a two year suspended prison sentence and was allegedly beaten for refusing to swear the military oath or wearing arms, has returned...

Churches Fear Imposition of Islamic Law amid Major Bloodshed

July 22, 2005 — (BosNewsLife) - Churches in Iraq fear Iraq will turn into a hard-line Islamic state and urge authorities to ensure the new constitution will guarantee "the equality of all faiths in...

Last Christian Released Following Crackdown

July 21, 2005 — International Christian Concern 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941 Washington DC 20006-1846 www.www.persecution.org / Email: [email protected] Contact: Jeff King Phone: (301) 989-1708 Email: [email protected] LAST CHRISTIAN RELEASED FOLLOWING CRACKDOWN: For Immediate...

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) to Hold Briefing titled ‘Must See Saudi TV II’

July 20, 2005 — http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/670409.html (ArriveNet) - On Thursday July 21, The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) will be holding a briefing titled "Must See Saudi TV II" on Capitol Hill. The briefing...

Eritrean Christians Released in Saudi Arabia

July 19, 2005 — (Compass) - Five East Africans arrested for leading a private Christian worship service in Riyadh were released after a month in jail. Three weeks after their May 30 release, the...

Charity Worker Faces Police Threats in Uzbekistan

July 19, 2005 — (Forum 18) - After a secret police raid on her home, interrogations, death threats and a large fine in June, and a 15 day prison sentence for her father, Tashkent-based...

No Progress for Arrested Pentecostal in Uzbekistan

July 14, 2005 — (Forum 18) - Pentecostal Kural Bekjanov is still being held at a police station in the capital Tashkent with no progress on the investigation into whether he was connected to...

Police Continue to Hunt for Religious Literature in Uzbekistan

July 12, 2005 — (Forum 18) - After police seized religious literature including 15 Bibles from the home of Protestant pastor Viktor Klimov in Gulistan on 17 June, police and secret police officially warned...

Turkmenistan President Attempts to Meddle in Orthodox Structure

July 11, 2005 — (Forum 18) - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksi II has politely sidelined Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov's attempt to split the dozen or so Russian Orthodox parishes in Turkmenistan away from the...

Court Confirms All Protestants Banned in Northwest of Uzbekistan

July 11, 2005 — (Forum 18) - The last legal Protestant church in north-western Uzbekistan has had its appeal against a regional Justice Ministry ban turned down in court, Forum 18 News Service has...

Beneath the Bombings, Churches are Growing in Iraq

July 10, 2005 — Beneath the Bombings, Churches are Growing in Iraq(Compass Direct) - Beneath the rubble of news about bombings, hostage-taking and political wrangling in Iraq lies a more positive picture of fledgling...

More Insight Into The Religion of Peace

July 7, 2005 — ICC Note: Quotes from Iran s new Thug-In-Chief give insight into the fundamentalist Islamic mindset and why Islam is so tied to persecution and why Iran continues to be such...

Religious NGOs Still Banned From Registering

July 3, 2005 — (Forum 18) - The Justice Ministry has again denied registration to a religious NGO, the Azerbaijan Centre for Religion and Democracy, in its latest use of this long-standing ministry tactic...

Prime Minister Criticizes EU as Christian Club

July 2, 2005 — http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/6/302005h.asp (AP) - Turkey 's prime minister says the European Union should accept the predominantly Muslim country if it truly wants to show it's not what he calls a "Christian...

Official Medical Reports Due Next Week on Brutally Attacked Christian

July 1, 2005 — (Compass) - The Orhangazi Criminal Court in northwestern Turkey has set July 8 as the date to assess new medical reports on the condition of Turkish Christian Yakup Cindilli, still...