3,000 Protest PersecutionDecember 6, 2004 — (ICC) - A Coptic priest's wife has been abducted by Muslim extremists, prompting nation-wide demonstrations by more than 3,000 Copts in various parts of Egypt . The demonstrators--including the clergyman...
The Boy Who (Officially) Doesnt ExistDecember 2, 2004 — (Forum 18) - 18-month-old Luka Eyvazov does not officially exist, Forum 18 News Service has found, because local authorities refuse to issue birth certificates for children with Christian names. "We...
Authorities Refuse to Charge Christian PrisonerNovember 22, 2004 — (Compass) - An Egyptian Christian jailed without charges for 19 months has become emotionally disturbed and lost vision in one eye from torture and lack of medical treatment, his widowed...
Police Raid Adventist ServiceNovember 22, 2004 — (Forum 18) - While a Council of Europe delegation was examining whether Azerbaijan meets human rights commitments, police in the country's second city, Gyanja [Gäncä], raided a worship service being...
Official Claims Targeting of Religious Groups is CoincidenceNovember 20, 2004 — (ANS) - The head of the state committee for religious affairs in Uzbekistan said that an unusual surge of criminal prosecutions of religious minorities is "just a coincidence," ASSIST News...
Criminal Prosecutions and Threats Rising Against ChristiansNovember 17, 2004 — (Forum 18) - An unusual surge of criminal prosecutions of religious minorities - Pentecostal Christians including one punished with a massive fine, and a Jehovah's Witness - and threats of...
Pastor Moved to Military PrisonNovember 15, 2004 — (Compass) - Iranian authorities moved Christian prisoner Hamid Pourmand to a military prison last week, deepening fears for the safety of the Protestant pastor jailed nine weeks ago. A former...
Adventists Seek to End Sabbath Schooling ThreatsNovember 11, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Leading Adventist Olga Kholopova was summoned by the secret police in the capital Ashgabad on 8 November and, two days later, to her local police station in...
Christians ThreatenedNovember 11, 2004 — (ANS) - Barnabas Fund, an organization that supports the persecuted Church, released an urgent appeal on 3 November calling for protection for Iraq 's Christian minority. Barnabas Fund reports that...
Car Bombs Target Two Churches and a HospitalNovember 9, 2004 — (ANS) - Car bombs at two Baghdad churches and outside a hospital treating the victims of those attacks killed at least eight people and wounded dozens overnight as a wave...
Teenagers Fight Forced Muslim IdentitiesNovember 8, 2004 — (Compass) - Two teenage Christian sisters in Egypt have gone to court to contest the forced change of their official religious identity to Islam. Iman and Olfat Malak Ayet, now...
Orthodox Church Attacked By MilitantsNovember 8, 2004 — Masked men attacked St. Bahnam and Sheik Matti Orthodox Church today.The attackers drove up in a pickup truck and opened fire on the Church. Moments later there was an explosion....
Violence Against Religious Minorities ContinuesNovember 5, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Violence and the threat of violence against Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic and Pentecostal religious minorities continues, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. For example, a Baptist deacon, Zurab...
Christian Leader Shot by Muslim ExtremistsNovember 4, 2004 — (ICC) - An evangelical Iraqi Christian leader was shot last week by radical Muslims, according to reports received recently by Christian Aid. He sustained two bullet wounds to his shoulder...
O’Connor Released by AuthoritiesNovember 1, 2004 — For Immediate ReleaseYou are free to disseminate the following news. We request that you reference ICC (International Christian Concern) and include our web address www.www.persecution.org. CHRISTIAN, BRIAN OCONNOR, RELEASED BY...
Authorities Raid Baptist ChurchOctober 28, 2004 — (Compass) - Police in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent raided the Bethany Baptist Church during Sunday worship on October 17, declaring the service an illegal religious meeting and demanding the...
