Police Detain 80 EvangelicalsSeptember 10, 2004 — (Compass) - Iranian police invaded the annual general conference of Iran s Assemblies of God Church yesterday, arresting at least 80 church leaders gathered at the churchs denominational center in...
Government Forces Christians to Leave their Tribal VillageSeptember 9, 2004 — International Christian Concern 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941 Washington DC 20006-1846 www.www.persecution.org / Email: icc@www.persecution.org VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FORCES CHRISTIANS TO LEAVE THEIR TRIBAL VILLAGE You are free to disseminate the...
Supreme Court Accepts Widows AppealAugust 26, 2004 — (Compass) - In a surprise decision, the Supreme Islamic Court of Jordan has accepted Christian widow Siham Qandahs last possible appeal to retain custody of her two minor children. Qandahs...
Girl, 16, Hanged in PublicAugust 21, 2004 — (Iran Focus) - On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka , northern Iran , was executed. Atefeh Sahaleh was hanged in public on Simetry Street...
Government Newspaper Attacks MissionariesAugust 20, 2004 — (Forum 18) - A Kyrgyz government newspaper in the capital, 'Vercherny Bishkek', has greatly exaggerated a minor failure to register with the authorities by Taiwanese and Russian missionaries at an...
Injured Turkish Christian Contacts Fellow BelieversAugust 19, 2004 — (Compass) - Nine months after he was beaten into a prolonged coma by ultra-nationalists opposed to his conversion to Christianity, Yakup Cindilli, 31, has for the first time made personal...
Forty Thousand Christians Flee and the Pope Offers HelpAugust 18, 2004 — (ANS) - Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Iraq where fierce battles raged Tuesday August 17, between American forces and the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr,...
Will Violent Attackers of Religious Minorities be Punished?August 16, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Old Calendarist priest Fr Basil Mkalavisi, responsible with his followers for many violent attacks on, amongst others, Baptists, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, True Orthodox and Catholics, has had...
Home Service Raided in AbadanAugust 11, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Just three days after a Baptist home service was raided in Abadan , across the country in Turkmenabad (formerly Charjou) police raided an Adventist home on 7...
Deranged Turk Attacks Diyarbakir ChurchAugust 10, 2004 — (Compass) - An apparently deranged young Turk barricaded himself inside the Diyarbakir Evangelical Church in southeast Turkey on July 19, breaking windows and setting fire to curtains, Bibles and cassette...
Assyrian Compound Attacked in BaghdadAugust 10, 2004 — (ANS) - The Assyrian Christian Compound in Baghdad came under mortar attack Monday, August 9, just over a week after bombers killed up to 15 Christians, news reports and church...
Why Register when Persecution Continues?August 9, 2004 — (Forum 18) - Despite gaining state registration under the much-trumpeted "liberalisation" of the religion law, secret police raids and threats against a Baptist congregation in Turkmenistan have not stopped, Forum...
Secret Documents Reveal Ethnic Cleansing of ChristiansAugust 5, 2004 — (ANS) - Secret documents show Saddam Hussein's regime and local Kurdish leaders were involved in the "ethnic cleansing", "gassing" and "Islamization" of Assyrian Christians in Northern Iraq , with international...
Christian from India, May Soon Be FreeAugust 5, 2004 — (AsiaNews) I am confident that the Lord will turn this mess into a message and my test into a testimony, said Brian Savio OConnor when he greeted two representatives...
Jordanian Child Custody Ruling Expected Within DaysAugust 4, 2004 — (Compass) - A lawyer who has fought for the past year for Christian widow Siham Qandah to retain custody of her two children expects the Supreme Islamic Court of Jordan...
