A Tribute: Two Cross-Bearers called home to HeavenSeptember 24, 2004 — Dr. Jeremiah and wife Hannah murdered in broad day lightSoon after he moved to the town of Jhansi, in Utter Pradesh (India), his loving touch and professional expertise began to...
Christian Kidnapped & ReleasedSeptember 24, 2004 — International Christian Concern 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941 u Washington DC 20006-1846 www.www.persecution.org / Email: [email protected] For Immediate ReleasePakistani Christian Kidnapped & Released. Captors Demand U.S. Out of Pakistan You...
Police Stumped on Christian MurdersSeptember 24, 2004 — (Compass) - Two years after seven Christians were gunned down at the Karachi headquarters of a Christian welfare agency, local police investigators have failed to identify a single suspect. Tomorrow...
Christian Abducted and TorturedSeptember 23, 2004 — (AsiaNews) - A Christian politician, Yousaf Naz, living in northern Punjab , was abducted, tortured and subjected to death threats on two occasions for having spoken out against the corruption...
Christians Concerned Over Forced Conversion of TribalsSeptember 21, 2004 — (India News) - A Christian organisation Monday expressed its concern over the increasingly forced conversion of tribal Christians by Hindu radical groups in Orissa. The Global Council of Indian Christians...
Religious Freedom has ImprovedSeptember 20, 2004 — (ICC) - The status of religious freedom in India improved in a number of ways; "yet problems remain in some areas," says the State Department's Annual Report on International Religious...
Children Kidnapped by Muslim FatherSeptember 17, 2004 — (Compass) - Two Pakistani children were snatched away from their Christian mother by their Muslim father, Abdul Ghaffar, on September 13. Joshua, 5, and Miriam, 3, were secretly spirited from...
RSS “Reconverts” 55 DalitsSeptember 15, 2004 — (India News) - Terming it a "return home," the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) re-converted 55 Dalits to Hinduism after a religious ritual in a Bihar village. Eight families of these...
Missionaries Severely BeatenSeptember 15, 2004 — (ICC) According to Gospel For Asia (GFA), several of their missionaries in Northern India were severely beaten. Afterward they were tied to a sacred tree and received threats of...
Five Afghan Christians MartyredSeptember 14, 2004 — (Compass) Five Afghan men who had converted to Christianity have been killed in separate incidents since late June near the borders of eastern Afghanistan . The first death was...
Cover-up Suspected in Murder of PriestSeptember 13, 2004 — (Zenit.org).- The arrest of a member of the nationalist Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party for the Aug. 28 murder of a priest hasn't satisfied Church officials who suspect a cover-up. Father...
Christians Question Timing of Census Religions’ Report ReleaseSeptember 13, 2004 — (UNI) - The All India Christian Council has questioned the timing of release of the Religions Report of the India Census 2001. ''We are surprised at the timing of the...
Debate Continues on Anti-Conversion LawSeptember 13, 2004 — (Compass) - Buddhist monks from the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party have launched an international campaign to win support for a proposed anti-conversion bill in Sri Lanka , and they...
Missionaries Released By Hostage TakersSeptember 11, 2004 — (ANS) - Gospel for Asia (GFA) said late Friday, September, 10, that three of its native missionaries who were captured and threatened with death in India's north-eastern state of Bihar...
GFA Missionaries Held Hostage to be Killed Within 48 HoursSeptember 10, 2004 — (ANS) - Anti-Christian elements in Bihar have captured, severely beaten and are threatening to kill Gospel For Asia (GFA) native missionary Pastor Manrathan and his wife. GFA Bible woman Sarita...
Christian Killed by Police; 40 Protestors ArrestedSeptember 9, 2004 — (ANS) - Nasir Masih, a young Christian man, died in prison on August 19 -- four days after being beaten and tortured by officers in two different police stations. When...