Second Christian Tortured to Death by Police in Four MonthsSeptember 7, 2004 — (ANS) - Another Christian has died in Pakistan as a result of severe torture at the hands of the police. This is the third murder of a Pakistani Christian this...
Tonsured Christians Return Home to Hostile VillageAugust 31, 2004 — (Compass) - A group of Christians have returned to their village in Orissa , India , six months after Hindu villagers shaved their heads bare. The Christians and their families...
Missionary Still Missing!August 25, 2004 — (GFA) - As of today, Gospel For Asia (GFA) native missionary Besh is still being held by Maoist insurgents after being abducted about 12 days ago. Our GFA Nepal field...
Jihad a Supreme Duty of Every Muslim: Shujaat HusaainAugust 25, 2004 — (ANI) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain has said that Jihad is different from terrorism in as much as the former is a supreme duty of a Muslim, and the...
Christian School ReopensAugust 24, 2004 — (AP) - A Christian school that shut down after Islamic militants stormed its campus two years ago and killed six people has reopened with the unveiling of a plaque to...
Asian Churches to Challenge Violence Against ChildrenAugust 24, 2004 — (ekklesia) - Concerned about the growing plight of children in many parts of Asia, church leaders will gather in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 28-31 August and from 1-4 September in...
Missionary Abducted by MaoistsAugust 20, 2004 — (ANS) - Gospel For Asias Nepali missionary Beshs life is in danger as radical insurgency group Maoists forcibly abducted him a week ago for their purposes. This morning we received...
Legal Change May Help Pakistan’s Persecuted ChristiansAugust 19, 2004 — (AgapePress) - Government officials in Pakistan are pushing for a revision of that country's blasphemy law, a change that would be a major boon to followers of the Christian faith...
Faith and ForgivenessAugust 18, 2004 — (Compass) - Gladys Staines, wife of the Australian Baptist missionary Graham Staines who was murdered by extremists in 1999, left India in July for a time of rest and reflection,...
VHP Appoints Hindu Missionaries for Reconversion in Kerala StateAugust 17, 2004 — Kerala State: The VHP has appointed hindu missionary workers in `sensitive' districts in the State to carry out reconversion (back to Hinudism) activities and to prevent the flow of Hindus...
Supreme Court Rules Against Anti-Conversion BillAugust 17, 2004 — (ICC) - Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara announced to the parliament on Tuesday that the Supreme Court had ruled against the Bill on Forcible Conversion. The Supreme Court ruled that sections 3...
BJP Returns to Radical Hindutva RootsAugust 14, 2004 — (Compass) - Following the defeat of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this years national elections, Hindu fundamentalists have pressured the BJP to return to their Hindu nationalist roots....
Supreme Court Ponders Anti-Conversion LawAugust 11, 2004 — (Compass) - Religious tensions are running high in Sri Lanka as their Supreme Court considers a number of petitions for and against a new law that will ban or restrict...
‘Converted’ Christian Families Return HomeAugust 9, 2004 — (IANS) - A group of people who had left their village in Orissa after they were ostracised for changing their religion have returned home amid tight security. Police said 28...
Rev. Khalid Soomro Under Potential Threats After His House Set AblazeAugust 5, 2004 — ( Pakistan Christian Post) - A famous Scholar and Vatican decorated Pakistani Christian Rev. Khalid Soomro who engaged himself in volunteer services to mange PCP Karachi Bureau office is not...
