Chief Minister in India Keeps Promise to Christians
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Jayalalithaa satiates Hindu, Christian pilgrimage hopes ICC Note: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will fulfill promise to subsidise Hindu’s and Christians wishing to do pilgrimages to their Holy Lands. 05/15/2012 India (OneIndia)-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is all set to fulfill her poll promises and intends to appease a cross section of the Tamil [...]
Copts to Shun Islamists in Egypt’s Presidential Vote
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Copts to shun Islamists in Egypt’s presidential vote ICC Note: With only Muslim candidates in the looming presidential election, Christians are unsure what their future holds. “I want a fair, liberal person to balance the spread of Islamists. Only God knows what they would do to us and to moderate Muslims if they won.” By [...]
Imprisoned in Iran: One Man’s Story
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
An Iranian Christian prisoner tells about his experience in Iran + interview ICC Note: If they are able to, many Christian converts in Iran are leaving home to escape the threat of imprisonment and more. This article is an interview with one man who spent 87 days in solitary confinement. 05/14/12 Iran (MohabaNews)-So far, a [...]
Sponsor Shay Moe
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Social Issues
Name: Shay Moe
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Her Dream: Shay hopes to use what she is learning in Bible School to become a “great school teacher”.
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Her Family: Shay currently lives in the Karenni Refugee camp with her three brothers, two sisters and both her mother and father.
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Belarus Prohibits Christian Burials For Executed Prisoners
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
05/15/2012 Belarus (Forum 18) – Relatives of executed death row prisoners in Belarus remain unable to recover their bodies for burial, Forum 18 News Service notes. The mother of Vladislav Kovalev – one of two young men sentenced to death on 30 November 2011 and executed on 15 March 2012 – has tried to claim [...]
Sudanese Authorities Close Christian Offices In South Darfur
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
05/14/2012 Sudan (Compass Direct) – Security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed down the Nyala offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid, sources said. Agents from the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrived at the organizations’ compound in Nyala at 8 a.m. on April 22, [...]
Crackdown On Churches “Spreading” In Southern Laos
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
05/15/2012 Laos (Worthy News) – A government crackdown on churches in southern Laos is spreading to a new district with the brief detention of two “prominent pastors” for alleged unauthorized worship and their involvement in evangelism and an order take down crosses, representatives told Worthy News. Authorities summoned Pastors Bounlerd and Adang to the police [...]
Local Protestant Church Torched In North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
05/14/2012 Indonesia (AsiaNews) - Someone set fire to a local church in Picuan, East Minahasa (North Sulawesi). Scores of homes and cars were also torched. The incident took place on Wednesday but local media just reported it. The small Protestant church is the only Christian place of worship in the area. Local authorities do not [...]
Yoga Guru Supports Equal Rights For All Dalit Christians
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Ramdev supports SC status to Dalit Christians, Muslims ICC Note: “Dalit is a dalit, whether he is a Hindu, Christian or a Muslim. So, all Dalits should get equal rights” says Yoga guru Baba Ramdev By: Babu Thomas 05/14/2012 India (ChristianToday)-Taking a bold step to reach out to minorities, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev last week backed [...]
Bible Study Members Attacked in India
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
BJP Workers Stop a Bible Study in TN ICC Note: Attacked, Christians in India stop their Bible study. Police responded by “warning” the Hindu radicals and telling the Christians to cancel their Bible Study. 05/15/2012 India (CPUI)-Pastor V. Neethirajan (45) belongs to The Church of God Ministry and he has been doing his ministry during [...]