Christian Persecution/Anti-Christian Bigotry, 2007
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If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. (John 15:19) |
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Quotes from an Omegaletter by Jack Kinsella: In
America, it is a 'hate crime' to say that homosexual conduct is
a sin, but it is a free speech issue for homosexuals to call
Christians 'homophobes'. It
is a 'hate crime' to say Islam preaches death and destruction to
non-Muslims, but it is freedom of religion issue for Muslims to
preach it. A
cartoon that depicts Mohammed is a 'hate crime' if it offends
Muslims. A cartoon vilifying Jesus is 'free speech' whether it
offends Christians or not. "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007", sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, would leave it to someone who claims to be offended to determine whether a "crime" has been committed. |
Iran:
Christian Convert Couple Arrested, Tortured, Threatened
Posted 6/30/08
Fine
for preaching in public challenged
'If they shut down our ability to speak, they shut down the
Gospel'
Posted 6/30/08
Bible
citation costs couple jobs, home
Have
you ever seen a more blatant disregard for someone's First
Amendment rights??? This is outrageous!!! Peggy.
For eight years Daniel and Sharon Dixon, apartment managers in
Lake City, Fla., displayed in the apartment complex's management
office a stained glass depiction of flowers with the words
"Consider the lilies . Matthew 6:28" written in the
lower left corner - an act for which they were suddenly fired
from their management jobs and evicted from their apartment.
Posted 6/23/08
Criminal
crackdown targeting Christians
When a Christian pastor in Canada wrote a commentary on the
Bible's perspective on homosexuality, a government commission
ordered him to renounce his faith and apologize. When a family
owned photography studio in New Mexico refused, on religious
grounds, to take pictures at a same-sex ceremony, the fine for
such "discrimination" was $6,600. Now the experts say
Colorado is joining in the repression of the practice of
Christianity.
Posted 6/17/08
You
can't preach the Bible here, this is a Muslim area <-
How is THIS freedom of religion for US???
They say
they were told by a Muslim police community support officer that they
could not preach there and that attempting to convert Muslims to
Christianity was a hate crime.
Posted 6/5/08
Bow
your head, break the law!
A federal
appeals court has ruled a New Jersey high-school football coach who
bowed his head while students on his team led prayer was actually
breaking the law. "If this ruling is allowed to stand, it will
mean that high-school teachers across the United States will have no
free speech or academic freedom rights at all," said John
Whitehead, president of the Virginia-based civil-liberties group the
Rutherford Institute. "This undermines a time-honored tradition
that has less to do with religion that it does athletic tradition.
It's a sad statement on our rights as Americans that schools are no
longer bastions of freedom."
Posted 4/21/08
District
bans 'John 3:16,' promotes demonic leer
A court in
Wisconsin has been asked to suspend immediately a school district's
policy that bans Christian symbols in students' artwork, but allows
Hindu, Buddhist and even satanic representations.
Posted 4/21/08
Religious
Hindu Radicals threaten to burn Christian pastor
Posted
9/10/07
Florida
Mall: No nativity scenes allowed
Posted
12/28/07
Gaza's
Christians Keep Low Xmas Profile
Posted
12/28/07
Hindu
extremists Re-convert 2,000 Christians
Ahead of Christmas, tension began to build up again in the
tribal regions of Gujarat, after Hindu extremist groups
converted more than 2,000 tribal Christians to Hinduism.
Posted 12/28/07
Hindus
burn Christian churches in India leaving one dead, 30 hurt
Posted
12/28/07
Martyrdom
awaits North Korean Christians on Christmas Day
"This Christmas – just like any other day in the year –
there are no festive lights in the streets of Pyongyang. The
city is largely shrouded in darkness. North Korea is the only
country in the world where the Cold War is not yet over, and one
of the few countries in which it is not permitted to celebrate
Christmas at all," he said.
Posted
12/28/07
Police
target Christmas services to arrest believers
Dozens of Christians have been questioned, arrested, jailed or
beaten in a series of attacks on house church Christmas programs
as China tries to wipe out "subversive" or
"reactionary" forces before the 2008 Olympics,
according to China Aid Association.
Posted 12/28/07
Stolen
baby Jesuses replaced with pigs' heads
Posted
12/28/07
China
Authorities have increased arrests on Christian groups
Posted
8/27/07
'Convert
or die,' Christians told
Posted
8/27/07
Giving
out Gospel tracts becomes a federal case
Posted
8/27/07
Two
female Korean Christian hostages freed
Posted 8/15/07
Hamas
pressing Gaza Christians to become Muslims
News comes just days after reports of Christian
professor forced to convert and marry Muslim man
Posted 8/13/07
Indian
Christians targeted in unprovoked attacks
Posted 8/13/07
Police
tell European Pastor biblical message 'is not good'
Posted 8/13/07
Threats
Force Egyptian Christian Convert to Hide
Posted 8/13/07
Bush
rules out deal for S. Korea Christian hostages
Posted 8/10/07
China's
Christians suffer for their faith
Posted 8/10/07
Christian
woman 'forced to convert to Islam'
Posted 8/8/07
12
Washington State High School Students Suspended for Public Prayer Group
Posted 3/9/07
2
Bible Students Beaten During Outreach in Critical Condition
The students
were attacked while on a routine evening outreach in the central state
of Maharashtra where they gave out Gospel tracts entitled “How to Know
God,” reported Gospel for Asia on Tuesday.while sharing the Gospel on
the streets of a local village in India.
Posted 2/26/07
3,000
Christians added daily in China
Faithful
undefeated by beatings, arrests, confiscations and destruction of
churches
Posted
1/19/07
7
Christians arrested, Cops call holding Bibles while lying prostrate
'disturbing peace'
Christians have been arrested recently at "gay" festivals
for nothing more than having a protest sign that is "wider than
their torso," but now police have gone even further, targeting
Bible-carrying ministers for praying on public property and for
standing on a public sidewalk near a "gay" festival.
Posted 7/9/07
9th
Circuit endorses censoring Christians
A ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals has concluded that municipal employers have the right to censor
the words "natural family," "marriage" and
"family values" because that is hate speech and could scare
workers.
Posted 3/12/07
Al-Qaeda
and Islamic preachers behind decapitation of Christian women in Poso <-
Does this surprise anyone???
Posted 2/26/07
All
hell breaks out as pagans given go-ahead for university gathering
The row has its roots in last year's decision by university
officials to ban the Christian Union from using campus premises to
run a course which claimed that gay sex was morally wrong.
Posted 5/30/07
'All
that is holy' gagged at America's birthplace
Jamestown guides allegedly ordered to say
'religious' instead of 'Christian'
Posted 3/19/07
American
Missionary Kidnapped in Haiti
Posted
2/6/07
Anti-Christian
rage hits previously quiet area
"Where
Stanley was martyred has traditionally been an area of India that
has seen less persecution. The fact that something like this is
happening is further evidence of the worsening climate for
Christians in India," the contacts told VOM, which asked its
supporters to "pray for Christians in India to be bold
witnesses for Christ in spite of threats and attacks against
them."
Posted
2/16/07
Anti-God
Starbucks cup has customer steaming
The message that got Michelle Incanno's blood boiling reads: "Why
in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As
cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a
figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside
ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough
to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
Posted 5/8/07
Atheists
and Agnostics Take Aim at Christians
Posted
6/25/07
Attackers
stone Turkish church
Posted
1/30/07
Bible
spared "indecent" classification in Hong Kong
A Web site launched soon afterwards campaigned to have the Bible similarly
classified, citing passages with sexual and violent content it claimed went
beyond that of the sex column. But TELA said in its statement the Bible
"had not violated standards of morality, decency and propriety
generally accepted by reasonable members of the community."
Posted 5/21/07
'Bible-based'
marriage counseling under fire
Group led by Muslim sues federal agency over
nuptial classes
Posted
1/17/07
Biology
teacher fired for referring to Bible
Posted 3/23/07
Bill
Maher Mocks Christianity and Catholics Again
Just three days after Rev. Jerry Falwell's death, Maher began his weekly HBO
program with a verbal assault on Rev. Falwell and then escalated into a
vicious attack on Christianity in general and Catholics in particular.
Posted 6/1/07
Blood
used to vandalize church
AUSTRALIA - VANDALS have used sheep's blood to scrawl anti-religious
writings on a New South Wales church, police said today.
Posted 9/13/06
British
Court Hears Christian Girl's Chastity Ring Case
The school said the ring fell outside its uniform policy, which makes
exceptions for Muslims wearing head scarves and Sikhs wearing steel
bracelets. Headmaster Leon Nettley said chastity rings do not form an
integral part of the Christian faith.
Posted 6/25/07
Burma
Government May Move to Abolish Christianity
Rangoon, BURMA - There are new concerns in
Burma that the government is trying to destroy Christianity.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that an internal government
document lays the foundation for eradicating the faith, including
arresting anyone caught evangelizing.
Posted
1/29/07
Burma
'orders Christians to be wiped out'
Posted
1/22/07
Cambodia
Limits Christian Activities
Posted
7/20/07
China
sweeping Christians out
Posted
7/16/07
Christian
abducted, beheaded by India militants
Posted 4/19/07
Christian
believers executed in North Korea
Posted 1/23/07
Christian
bookstore [in Tel Aviv] bombed by terrorists
Posted
4/17/07
Christian
Chastity ring teenager loses High Court fight
Posted
7/18/07
Christian
Convert loses family, home, crops in Hindu crackdown
In a nation where 75 percent of the population is Hindu, there was a
congregation of four Christians in his small village when Rajan
expressed a faith in Jesus Christ. But that's back down to three
after he lost his family and crops, and was forced to leave his home
and village, because of his conversion, according to new
documentation obtained by the Voice of the Martyrs.
Posted 5/28/07
Christian
fired for sharing God, First Amendment rights Violated
A Christian
woman is battling a California university and state social agency for
terminating her internship because she shared her faith with co-workers
during off-hours.
Posted 3/30/07
Christian
group locked out of university
"University officials refuse to recognize BYX as a registered
student group because the group limits its membership to Christian
men, but the school does not apply a similar standard to other
student organizations,"
the groups said.
Posted
7/16/07
Christian
kids' show kicked from public square
Officials
worried about religious content back down after lawsuit filed
Posted 3/19/07
Christian
leaders fear giant cross will offend Muslims <-
So WHAT???
Top
Catholic officials in Holy Land oppose plans to build 180-foot
cross in Jesus' hometown of Nazareth
Posted 7/30/07
'Christian
missionaries' targeted in Gaza
A Palestinian Islamic group confirmed on Tuesday that its "armed
wing" is targeting what it called "Christian missionary
activity" in the Gaza Strip.
Posted 5/11/07
Christian
Rally Draws Opposition In Liberal San.Francisco
Posted 3/12/07
Christian
sentenced to death for blasphemy
After objecting to rape
of believers, accused of crime against Muhammad
Posted 6/4/07
Christian
students with Bible messages on shirts booted
Inderkum High, one of several Sacramento schools where Christian students
were penalized for objecting to the "Day of Silence" homosexual
advocacy
Posted 5/4/07
Christian
Theological School Attacked by muslim Militants in Indonesia
Posted 3/21/07
Christian
Web Sites blasted by Hindus
A new report published by a Hindu foundation is blasting Christian
organizations across the nation, including the Southern Baptists' missions
board, Gospel for Asia and the Minnesota-based Olive Tree Ministries, which
aims its ministry at teaching Christians about their beliefs, for having so
called Internet "hate sites."
Posted 4/11/07
'Christianity
is not a disease'
Lawsuit
seeks restoration of traditional American slogans in classroom
Posted 5/7/07
Christians,
targeted and suffering, flee Iraq
Posted 3/26/07
Christians
Crucified In Iraq, Dutch MP Says
Posted
7/20/07
Christians
in bull's-eye in new 'hate crimes' plan
A fast-tracked congressional plan to add special protections for
homosexuals to federal law would turn "thoughts, feelings, and
beliefs" into criminal offenses and put Christians in the
bull's-eye, according to opponents.
Posted 4/27/07
Christians
in Turkey Fear More Attacks
Posted 4/23/07
Christians
meet atheists in televised God debate
Two Christians are meeting two atheists in a televised debate with the
subject the existence of God, and Ray Comfort, a best-selling author and
expert on Christian evangelism, says he can prove the existence of the
Almighty in his allotted 13 minutes – without mentioning the Bible or
faith.
Posted 5/4/07
Christians
seek visas to flee from Lebanon
Posted 4/4/07
Christians
tortured, martyred in Vietnam
The church worldwide needs to encourage believers in Gaza, who
number only several hundred among 1.5 million Muslims and are caught
in the crossfire of everyone else's battles.
Posted 6/11/07
Christians
warned: Accept Islamic law
'New
Hamas rule means real changes,' missionaries to be 'dealt with
harshly'
Posted 6/20/07
County-sponsored
July 4th event orders Pastor out of public park
A Maryland church pastor attending a July 4th community band concert
and fireworks in a city park to honor veterans is reporting he was
told by officials to leave, because he was handing out Gospel
tracts.
Posted 7/9/07
Court
orders Uzbekistan preacher into 'exile'
Posted
3/16/07
Crackdown
on Christians [in Nigeria] could go nationwide
Fears
raised that Islamic law will expand under new president
Posted 5/7/07
Dangerous
'Hate-Crimes' Legislation Heads to Senate
The Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act — H.R. 1592 in the House and S.
1105 in the Senate — would mandate additional federal penalties for crimes
involving sexual orientation or gender identity.
Posted 5/11/07
Discovery
Channel Accused of Attacking Christianity
Posted 3/2/07
District
mandates atheistic handouts that violate religious beliefs
Some teachers in the Albemarle School District in Virginia are
rebelling against their managers' orders to hand out to students as
young as kindergarten a promotion for a summer camp that advocates
for "Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists, Brights, or
whatever..."
Posted 5/28/07
Dixie
County to outsiders: Stop preying on Commandments
<-
AMEN, lady!!!
"I don't think they have the right to come in
here and tell us what to do," said Wanda Wester, a 68-year-old
Dixie County native. "We all
believe in God. If they don't like it, they can stay away."
Posted 02/20/07
Does
Anybody Care About the Christian Arabs?
Bill Barnwell / LewRockwell.com: This unfortunate
group of people is caught in the middle of tensions between Jews and
Muslims.
Posted 4/18/07
Druids,
heathens, shamans and witches welcomed at school that banned Bible
Scotland's University of Edinburgh, after proposing a ban on Bibles
and denying a Christian campus group the right to hold a conference
on the immorality of homosexuality, has extended the welcome mat to
the school's Pagan Society to hold its annual meeting on campus next
month.
Posted 5/28/07
Eighty
Believers Arrested in Eritrea
Eritrea (VCM/MNN) -- Eighty members, including the
church's pastor, Zekarias Abraham, of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical
Presbyterian Church in the city of Asmara, were arrested by security forces
following a worship service in their sanctuary on April 29, according to
sources close to Voice of the Martyrs Canada.
Posted 5/15/07
End
attacks on us, say Indian Christians
Christians make around 2.5 percent of officially secular but mainly
Hindu India's 1.1-billion population. Hindu groups say some
Christian organisations try to convert low-caste Hindus and tribals
through inducements like free schooling or by force.
Posted 5/30/07
Evangelists
beaten for handing out tracts
Four evangelists who are supported by Voice of the Martyrs have
suffered beatings by a crowd of irate Muslims, but they first
succeeded in handing out more than 13,000 Christian tracts at a
conference on Islam.
Posted
2/9/07
Extremists
Disrupt Christian Meeting in Mumbai Slum
Marching
to the front of an evangelistic service, about 50 religious
extremists--most of them women--forcefully attempted to disrupt the
meeting. The extremists snatched the microphone from the speaker’s
hands and began shouting anti-Christian remarks through the sound
system.
Posted 6/6/07
Gaza
Christians warned to submit to Islam
Suspected
missionary activity to bring "harsh punishment"; consumption
of alcohol banned; women must be fully covered in public
Posted 6/20/07
Gaza's
forgotten Christians
Posted 6/11/07
Gideons
facing charges for being on public land
Florida
says men cannot be within 500 feet of schools
Posted 4/3/07
The
God problem at CBS
One
other note to go with this. [CBS announcer Jim] Nantz summarized
this exchange after the commercial break by distorting Dungy's
words. He said Dungy "gave thanks to 'his' god" for
the victory.
Posted 2/7/07
Group:
China Arrests 8 Protestant Church Leaders
Posted
6/29/07
Group
Says China Deporting Christian Missionaries
Posted
7/11/07
Gunmen
kidnap Christian students
Posted 6/21/07
Has
Internet Censorship Started? (by
Cutting Edge)
Have you suddenly not been able to receive emails and emailed alerts
from your favorite Christian Internet site? This story may provide
the answers as to why this type of censorship is beginning to occur.
Posted 5/14/07
Hindu
Mob in India Beats, Strips, Parades Pastor
Posted 6/18/07
Hindu
zealots attack Christians over "conversions"
Posted
5/10/07
Hindus
force Christians to 'reconvert'
Posted 5/14/07
In
Indiana, a fight over 'In God We Trust' license plates
In
Indiana, the extra fee for specialty tags doesn't apply to one that
invokes the divine. Critics go to court.
Posted 5/1/07
In
Jordan, Christians From Iraq Harassed
Posted
3/16/07
India:
Hindu extremists attack pastors' conference
Posted
2/19/07
India,
Christians ask for protection from persecution
Posted 3/22/07
India
Militants Threaten To Kill Missionary And To Harm Evangelicals
Suspected
Hindu militants have threatened to kill a native missionary and to
attack dozens of evangelical Christians in the Indian state of Uttar
Pradesh, a major mission group has said.
Posted 6/6/07
India
Police Detain 4,000 Christians
Indian
police detained at least 4,000 Christians from across the country in
the largest such operation in a decade, a major human rights group and
Indian Christian leaders said Wednesday, May 30.
Posted 6/6/07
Indonesians
jailed for beheadings of Christian schoolgirls
Posted 3/23/07
Iranian
Government Subjects Christians to harassment, threats, beatings
Posted
4/16/07
IRAQ:
Violence Now Corners Christians
Posted 6/18/07
Iraqi
Christians Fleeing Violence Face Uncertain Future
PEWSEY,
WILTSHIRE, UK (ANS) -- Against a backdrop of unremitting violence
and the constant threat of persecution, Iraqi Christians are being
forced out of their communities and onto the road in a desperate
search for safety. In the third of a series of special reports on
life within Iraq, Barnabas Fund, based in the UK, has discovered
that life as a Christian refugee brings its own dangers and
hardships.
Posted
2/23/07
IRS
to church: Shut up -- Church to IRS: No way
A Christian
church in Kansas has told the Internal Revenue Service that it will
not stop teaching and preaching God's Word, "even if it relates
to contemporary issues in the world," after the federal agency
demanded answers to 31 questions about its beliefs and warned about
"political" activity.
Posted 6/4/07
Israel
Should Bless Its Christian Friends
Visas to
Christians in Israel are not being renewed, resulting in their
expulsion after five, 10 years and more.
Posted 5/7/07
Jamestown
proclamation neglects Christianity
Presidential statement on 400th anniversary
leaves out primary goal
Posted 5/1/07
Korean
Missionaries Under Fire
Posted
7/30/07
Lawsuit
Claims School Prevented Boy From Wearing Jesus Costume for Halloween
PHILADELPHIA
— A Christian legal group has sued a school district on behalf of
a 10-year-old boy who claims his rights to religion and free speech
were violated when he was not allowed to wear a Jesus costume during
Halloween activities.
Posted
2/23/07
Malaysia
Court To Make Historic Religious Rights Ruling
Malaysia's
highest court was due to hand down on Wednesday, May 30, a historic
ruling that observers said could have ramifications for Muslims who
want to renounce their faith.
Posted 6/6/07
Malaysia
rejects Christian appeal
Malaysia's highest court has rejected a Muslim convert's six-year battle to
be legally recognised as a Christian.
Posted 6/1/07
Malaysia's
Christian Joy Loses Islam Conversion Case
Malaysia's
best known Christian convert, Lina Joy, on Wednesday, May 30, lost her
six-year battle to be recognized as a Christian in a landmark case
that tested the limits of religious freedom in this mainly Muslim
nation.
Posted 6/6/07
Messianic
Jews attacked in Israel
Groups of ultra-Orthodox Jews seem to have a difficult time accepting the
fact that some Jews would believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that they
would want to evangelize other Jews, Bass said. So those anti-Messianic
groups work to stop the people they consider “missionaries” through
various degrees of persecution.
Posted 3/16/07
Mexico:
Christians in Chiapas Town Deprived of Water
More than
five weeks after town bosses in Chiapas state, Mexico, signed an
agreement to restore water lines cut off from Christians since
January, the Protestants still rely on dirty, distant wells and
puddles for washing and drinking.
Posted 6/6/07
Militant
atheists topping best-seller lists
The time
for polite debate is over. Militant atheist writers are making an
all-out assault on religious faith and reaching the top of the
best-seller list, a sign of widespread resentment over the influence
of religion in the world among nonbelievers.
Posted 5/28/07
Missionaries
kidnapped by Taleban warned they face death
Posted 7/25/07
Muslim
Anti-Jewish Crusade Also Pursues Christians
Muslim fundamentalists, aligned with Al Qaeda, bombed a Christian
bookstore and two Internet cafes in Gaza on Saturday following
previous attacks on churches as part of its religious crusade to
replace the secular Fatah faction.
Posted 4/19/07
Muslims
attack Christians accused of building church
Posted 5/16/07
Muslim
calls to prayer heard at Fort Riley, Kansas
<-
Ummmm... can
you say "reverse discrimination???"
The wife of a
soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, says she doesn't think her children
and other people on base should have to hear Muslim prayers being broadcast
five times a day. The Army claims it is being done to prepare troops heading
to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted 5/11/07
Muslim
hardliners storm and destroy Indonesia church
Posted 6/6/07
Muslims
benefiting from double standard, says Christian law firm
The chief counsel of a Christian law firm says it is becoming
increasingly apparent that there is a double standard when it comes
to accommodating religious practices at public schools and
universities.
Muslims
Continue to Rage against Christianity
Christian churches are being ordered closed and those who are steadfast in
the faith are losing homes, families and jobs as the cost of being Christian
in Pakistan is rising, according to new reports from the Voice of the
Martyrs and others. Even the death penalty soon could be a possibility. The
Voice of the Martyrs said, however, Christians are remaining faithful under
the persecution, and are in need of prayer. Christian churches are being
ordered closed and those who are steadfast in the faith are losing homes,
families and jobs as the cost of being Christian in Pakistan is rising,
according to new reports from the Voice of the Martyrs and others. Even the
death penalty soon could be a possibility. The Voice of the Martyrs said,
however, Christians are remaining faithful under the persecution, and are in
need of prayer.
Posted 5/21/07
Navy
chaplain being booted from service
Commanders ruled Klingenschmitt's 'in Jesus
name' too sectarian
Posted 3/2/07
Navy
dismisses chaplain who prayed 'in Jesus' name'
Posted
1/15/07
New
York bans only 'religious' groups
A lawsuit has
been filed in Watertown, N.Y., because the Dulles State Office Building
there – and other state buildings – have conference facilities that
can be rented by anyone – except churches.
Posted 3/30/07
No
word yet if Bush will include Christianity
Planning
visit to 400th anniversary of Jamestown founding
Posted 5/7/07
One
S.Korean Christian hostage killed, Taliban says
Posted 7/27/07
Ore.
Teacher Fired Over Bible References
Posted 3/22/07
Pakistan
Christians demand help
Christians in north-west Pakistan are demanding government
protection following threats of bomb attacks if they do not become
Muslims.
Posted
5/17/07
Pakistan
Sentences Christian To Death For "Blasphemy"Against Islam
The Muslim,
identified as Baba Chaby, refused and Muslim men became angry and
"abused" Masih APMA investigators claimed. In addition, the
next morning, Muslims in the local mosque were allegedly encouraged to
participate in ransacking homes of Christians and to damage their
properties and local Churches in the area... "Younis Masih was
brutally beaten and his wife, who came to save him, was not
spared...Her cloths were torn to shreds by the mob," added APMA's
Bhatti, adding that "they left Younis [only because they]
considered him to be dead."
Posted 6/6/07
Pastor
beaten for praying for the sick
Posted 3/26/07
PC
mandate gone wild: Christian books yanked
Rule to keep
radical Islamic texts from prisoners, but feds decide to limit literature of
all religions. ... Christian prison chaplains say Islam is so popular with
inmates they are having a hard time competing with Muslim chaplains for
their souls. Blacks are being converted by the cell block. The FBI worries
blacks could be the next face of terror in America.
Posted 6/14/07
Pesecution
for Religious Freedom on the Rise
CWNews.com–-WASHINGTON
- Growing challenges are mounting in the fight for religious freedom. A new
report names the countries where it has become dangerous for people to
worship. Persecution is on the rise around the world.
Posted 5/9/07
Persecution
of Christians has just lurched forward to a new, dangerous level.
Excerpt from Cutting Edge newsletter for this week! A real
eye-opener for us Christians!!!
Posted 5/7/07
Police
force abortions on Christian women
Dozens of unborn babies have been killed in a sweep by Chinese
authorities of the Guangxi province that snared pregnant women and
brought them against their will to a hospital for fatal abortion
injections, according to a Christian ministry that monitors the
district and ministers to those in need.
Posted 4/23/07
Police
in India arrest 22 Christian missionaries
Posted 3/26/07
Proposed
India Law Could Hinder Missions
India's
Foreign Contributions Regulation Bill could seriously hinder the
work of 20,000 development service groups, half of whicare
Christian. The amendment would enable authorities to revoke
registration at any time.
Posted
2/23/07
Protestant
Pastor [in Uzbekistan] confined for 4 years “for his sermons”
That’s the penalty inflicted on pastor Shestakov, detained since January;
according to local sources he is “guilty” of having carried out many
conversions. Police film and interrogate anyone who attends Church.
Posted 3/13/07
Protesting
pastors jailed – signs to wide
Posted
7/5/07
Religious
Police storm Christian homes
Earlier this year a report on plans by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi,"
and now confirmed reports from Voice of the Martyrs reveals that the
persecution of Christians in Iran is intensifying.
Posted 6/25/07
Quarter
of Christians 'are victims of work bias'
The poll of
604 Christians for the programme Heaven and Earth found that one in four
feels discriminated against at work and one in five claims to suffer
from bias in the community.
Posted 3/20/07
S.
Korea races to save 22 Christian hostages
Posted
7/30/07
Scriptures
Removed from School's Restroom
Bible
verses painted in a Western Kentucky school restroom to cover up
graffiti have been removed after a parent complained to school
officials.
Posted 1/18/07
Slain
German Highlights Christian Plight
MALATYA, Turkey (AP) - The story of a quiet and deeply religious German
missionary ended with the sound of dirt being scattered over his coffin in
eastern Turkey, his violent death a sign of the plight of Christians in this
Muslim country.
Posted 4/26/
Starbucks
markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups
Posted 5/14/07
Street
preacher vows to bring more protesters to challenge law
Ball, a 46-year-old preacher from Primrose, Ga., received a citation
from Hendersonville Police about 30 minutes after he appeared
Thursday on the corner of Four Seasons Boulevard and Coolridge
Street holding a sign that said: "Three gays rights: AIDS,
hell, salvation." It's his second citation -- he also got one
on Monday.
Posted 3/27/07
Taliban
kidnap South Korean Christians, Germans
Posted
7/23/07
Teachers
rebel over atheism promotion
District
mandates handouts that violate religious beliefs
Posted 5/28/07
Ten
hurt in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt
Posted 5/14/07
Threats
made against Christian workers opposing homosexual agenda
A board member for Equality California has come out swinging at the
Bible-based Capitol Resource Institute, which works on behalf of
family and biblical values in California, especially among its
lawmakers.
Posted 5/7/07
Three
Removed From Senate During Hindu Prayer
Washington
(CNSNews.com) -- Three Christian protestors were removed from the
U.S. Senate chamber's observation gallery Thursday when they
disrupted the morning prayer -- being delivered for the first time
in history by a Hindu chaplain.
Posted 7/13/07
‘Tolerance’
equals censorship in public school district
Posted 7/25/07
Tolerance
Limited for German Christians
COLOGNE, Germany - Today’s Germany likes to
think of itself as “tolerant.” All sorts of lifestyles are
embraced by their society: homosexuality, trans-genderism, even
radical Islam. But some say that tolerance has a limit, and it
apparently stops at the door of one Bible-believing church.
Posted 2/13/07
Top
Christian Football Player Released from Team Over Objections to Porn Film
GREELY, Colorado,(LifeSiteNews.com) - A key player for
the indoor professional football team Colorado Ice was released from the
team's roster after a dispute over a porn film, Concerned Women for America
reported in an audio release earlier today.
Posted 5/15/07
Tortured
brickmakers refuse to embrace Islam
Steadfast Christian faith sustains them through
month-long imprisonment
Posted 2/5/07
Turkey
denounces grisly murders, Christians decry 'witch hunt'
Turkey on Thursday condemned the gruesome murder of three people at
a Christian publishing house, as church leaders warned of a
"witch hunt" against their tiny minority in this largely
Muslim nation.
Posted 4/23/07
Turkish
Believers "Satanically Tortured" Before Being Killed
Posted 5/14/07
Turkish
police probe Bible killings amid shock
Posted 4/23/07
Two
Pastors of unofficial church sentenced on cult charges in China
Posted
7/11/07
UK
Christians 'suffer for faith'
More than one
in five Christians in the UK faces discrimination in their local
communities because of their faith, a survey for a BBC programme
suggests.
Posted 3/20/07
University
convocation told of Allah, not Jesus
Speakers also
invoke Buddha, Dalai Lama
Posted 4/19/07
Vatican
document puts Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on warpath
“The man (Pope Benedict) makes enemies every time. In his first
statements a few months back, he lost all
the Muslims. And now this
time, he lost a lot of the Christian denominations because he has
begun to err against Christians themselves,” Pope Shenouda told
the state-run daily Al-Ahram.
Posted
7/16/07
Walter
Cronkite endorses Campaign to Force Christianity out of U.S. Public Life
Led by members of the Interfaith Alliance,
an organization dedicated to countering the influence of the
conservative Christian Coalition on federal politics, the new campaign
is designed to promote policies that would silence the political voice
of the “religious right.”
Posted 3/2/07
'Why
does Florida prosecute people who hand out Bibles?'
Two members of Gideons International who were arrested in Florida
for handing out Bibles on a public sidewalk are battling a second
round of charges, after the initial trespassing charges against them
were dismissed, but authorities filed a new set.
Posted 4/23/07
Why
"Hate crime" laws would ban Biblical Christianity
On April 25, 2007, a House of Representatives committee approved a
measure to add homosexuality to the list of groups
"protected" by hate crimes laws. The Senate has prepared a
twin bill, S. 1105. Except for the addition of the name Matthew
Shepard, its title is the same."[6] House panel OKs hate crimes
bill
Posted 5/7/07
Woman
Stands Trial for Insulting Muhammad
ISTANBUL,
February 16 (Compass Direct News) – Pakistani officials have
relocated the trial of a Christian woman accused of blaspheming
Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, to prevent violent demonstrations tomorrow.
Posted
2/23/07
Worker
fired after posting picture of Jesus
A call center employee says he has been dismissed from his job for
posting an artist's rendition of the crucifixion during Easter week,
even though other employees were allowed to post pictures and art as
they chose in their cubicles.
Posted 4/23/07
Zimbabwe
police crush prayer rally, seize leaders
Posted
3/13/07
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