By Theodore Shoebat “It’s as if (they) are challenging the police, the government and the general prosecutor, and that they want to drag the Coptic Christians into sectarian violence, a season of blood” These are the words of Emad El… Read More ›
Christian persecution
Swedish Christian Worker Reportedly Targeted by Punjabi Taliban
Saturday, December 8, 2012 Swedish Christian Worker Reportedly Targeted by Punjabi Taliban By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service ISLAMABAD (ANS) — The Dec.3 assassination attempt against Bargeeta Almby, a 72-year-old female Christian charity worker from Sweden, was… Read More ›
Blasphemy case creates turmoil in ‘moderate’ Algeria
An Algerian Christian sentenced to five years in jail for sharing his faith is still waiting to learn if he will have to serve the time. That’s because the appeals court judge in the Algerian city of Oran has decided… Read More ›
10 killed, four churches burned in Nigeria Via Assist News Agency and Open Doors News
Boko Haram suspected in rampage in predominantly Christian area Lagos, December 6 (Open Doors News) — Ten people were killed and four churches burned in two separate Dec. 1 attacks in northeast Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be members of… Read More ›
Christians Still Suffering Intense Persecution in North Korea One Year After Leadership Change – Standard Newswire
“Re-Blogged from Shofar 37 SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /Standard Newswire/ — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un allows women to wear pants in public, likes to see Mickey Mouse and his friends perform, and experiments with light agricultural reform, but… Read More ›
Police Detain 9 Christians, Send Two to Labor Camp for Holding Free Medical Clinics & Evangelizing
“What if this were here? Re-education camps? It sounds like a movie, but it’s real life.” ULANHOT, Inner Mongolia, —Nine Christians providing medical services in rural areas of Inner Mongolia were detained by local police who also confiscated medical equipment and… Read More ›
Christians Killed, Church Building Destroyed in Sudan Bombing
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service KHARTOUM, SUDAN (ANS) — The Sudanese military in the last two weeks has bombed more non-Arab people in largely Christians areas of the Nuba Mountains – killing three Christians, destroying two… Read More ›
From Pakistan: Story of fourteen year-old girl who was Raped and forced to Convert to Islam | Walid Shoebat
“We must keep these Christians in our prayers, especially the women and children, may God give them strength and courage, and protection. Notice that the article say’s they took thumb impressions on paper and forced her to convert. ???” We… Read More ›
The Coming Sharia State of Egypt
Egypt has now a modern pharaoh, named Muhammad Morsi, and with him as the sole ruler, the country will ultimately become an official Sharia state. Sharia is already enforced to some degree, but now that the Muslim Brotherhood is expanding… Read More ›
Jonah, the Whale, the Assyrians, Christianity and Islam Ashur ShirshI
“I have highlighted parts of this article so you could see why this is important. Please take the time to read the whole article with the link at the bottom.” The Assyrians accepted Jonah and his message from God, and… Read More ›
Third Attack in New Assyrian Quarter in Aleppo, Scores Injured and Killed
“We can’t forget these people. They are suffering. The Christians continue to be targeted. Please pray for them. Father give them protection, strength, and courage. You are not alone. John 16;2 “ They will put you out of the synagogue;… Read More ›
Iraqi Christians ‘Feel Forgotten’, and Are Fleeing to Other Countries
By Michael Ireland Special Reporter, ASSIST News Service BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) — As the Middle East continues to be in turmoil, an Anglican minister serving in Iraq says that he us seeing more believers fleeing Iraq. Canon Andrew White, the popular ‘Vicar of… Read More ›
Christian Convert from Islam Beheaded in Somalia
Islamic extremists accuse young man of being spy, embracing ‘foreign religion’By Dan WoodingFounder of ASSIST Ministries BARAWA, SOMALIA (ANS) — Islamic extremists from Somalia’s rebel Al-Shabaab militants on Friday (Nov. 16, 2012) brutally murdered a Christian in Somalia’s coastal city… Read More ›
Pray for the Persecuted – Gospel for Asia
Incredible! more died in the 20th century than in all previous!? And it’s getting worse in the 21st century. And some think that it’s not happening unless it’s in front of them. Pray like never before! It is said that… Read More ›
Two Church of Iran Members Released on Bail. “Keep praying! “
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Friday, November 9, 2012 Pakistani Preacher Jailed for Sermon at Funeral Muslims accuse him of “blasphemy,” order relatives to leave village or be set on fire
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — An evangelist accused of defaming Islam was telling mourners at a funeral about the sacrifice of Christ when Muslims present took offence, his son said. According to a story by Morning Star News, Karma Patras, a… Read More ›
Horror in Syria: Executing Christians
A human rights activist working in Syria whose name has been withheld for security reasons said two of the men were Christians. “Two of the men I am sure were Christians and were first kidnapped from their neighborhood, then taken… Read More ›
Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2012 :: Gatestone Institute
Shared from Shofar 37 and commented We have got to keep this persecution out in front and educate and pray like never before. Meanwhile, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, far from condemning such outrages, validated them by falsely… Read More ›
Turning a political decision into your spiritual mandate
Shared from Shofar 37 What a great article! Canada gets it what’s wrong with us?! “It is impossible to understand Bonhoeffer’s Nachfolge without becoming acquainted with the shocking capitulation of the German Church to Hitler in the 1930s. How could the… Read More ›
North Korean Underground Churches will Pray for the American Church on Sunday
This is absolutely the truth. God Bless Them! “They answered, ‘You pray for us? We pray for you!’ When I asked why, they responded, ‘Because Western Christians often put so much faith in their prosperity and political freedoms that they don’t… Read More ›
Egypt’s Government and Media Conspire against Christian Copts
From top to bottom, from the Muslim Brotherhood president to the Muslim Brotherhood-monitored media, the lies concerning Egypt’s Christian minority—whether presidential lies that claim they are cared for, or whether media lies demonizing them—continue unabated. Some recent examples follow: via… Read More ›