Christian Personal Checks

The Overcomers ( Egypt – March 2008)

An Egyptian court has refused to rule in a case filed by 25 year old Mohammed Hegazy who is seeking legal recognition of his conversion from Islam to Christianity.

Hindu Radicals Beat Up Pastor in India

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service

MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA – A pastor has been beaten up by a group of Hindu radicals.

According to a story on the web site www.persecution.in, the assault occurred on the evening of March 11 in Madhya Pradesh, India.

When leaving his house, Pastor Tulsi, 26, was attacked by members of a >>>Continue reading >>>

Christian bookstore in Egypt raided by police, employee arrested

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Egyptian police arrested an Egyptian Christian bookstore employee midday Saturday, confiscating books, compact discs, and issues of a newspaper read by Christians in Egypt.

According to Advocates For The Persecuted, (www.advocatesforthepersecuted.org) , David Joseph, chief editor of Al Tareek Wa Al Haque [The Way and The >>>Continue reading >>>

Attack on Ethiopian Christians worshipping in church services leaves 4 dead, 70 injured

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

ETHIOPIA (ANS) — Last week, Christians gathering at local churches in a southern region in Ethiopia were enjoying singing and worship when, without warning, hundreds of men armed with machetes and clubs leapt through the open windows and indiscriminately began attacking everyone present. The attackers barricaded the doors to >>>Continue reading >>>

Violence Escalates at Sri Lanka Bible College

SRI LANKA -The volatile situation at Gospel for Asia’s Sri Lanka Bible College is escalating as a local elected official and a small group of Buddhist monks are falsely accusing the school of being a front for a Sri Lankan terrorist group, the Tamil Tigers. The Tigers are fighting to divide Sri Lanka along ethnic >>>Continue reading >>>