Gospel for Asia missionaries in Gujarat, India, will now face up to three years in prison if they are accused of “forcibly converting” someone to Christianity. And believers across the state are concerned that the law will open doors for anti-Christian extremists to falsely accuse them of illegal practices.
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By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
LOVES PARK, ILLINOIS (ANS) — The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s parliament has passed new legislation that would impose tough new restrictions on foreign missionary activity and evangelical churches.
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe.
According to a >>>Continue reading >>>
By Jeremy Reynalds
Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) — Islamic extremists have shot and killed a Muslim convert to Christianity.
According to a news release from the Washington, D.C. based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC), the slaying occurred on April 22 in Baidawa, a town 149 miles from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
The >>>Continue reading >>>
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) — Two pastors were beaten up by Hindu radicals in India.
The reported assault occurred in Kammanapalli village, Nizamabad district, Andhra Pradesh on April 24.
According to a story on www.persecution.in, the ministers attacked were Pastor Anand and Pastor Raju.
The report said when the pastors visited a >>>Continue reading >>>
Compass Direct News reports:
On trial for converting from Islam to Christianity, a Jordanian man may lose legal custody of his children and have his marriage annulled if found guilty of “apostasy.”
Mohammad Abbad, 40, fled Jordan last month after Muslims violently attacked him and his 10-year-old son in their home and his father sued him on >>>Continue reading >>>