Christian Personal Checks

Muslim Rioters Attack Christians in Kano, Nigeria

Compass Direct News reports that:

Hundreds of Muslims took to the streets of this northern Nigerian city on Sunday (April 20), attacking Christians and their shops and setting vehicles on fire on claims that a Christian had blasphemed Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.

Thousands of Christians were trapped in churches until police dispersed rioters. Fearing that Muslims >>>Continue reading >>>

Locked in a Room for Four Hours

On April 14, for nearly four hours, seven women from a Gospel for Asia Bible college in Orissa were forcibly confined to a room.

The women had been sharing the love of Christ in a village near the Bible college. When they offered a Gospel tract to a local government official, he turned it down and >>>Continue reading >>>

Four Christian teachers murdered in Somalia

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

BELEDWEYNE, SOMALIA (ANS) — Four Christian teachers, two of them converts from Islam, were murdered by Islamic militants last Sunday (April 13), in Beledweyne in south-central Somalia.

According to the UK-based Barnabas Fund, Mr. Daud Assan Ali (aged 64), Ms. Rehana Ahmed (aged 32), both of Somali origin, and two Kenyans >>>Continue reading >>>

Christian Bookstore Owner Arrested For Second Time

Compass Direct Newsreports that:

A bookstore owner in Beijing has been re-arrested for publishing Bibles and Christian literature after he had been released in January due to “insufficient evidence.”

Shi Weihan, a 37-year-old father of two, was re-arrested on March 19 and has been held without any family visits allowed, according to his wife Zhang Jing. Shi >>>Continue reading >>>

46 Christians Arrested in Kashi, Xinjiang, China

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

XINGIANG PROVINCE, CHINA – Chinese Government officials have launched a strategic campaign against House Church Members in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, entitled “Anti-illegal Christian Activities Campaign.”

China Aid Association says that in a specific incident, on Sunday April 13, 2008, 46 Christians were arrested in Shache County, Kashi City, Xinjiang.

46 House >>>Continue reading >>>