SRI LANKA (ANS) — The latest restrictions on the people of Sri Lanka’s freedom has been called a “direct attack” on Christians’ ability to hold prayer meetings.
“We are desperately praying for peace in our country,” wrote Lal Vanderwall, head of Gospel for Asia’s ministry in Sri Lanka. “The country’s situation is going from bad to >>>Continue reading >>>
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
KARNATAKA, INDIA (ANS) — Fifteen Indian Bible college students were beaten up by Hindu radicals on Saturday, May 24, according to www.persecution.in, the website of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC).
Their story said that on Saturday, around fifteen students from Timothy Theological College, Bellary, Karnataka and the college, >>>Continue reading >>>
Compass Direct News reports that
An Algerian public prosecutor has demanded a three-year sentence for a convert to Christianity in western Algeria for practicing her faith “without license.”
Habiba Kouider, 35, was plucked off an inter-city bus outside of her home town of Tiaret on March 29 when police found several Bibles and books on Christianity in >>>Continue reading >>>
By Sheraz Khurram Khan
Special Correspondent for ASSIST News Service in Pakistan
ATTOCK, PAKISTAN (ANS) — A Pakistani Christian armament factory worker has fled his home after his Muslim co-workers accused him of blasphemy.
Nazim, a Christian resident of the area told ANS that Danish, 25 was very much upset as the Muslim co-workers had been targeting his >>>Continue reading >>>
By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) — A vacation Bible school was recently attacked by radical Hindu activists.
According to a news report carried by Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) on their website www.persecution.in, the May 16 attack was carried out by these groups; Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS, National Volunteer Servants) >>>Continue reading >>>