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By Michael Ireland ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (ANS) — Islamic extremists beat Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf [name changed for security reasons], a 35-year-old Somali church leader, on September 20 in the neighborhood Saris in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org , says Mr. Yusuf, who lives in >>>Continue reading >>> Compass Direct News reports that: The unprecedented wave of anti-Christian attacks that began a month ago continued in the past week with more incidents of murder, rape and arson, mostly in the eastern state of Orissa and southern state of Karnataka. Two Christians were also found murdered in the northern state of Uttarakhand. “The atmosphere in the >>>Continue reading >>> Compass Direct News reports: ISTANBUL – An unknown group of armed men killed a Syrian Catholic in violence-plagued Mosul, Iraq two weeks after his father was kidnapped and murdered. The gunmen killed Rayan Nafei Jamooa near his home on Sept. 10. Few details have emerged in the murder case, but sources said he and his father were >>>Continue reading >>> Rebel groups continue to burn and loot churches and attack Christians in Orissa and Karnataka, India, while new attacks are being reported in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. While the attacks continue, the death toll among believers continues to rise as they struggle to survive in refugee camps where access to clean water and safe food >>>Continue reading >>> By James Varghese KARNATAKA, INDIA ANS — Two more churches were vandalised by a mob in Mangalore-one on Sunday and the other on Monday. According to a story reported on www.thehindu.com, Samuel Mathew, Bishop of the Believers Church, said that soon after the Sunday service at Puttur Believer’s Church, “miscreants” forced open the >>>Continue reading >>> |
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