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Government Destroys New Church Building in Vietnam
Compass Direct News reports: HO CHI MINH CITY, December 17 – Local government officials in Dak Lak Province this morning made good on their threat to destroy a new wooden church building erected in September by Hmong Christians in Cu Hat village. At 7 a.m. in Cu Dram Commune, Krong Bong district, a large contingent of government officials, police and demolition workers arrived at the site of a Vietnam Good News Mission and Church, razing it by 8:30 a.m. Police wielding electric cattle prods beat back hundreds of distraught Christians who rushed to the site to protect the building. Five injured people were taken away in an emergency vehicle authorities had brought to the scene. The injured included a child who suffered a broken arm and a pregnant woman who fainted after … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Persecution, Vietnam
Six Pastors Killed, 40 Churches Razed in Jos Violence
Compass Direct News reports: JOS, Nigeria – The murderous rioting sparked by Muslim attacks on Christians and their property on Nov. 28-29 left six pastors dead, at least 500 other people killed and 40 churches destroyed, according to church leaders. More than 25,000 persons have been displaced in the two days of violence, according to the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA. What began as outrage over suspected vote fraud in local elections quickly hit the religious fault line that quakes from time to time in this city located between the Islamic north and Christian south, as angry Muslims took aim at Christian sites rather than at political targets. Police and troops reportedly killed about 400 rampaging Muslims in an effort to quell the unrest, and Islamists shot, slashed or stabbed to death most … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Nigeria
Christian Family Beaten, Cut and Face Charges
Compass Direct News reports: MALUMGHAT, Bangladesh – The harassment that Bangladeshi converts from Islam face from Muslim neighbors in this southeastern area near Cox’s Bazar can take serious turns – as it did last month, when an attack by about a dozen Muslims left a Christian family with machete wounds. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bangladesh, Christian, Muslim, Persecution
The World is Watching
Over 200 million Christians around the world are beaten, tortured, oppressed, arrested…killed. All for their faith in Jesus Christ. When they cry out for help — will you be watching? More info: www.OpenDoorsUSA.org … Read entire article »
Filed under: Open Doors, Persecution, Video
The Overcomers (Iraq – December 2008)
These are dangerous times for Christians in Iraq. The northern city of Mosul has witnessed a wave of Islamic violence against the followers of Christ. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Iraq, Muslim, Voice of the Martyrs
