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Indian Pastor and Believers Attacked and Beaten, Church Service Disrupted In Andhra Pradesh State
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) – A group of Hindu radicals barged into a prayer service held in a church in Jalliguda, which is located in Hyderabad City, Andhra Pradesh state, India and mercilessly beat the pastor and the attendees at a meeting in on Sunday, January 10, 2010. According to the Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), an advocacy group, they reported that on January 10, at around 9:00 am, approximately 50 members belonging to the Hindu radical groups, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS) and Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP), barged inside the prayer hall and beat Pastor Benhur who was conducting the prayer service and also some of the attendees. … Read entire article »
Filed under: HIndu, India, Persecution
Over 100 Coptic Christian Teenagers Arrested in Egypt
By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service EGYPT (ANS) — Egyptian State Security has intensified its intimidation of the Coptic Church and Christians in Nag Hammadi, and neighboring Bahgoura, by carrying out random arrests of Christian youth. According to a story by Mary Abdelmassih writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), the ongoing campaign against Christians started on Jan. 7 2010. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Egypt, Muslim
Fourth Malaysian Church Attacked
Compiled by Michelle MY Chan, Special to ASSIST News Service KUALA LUMPUR, WEST MALAYSIA (ANS) — A fourth Malaysian church was firebombed this afternoon (Saturday, January 09, 2010, in a spate of attacks on churches that began two days ago here, linked to a court ruling allowing the word Allah to be used by non-Muslims. The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church was the latest church to be attacked, according to web news portal Malaysian Insider. “A firebomb missed a window and caused minor damage,” it quoted Rev Dr Hermen Shastri, the general-secretary of the Council of Churches, Malaysia. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Muslim, Persecution
Muslim Mob in Pakistan Wounds Christian Family
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Compass Direct News has revealed that a Muslim mob in Pakistan has attacked and wounded a Christian family in Iqbal Town, Islamabad. “Infuriated by an alleged anti-Islamic comment by a mentally ill man, more than a dozen Muslims attacked his Christian family here last week, beating his 20-year-old sister unconscious and breaking her leg,” said the Compass story. “The woman’s father, Aleem Mansoor, said his daughter Elishba Aleem ‘went unconscious’ after being struck in the head with an iron rod in the December 28, 2009, attack.” … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
