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Believers Attacked and Pastor Warned to Leave
WEST BENGAL, INDIA (ANS) – A Gospel for Asia-supported missionary and several members of his church are being ostracized and attacked for their faith. The missionary, Gangi Ram, serves as pastor of a small church in West Bengal, India. Recently 13 people in his village chose to follow Christ. They chose to publicly testify of their new faith on March 12. The next day, the trouble started. Since then, their fellow villagers have beaten the new Christians if they see them in public. Anti-Christian extremists in the village have even gone so far as to damage the homes of the new believers. These new Christians are also being denied access to the village well and the pond, where most villagers go to bathe. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Gospel for Asia, India, Persecution
Pastor and companion severely beaten by Hindu Radicals in New Delhi, India
By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (ANS) — The almost daily attacks against Indian Christians by Hindi radicals, are continuing at an alarming pace. The latest shocking incident took place on Thursday, March 25, 2010, when a group of radicals viciously attacked a pastor and his companion in Ghaziabad, New Delhi. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
Pastoral Training Center Attacked in India
By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service NORTH INDIA (ANS) – A group of about large mob of around 40 anti-Christian Hindu militants stormed a training center for pastors. The incident occurred on Sunday in the North Indian state of Chhattisgarh. According to a news release from Empart, the church-planting organization that runs the center, Prebhu, a center leader, was punched and kicked as he screamed for mercy. Many students were brutally beaten and seriously injured. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, HIndu, India, Persecution
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Church Leader
Opens Doors has reported that Islamic militants in Somalia found an underground church leader who escaped a kidnapping attempt earlier and killed him last week. Islamic extremist al Shabaab rebels shot Madobe Abdi to death on March 15 in Mahaday village, 31 miles north of Johwar. His death is among a large list of Christians murdered by Islamic militants, but his was distinctive in that he was not a convert from Islam. This man was an orphan, who was raised as a Christian. The extremist would not allow his body to be buried, instead they ordered that it be left to dogs as an example to other Christians. Al shabaab, which is fighting the Transitional Federal Government, has embarked on a campaign to rid the country of all non-Muslims. Please pray for our brothers … Read entire article »
Filed under: Muslim, Open Doors, Somalia
Muslims Murder Pakistani Christian with Axe Blows For Refusing to Convert to Islam
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries MIAN CHANNU, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that six Muslims in Khanewal district in the southern Punjab Province of Pakistan, killed a Christian with multiple axe blows for refusing to convert to Islam this month, according to family and police sources. The CDN story says, “The six men had threatened to kill 36-year-old Rasheed Masih unless he converted to Islam when they grew resentful of his potato business succeeding beyond their own, according to Masih’s younger brother Munir Asi and a local clergyman. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan
