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Iranian House Church Leader Noorollah Qabitizade Is Still Being Held In Ahwaz Prison
By Dan Wooding – Founder of ASSIST Ministries AHWAZ, IRAN (Assist News Service) – News has just come out of Iran that Noorollah Qabitizade, an Iranian Christian convert and house church leader, whose condition had been unknown for the past 10 months, is being held in Ahwaz prison in Khuzestan Province, “with an unknown fate.” According to the Iranian Christian news agency, Mohabat News (www.mohabatnews.com), he has “been subjected to interrogations by security authorities from the Intelligence … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Iran
Coptic Christian Student Murdered by Classmates for Wearing a Cross
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — In mid-October Egyptian media published news of an altercation between Muslim and Christian students over a classroom seat at a school in Mallawi, Minya province. Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih, writing for AINA — Assyrian International News Agency, says the altercation lead to the murder of a Christian student. AINA says the media portrayed the incident as non-sectarian. However, Copts Without Borders, a Coptic news website, refuted this … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt
Burmese Military Attacks Churches in Kachin Province, Members Beaten, Women Raped and Buildings Destroyed
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service KACHIN STATE, MYANMAR (ANS) — Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) www.csw.org.uk , a Christian organization working for religious freedom through advocacy and human rights, is deeply concerned by reports that the Burma Army are directly attacking churches in Kachin State, beating pastors and church members, setting homes alight and raping, torturing and killing civilians. According to CSW’s sources, on October 16 soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion 438 seized control of a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Burma, Christian
17-year-old Somali Christian Beheaded by Islamic Extremists
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) — Militants from the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab beheaded a 17-year-old Somali Christian near Mogadishu last month, a journalist in the Somali capital told Compass Direct News (CDN). CDN reports the militants, who have vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity, killed Guled Jama Muktar on Sept. 25 in his home near Deynile, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mogadishu. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Somalia
Pakistani Muslims Fire on Christians in Land-Grab, Killing One
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Muslims in Pakistan’s Mian Channu area in southern Punjab Province shot dead an unarmed Christian and injured 21 others, six of them critically, during an attempted land-grab on Oct. 5. According to a story by Compass Direct News, residents of the area told the news service by phone that 40 to 45 heavily-armed Muslims on between 10 and 12 motorcycles, two tractor-trolleys and in a car reached Chak 134-16/L village in Khanewal district. They forcibly entered the home of Adeel Kashif, a Christian carpenter who was living on a government-owned piece of land. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
