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Egypt Randomly Arresting Coptic Christians for Maspero Massacre
By Michael Ireland, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) — Egypt’s Military Prosecutor decided on November 3 to continue the detention of 34 Coptic Christians for another 15 days, pending investigations on charges of inciting violence, carrying arms and insulting the armed forces during the October 9 Maspero Massacre, which claimed the lives of 27 Christians and injured 329. The court session was attended by more than twenty defense lawyers. The case was adjourned … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt, Persecution
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 »
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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
