Muslim Extremists in Uganda Throw Acid on Bishop
By Simba Tian KAMPALA, Uganda (Compass Direct News) – Islamic extremists threw acid on a church leader on Christmas Eve shortly after a seven-day revival at his church, leaving him with severe burns that have blinded one eye and threaten the sight in the other. Bishop Umar Mulinde, 37, a sheikh (Islamic teacher) before his conversion to Christianity, was attacked on Saturday night (Dec. 24) outside his Gospel Life Church International building in Namasuba, about 10 kilometers … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Islam, Persecution, Uganda
Five Christians Slain in Another Assault in Kaduna, Nigeria
By Obed Minchakpu UNGWAN RAMI, Nigeria (Compass Direct News) – Local Islamists and Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a Christian community in Kaduna state on Monday (Dec. 19), killing five people and wounding six, area sources said, just nine days after a deadly attack on a Christian community in Kukum Gida in the same local government area. The Muslim assailants, brandishing firearms and machetes, attacked Christians in Ungwan Rami village of Kaura Local Government Area at 10 p.m. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Muslim, Nigeria, Persecution
Islamic Rioters Attack Christian Shops in Northern Iraq
By Damaris Kremida ISTANBUL (Compass Direct News) – Attacks against Christian Assyrian businesses in northern Iraq over the weekend, which local sources said were organized by a pro-Islamic political party, marked the first such destruction of Christian establishments in the Kurdish region. The rampage threatens the frail security of Iraq’s dwindling Christian population, sources said. After mullah Mala Ismail Osman Sindi’s sermon claiming there was moral corruption in massage parlors in the northern town of Zakho on Friday … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Iraq, Islam, Persecution
Police Detain, Beat Christian Converts from Islam in India
By Vishal Arora NEW DELHI (Compass Direct News) – Police in India’s Kashmir Valley detained and beat converts from Islam and were expected to arrest Christian workers after Muslim leaders alleged that Muslim youth were being “lured” to Christianity. Police in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley picked up seven converts who were recently baptized in All Saints Church in Srinagar, a local Christian who spoke to the converts after their release on Nov. 2 told Compass. Srinagar is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, India, Islam, Persecution
Attack on Church Compound in Kenya Kills Two, Wounds Three
By Simba Tian GARISSA, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Suspected Islamic extremists with Somalia’s al Shabaab militia threw a grenade into the home of the church guard of an East Africa Pentecostal Church (EAPC) congregation outside Garissa, Kenya on Saturday night (Nov. 5), killing an 8-year-old girl and another member of the church, sources said. Three other people were seriously injured in the 8 p.m. grenade attack on the house, which is near the gate of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Kenya, Persecution
