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Lao Officials Confiscate Church Buildings; Tell Christians to give up faith or be expelled.
By Sarah Page AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Compass Direct News) – Lao officials on Thursday (April 5) confiscated and sealed a church building in southern Laos after holding a two-day seminar warning against religious belief, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF). Besides sealing the church building in Khamnonsung village, Saybuly district, they also warned that other unrecognized churches in the district in Savannakhet Province would soon be shut down. Local Communist Party official … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Laos, Persecution
Egyptian Court Sentences Young Christian to to Three Years in Prison for ‘Insulting Islam’
By Wayne King CAIRO, Egypt (Compass Direct News) – In a show of partiality to Muslims who go unprosecuted for like offenses against Christianity, a juvenile court in Egypt on Wednesday (April 4) sentenced a Coptic Christian teenager to three years in prison for allegedly insulting Islam. Gamal Abdou Massoud, 17, denies the charges. The court claimed that he posted cartoons on his Facebook account in December that mocked the Islamic religion and its prophet, Muhammad. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Egypt, Islam, Persecution
Exploding Grenade at Christian Meeting in Kenya Kills Boy, Woman
Al Shabaab Islamic extremists suspected of throwing grenade into open-air evangelistic event. By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31) threw a grenade into a Christian revival meeting near Kenya’s coastal town of Mombasa that instantly killed a woman and injured at least 30 people. Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Kenya, Persecution
Lao Officials Arrest Five Christians in Southern Village
By Sarah Page BANGKOK, Thailand (Compass Direct News) – Officials in a village in southern Laos on Sunday (March 25) arrested and detained five Christians during worship and charged them with leading a religious movement without official approval, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF). The five Christians from Palansai district were attending a worship service in nearby Boukham village in Ad-Sapangthong district. HRWLRF identified the five by their single names, as … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Laos, Persecution
Burma Army Ransacks Church in Bhamo District
On March 13 the Burma Army ransacked Sin Lum Pang Mu Baptist Church in Pang Mu village, located in Bhamo district. According to Reverend Jangmaw Gam Maw, pastor of Pang Mu Church, soldiers from the 33rd battalion of the Burma Army’s 88th Infantry Division burned bibles, destroyed church property, and stole a video player, loudspeakers and villagers’ belongings. The soldiers claimed that the property belonged to a Kachin Independence Army outpost. They also took money from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Burma, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Persecution
