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Several Christian converts arrested in raid on Iranian house church
By Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service TEHRAN, IRAN (ANS) – Thirteen Christian converts have been arrested following an attack by security authorities on a house church in Iran. Three of them are being held in custody at an unknown location, according to Mohabat News. The news agency says that February 21, 2012, at 7 in the evening, security authorities raided a home dedicated to be used a house church and seized all thirteen gathered there for worship. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Iran, Persecution
Pakistani Muslims Employ ‘Blasphemy’ Threat in Land Grab
SIALKOT, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – Tensions are still high in a village near here following Muslims’ attempt to seize land from a Christian family by threatening to accuse them of “blasphemy.” What began on Feb. 19 as a quarrel over a pigeon between Christian and Muslim youths at Nawa Pind Sabu Mohal village, in Sialkot’s Pasroor area in northeast Punjab Province, grew into an occasion to jail some Christians in the overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Muslim, Pakistan, Persecution
Suicide Bombers Attack Worship Service in Jos, Nigeria
By Obed Minchakpu JOS, Nigeria (Compass Direct News) – Two suicide bombers from the Boko Haram Islamist sect drove a car laden with bombs into the worship service of a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) congregation here this morning, killing at least one Christian girl and injuring dozens of other church members, sources said. A man claiming to be a spokesman for Boko Haram reportedly claimed responsibility for the blast. The two suicide bombers broke through … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Nigeria, Persecution
Iranian Authorities Raid House Church in Shiraz
ISTANBUL (Compass Direct News) – Iranian authorities this week arrested Christian converts from Islam while they were meeting for worship at a home in the southern city of Shiraz, according to sources. Officials are holding the Christians at an unknown location, they said. The sources put the number of the arrested Christians, who belong to one of Iran’s many underground house churches, at between six and 10. Authorities often detain, question and apply pressure on converts from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Iran, Islam, Persecution
Muslim Council in Egypt Evicts 8 Christian Families, Seizes Their Property
By Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (ANS) — National and international rights groups have consistently criticized the recourse to the so-called “reconciliation meetings” — dubbed “Bedouin sittings” — that take place between Copts and Muslim assailants after every attack on Coptic Christians, says Egyptian journalist Mary Abdelmassih, writing for AINA — Assyrian International News Agency www.aina.org . The meetings are conducted under the auspices of state security, Abdelmassih writes. “Last week a series of meetings were … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt, Persecution
