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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
Islamist Leaders Celebrate Death of Coptic Pope in Egypt
By Wayne King CAIRO, Egypt (Compass Direct News) – As Christians across Egypt continued to mourn the loss of Pope Shenouda III this week, Islamist leaders of the Salafist movement issued a litany of insults, calling the late leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church the “head of the infidels” and thanking God for his death. The vitriol indicated the level of hostility the Salafists, who now make up 20 percent of Egypt’s parliament, have toward Christians. In … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Egypt, Islam, Persecution
Christians in Israel Suffer from Increasing Persecution
Jerusalem (Open Doors) – “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.” These words of Jesus in Matthew 5:11 reflect the experience of many Messianic and traditional Christians in Israel today who increasingly find themselves under assault, especially those living in or near orthodox Jewish neighborhoods. Last month, two churches were painted with slogans such as “Jesus is dead” and “Death to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Israel, Judaism, Open Doors, Persecution
