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Sudan forces Christians out; South Sudan under severe strain
Hundreds of thousands of people originating from the mainly Christian, mainly African, South Sudan are effectively being forced out of Sudan, having been stripped of their citizenship. They have until April 8 either to leave the strongly Islamic and Arab northern country or to be treated as foreigners under a regime that is extremely hostile to non-Muslims and non-Arabs. The deadline was announced last month. An estimated 500,000-700,000 people, who are mainly Christians of Southern origin, are … Read entire article »
Filed under: Barnabas Aid, Islam, Persecution, South Sudan, Sudan
Parents and Islamic Extremists Beat Young Woman in India
NEW DELHI (Compass Direct News) – A young woman was thrown out of her home this month for daring to give thanks for healing in Christ’s name in a predominantly Muslim village in India’s West Bengal state, and then her parents helped Islamic extremists to beat her nearly unconscious. The attack on Rekha Khatoon, 22, took place on March 9 in Nutangram, Murshidabad. “I boldly told those who beat me up that I may leave my parents, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, India, Muslim, Persecution
Boko Haram declares “war” on Christians in Nigeria
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has declared “war” on Christians in Nigeria, saying that they are planning coordinated attacks to “eradicate Christians from certain parts of the country”. A spokesman for the group, which has stepped up its violent campaign against Christians in the North since Christmas, said on Sunday (4 March): We will create so much effort to end the Christian presence in our push to have a proper Islamic state that the Christians won’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: Barnabas Aid, Christian, Nigeria, Persecution
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
