Fourth Malaysian Church Attacked

Compiled by Michelle MY Chan, Special to ASSIST News Service

KUALA LUMPUR, WEST MALAYSIA (ANS) — A fourth Malaysian church was firebombed this afternoon (Saturday, January 09, 2010, in a spate of attacks on churches that began two days ago here, linked to a court ruling allowing the word Allah to be used by non-Muslims.

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church was the latest church to be attacked, according to web news portal Malaysian Insider. “A firebomb missed a window and caused minor damage,” it quoted Rev Dr Hermen Shastri, the general-secretary of the Council of Churches, Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »

Nationalists target Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk in Ukraine with firebomb attack

By Peter Wooding,  Special to ASSIST News Service

KAHARLYK, UKRAINE ANS — The pastor of Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk, just south of Kiev in Ukraine, is thanking God for His protection, after their church building, where his family lives, was hit by a firebomb attack by suspected nationalists. Read the rest of this entry »