Hindu Radicals Attack Church, Seriously Injure 11 Christians

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) – Hindu extremists recently attacked a Christian prayer meeting in Udaipur, Rajastha (India), leaving 11 Christians with serious injuries.

International Christian Concern (ICC), a human rights group, reported in a news release that on Jan. 17 at about 11 PM local time, members of Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh (a Hindu extremist group) stormed the Faith Calvary Church (FCC) prayer meeting armed with machetes, axes and sticks. They beat Pastor Surajth Bhagari and church members. Read the rest of this entry »

Islamic Extremists Kill Somali Church Leader

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – A human rights group has learned that members of al-Shabab a Somali Islamic extremist group have killed yet another leader of an underground church in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu. Read the rest of this entry »

Taliban in Pakistan Warns Christian Leaders to Convert to Islam or Face Dire Consequences

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

SARGODHA, PAKISTAN ANS — International Christian Concern ICC has learned that on October 6, members of the Taliban sent threatening letters in Sargodha, Pakistan warning Christian leaders to convert to Islam or face dire consequences. Read the rest of this entry »

Christians Arrested by Pakistani Police for Eating During Ramadan

By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON, DC ANS — Police in Pakistan arrested two Christians for eating during the Islamic fasting season of Ramadan in the city of Silanwali on Aug. 25.

International Christian Concern ICC www.persecution.org , says that Gull Masih and Ashir Sohail were traveling to Lahore when their bus stopped at the Bismillah Hotel to let off passengers.

In a media release, ICC says that after the waiter served them tea and a snack, several policemen started to question them as to why they were desecrating Ramadan by eating during the Islamic fasting season. The two Christians told the police that since they are Christians, they are not supposed to fast during Ramadan. Read the rest of this entry »

Five Christian Converts from Islam Arrested by Iranian Security Officers

By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON, DC – Iranian security forces on May 21 raided an underground house church and arrested five Christian converts from Islam in the city of Karaji, Iran.

According to International Christian Concern (ICC), citing the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), plainclothes security officers handcuffed and took the five Christians to an unknown location. The officers also confiscated several Bibles. Mr. Javad Abtahi, the leader of the church, is among the detained Christians. Read the rest of this entry »