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Mass Arrest of Christians in Eritrea
By Michael Ireland Correspondent, ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — Eritrean officials arrested 30 Christians for praying at a private house in Asmara, the capital on January 2. Some of the Christians were only recently released after being detained for their faith. International Christian Concern (ICC) — www.persecution.org — has learned that Security officials arrested the Christians and took them to police station one in Asmara. Officials also detained another Christian on January 4. ICC says the detained Christians are members of the Philadelphia Church, an evangelical church outlawed in Eritrea. In a media release, ICC explains that several churches have been forced to go underground in Eritrea since 2002 when officials required all religious groups to register. The officials only registered four religious groups: Islam, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Roman … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Eritrea, Persecution
Afghan Parliamentarian Calls for Execution of Christians
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — International Christian Concern (ICC) has told the ASSIST News Service (ANS) that it has learned that an Afghan parliamentary secretary has called for the public execution of Christian converts from the parliament floor. On Tuesday, the Associated Free Press reported that Abdul Sattar Khawasi, deputy secretary of the Afghan lower house in parliament, called for the execution of Christian converts from Islam. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Assist News Service, Islam, Persecution
Indian Evangelist Hacked to Death
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries LAXMANPUR, INDIA (ANS) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Sunday, May 2, 2010 an Indian evangelist was brutally murdered in Laxmanpur, India, after showing Daya Sagar, a film about the life of Jesus Christ. An ICC spokesperson told the ASSIST News Service, “After showing the film, Evangelist Ravi Murmu and members of his team started their journey home. During the journey, Ravi left the team to take a short-cut to his house. When he failed to reach home late that evening, a search ensued. The searchers found his dead body with his right hand cut off, and deep cut wounds on his neck and other parts of his body.” According to the report by the “Persecution Update India”, the attackers didn’t take any … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, India, Persecution
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 entire article »
Filed under: HIndu, India, Persecution
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 entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Somalia
