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Sudan Threatens to Arrest Church Leaders
Christians subject to stricter controls, religious freedom violations. KHARTOUM, Sudan (Compass Direct News) – Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information, Christian sources said. The warning in a Jan. 3 letter to church leaders of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) arrived a few days after Sudan President Omar … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Sudan
Sudanese Muslims attack Christians attempting to build a church
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Compass Direct News) – Emboldened by government calls for a Sudan based on Islamic law since the secession of South Sudan, Muslims long opposed to a church near Khartoum have attacked Christians trying to finish constructing their building, sources said. The Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) congregation in Omdurman West, across the Nile River from Khartoum, has continued to meet for Sunday worship in a building without a roof in spite of opposition from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Sudan
Persecution Still Escalating in Egypt
By Elizabeth Kendal, Special to ASSIST News Service AUSTRALIA (ANS) – In May 1980 Egypt amended its constitution to elevate Sharia (Islamic Law) as ‘the principal source of legislation’. This provision is now common in Muslim constitutions, including the new constitutions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Constitutional guarantees of religious liberty and equality before the law are illusory under Sharia. It forbids apostasy (leaving Islam) and eliminates fitna (anything that could even tempt a Muslim to leave Islam). Sharia also establishes dhimmitude: the subjugation of Jews and Christians as second class citizens; systematic discrimination; religious apartheid. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Egypt, Persecution
Taliban inspired attacks hit Christians
Compass Direct News reports ISTANBUL – As Taliban control hits pockets of Pakistan and threatens the nation’s stability, Christians worry their province could be the next to fall under Islamic law. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religion
