The Persecution & Prayer Alert
The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada
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A weekly news digest on the Persecuted Church and how you can respond.
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In this week’s edition: Reports from Nigeria, India and Egypt, with updates from Pakistan and Sri Lanka
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1. Christians killed, [...]
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UZBEKISTAN – Government Cracks Down on Religious Literature
The Uzbekistan government is continuing its persecution of Christians and Baptists, punishing them for distributing free literature. In one case Christians were questioned for seven hours without food or water, according to Forum 18 News. A Baptist believer was fired from his job as an electrician after the [...]
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India climbs up in the list of worst persecutors of Christians
By: John Malhotra
For years India had ranked No. 30 on the ‘World Watch’ list of countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians. This year it moved to No. 22 due to the escalating violence on Christians in different parts of the nation.
The Open Doors [...]
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Egypt
Civil administration in Alexandria refused to give her ID after converting to Christianity
By-Hekmat Hana- Coptsunited
After converted to Islam and took a sense of remorse Iman Aziz, rushed to change the religion card a personal record of Muharram Bek Alexandria after its return to the survey, however, that the management failed to give her the ID [...]
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Uzbekistan – Children and Parents Threatened for Attending Services
Police in southeast Uzbekistan have begun a campaign against children attending places of worship, Forum 18 News Service reported. The authorities’ campaign, which also uses the state-controlled mass media, attacks schools and parents who allow children to attend religious “sects.” Pray for Christian families who have come [...]
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CHINA –House Church Leaders Arrested – China Aid Association
On Feb. 11, 60 house church leaders, including two South Korean pastors, were arrested by Chinese authorities while attending a seminar in Wolong district, Henan province. According to China Aid Association, 30 police officers disrupted the meeting, arrested the Christians and confiscated phones, books and money. Authorities [...]
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Orissa Government Stops Rebuilding Of Church
by Nirmala Carvalho
The church was about to be turned into a Hindu temple. The authorities have stopped construction, but they are not permitting the Christians to rebuild the edifice, for “legal” reasons.
Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) – The church of Batticola, destroyed by Hindu extremists and replaced with a temple, may not be [...]
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The Persecution & Prayer Alert
The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada
www.persecution.net
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A weekly news digest on the Persecuted Church and how you can respond.
Tough times require tough faith. Find out more at www.persecution.net/newsletter.
Subscribe to the RSS feed at www.persecution.net/pnp.xml.
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In this week’s edition: reports from India, with updates from China and Bangladesh
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1. Christian killed, believers [...]
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Please Sign
International Christian Concern is gathering signatures for a new petition, Protect Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka. The petition will be delivered to Jaliya Wickramasuriya, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, to urge immediate action on an anti-conversion bill that will restrict religious freedom and could (due to its broad language) also [...]
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Fear in Egypt
Egyptian convert from Islam to Christianity: “I am afraid. Many, many people can kill me and my daughter anytime”
Muhammad said, “If anyone changes his religion, kill him” (cf. Bukhari vol. 9, bk. 84, no. 57).
To read the entire entry please click on the link below:
http://mychristianblood.blogspirit.com/archive/2009/02/15/egyptian-convert-from-islam-to-christianity-i-am-afraid-many.html
PAIR HELD FOR INSULTING ISLAM (India)
The editor [...]
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