Report documents ‘campaign of ethnocide’ against Chin people in Myanmar
February 21, 2009
Compass Direct News (HT: VOM)
Over 60 Christian leaders detained in China on Wednesday, Feb. 18
February 18, 2009
Baha’i devotee Rainn Wilson (The Office) urges Iran’s leaders to show religious tolerance in CNN op-ed
February 17, 2009
A Persecuted Christian Testimony of Prayer
February 15, 2009
By Irina Ratushinskaia, a Christian poet imprisoned in Russia until 1987
I had the physical sense of being prayed for. Even when I knew nothing and received no letters, I felt warmth as if sitting near a fire. Sometimes this happened in punishment cells, which are very cold. It was like hearing someone pray for me and think about me. This supported me so much. It is difficult to explain. . . . I felt and knew I was not forgotten. This was sufficient to make me resist the most difficult moments.
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Scorcese to make film about Japanese Christians persecuted during 16th century
February 14, 2009
AFP News (HT: Persecution Blog)
Amidst international pressure, China releases elderly Christian to see her dying husband
February 9, 2009
Shuang Shuying, 79, was released after spending two years in jail due to what human rights groups have called ‘fabricated charges’ (Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News)
N. Korea ranked top persecutor of Christians
February 4, 2009
… because its government denies freedom of worship and punishes believers with imprisonment and torture.
Iranian Christians ask for prayer after dozens of believers arrested there
January 28, 2009
Stefan J. Bos and Eric Leijenaar, Worthy News
Christian refugees in Orissa, India ‘left without adequate protection against further attacks or compensation for damages sustained’
January 26, 2009
Pastors and prayer group leaders attacked, beaten in Hyperabad, India
January 8, 2009
‘Mutilated Christian girl, 10, forgives attackers’
December 22, 2008
A story from WorldNet Daily (HT: Gene Veith):
“Hindu extremists may have burned a 10-year-old Christian girl’s face, inflicted shrapnel wounds on 40 percent of her body and forced her family to hide in a forest and flee to a refugee camp in Orissa, India, but her plight hasn’t shaken her faith and thankfulness to God this season …”
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“‘Great apprehension’ over Christmas season violence”
December 16, 2008
Christians in India fear that more violence may occur as the Christmas holiday approaches. Story at the Christianity Today Liveblog:
“In light of the terrorism in Mumbai and the extensive attacks in Orissa, Christians cannot presume that a) the government can protect lives; or, b) there is no group currently planning a fresh attack on churches or Christian villlages.”
Governor for Mumbai calls for Christian fortitude
December 10, 2008
At reformation21, Phil Ryken shares some quotations from the Governor of Maharashtra in India, where Mumbai is located:
“We cannot remain closeted in our prayers and our personal comforts and turn a blind eye to the persecution and the assailing of Christianity. . . At such a criticual juncture, woe is unto us if we do not preach the gospel and spread the light of holiness and righteousness in our society. . .”
Perspective …
December 3, 2008
A recent post by Timmy Brister begins:
“At a time when our attention is unnecessarily drawn the continual division over nonessentials in the SBC, I would like to remind us all of what our brothers and sisters are facing around the world. For instance, consider our brothers and sisters in Orissa, India. They don’t wake up to find what the next comment or blogpost has to say; they wake up to discover who lost their lives for the sake of Christ …”
Muslims attack Christians in Jos, Nigeria
December 2, 2008
Several hundred are dead following an election which some Muslims believe was rigged by Christians. The Christianity Today liveblog reports, with this excerpt from a BBC eyewitness account:
“I could see the burning houses, all the smoke and hear the gunshots. Women were running away carrying their children, clothes, foodstuffs and water. Men were using petrol to douse the grass-roofed houses and then lighting with a match. I could hear shouts of “Allahu Akbar”.
