• Iran: Tortured Christian Flees
Days after his release from a month of interrogations and severe torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar has fled across the border into Turkey with his family.
Added: Jul 23rd, 2008 6:16 AM
• Yemen: Arrests May Spark New Wave of Persecution
On 18 June Yemeni news source Al Sahwa reported that Yemeni political security forces in Hodiada province had arrested a "missionary cell" of seven people and charged them with promoting Christianity and distributing the Bible. One of those arrested, Hadni Dohni, stands accused of converting to Christianity.
Added: Jul 14th, 2008 2:46 AM
• Iran: Ex-Muslims Detained for 'Apostasy'
Iranian authorities have detained two converts to Christianity in the southern city of Shiraz for eight weeks on suspicion of "apostasy," or leaving Islam. In Iran, apostasy is a crime that can be punishable by death.
Added: Jul 10th, 2008 3:32 AM
• Iran: Authorities 'Temporarily' Release Badly Injured Christian
After four weeks in police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar was released "temporarily" last week to return to his home in Tehran.
Added: Jul 4th, 2008 2:20 AM
• American And Other Christians Facing "Torture" In Yemen Prison
Seven arrested Christian missionaries, including an unknown number of Americans, apparently remained detained in Yemen Sunday, June 29, and there was international concern they may face torture for spreading Christianity, several sources said.
Added: Jun 30th, 2008 2:02 AM
• Third Christian School Opened In Iraq
Amid reported death threats and violence against Iraq's Christian minority, a mission group has managed to open a third Christian school in Iraq as part of government-backed reconciliation efforts, BosNewsLife monitored Saturday, June 14.
Added: Jun 16th, 2008 3:23 AM
• "Fall" Lebanon "Horrendous" Implications For Christians And Middle East
A key official of the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA-RLC) has warned that Iran-sponsored Hezbollah's veto over government decisions means "the fall of Lebanon" with "horrendous implications" for religious liberty and security in the Middle East.
Added: Jun 13th, 2008 3:20 AM
• Iran: Christian Arrested Without Charges
Iran continued a wave of arrests against Christians in recent weeks, detaining a Tehran house church leader who was previously held and tortured for religious activity.
Added: Jun 11th, 2008 5:48 AM
• Gaza Strip: Unknown Assailants Attack Christian School
An attack on a Christian school in Gaza last weekend has created fear among the strip's tiny religious minority, a Palestinian Christian said.
Added: Jun 5th, 2008 4:03 AM
• Iran Launches Crackdown On Ex-Muslims; Several Detained, Homes Raided
Several members of Iran's rapidly expanding underground church remained behind bars Sunday, May 25, as part of a police crackdown on Muslim converts to Christianity, several Christian sources said.
Added: May 28th, 2008 4:52 AM
• Egypt: Ex-Muslims Blocked from Declaring Conversion
Christian-born converts to Islam in Egypt wishing to return to their former faith have found their way blocked by an appeal before the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court.
Added: Mar 27th, 2008 10:09 AM
• Jordan Expels More Foreign Christians
Jordan has expelled another group of foreign Christians for their alleged involvement in mission activities, including an Egyptian pastor with the Assemblies of God church in the city of Madaba – one of five evangelical denominations registered with the government, a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, February 26.
Added: Feb 27th, 2008 8:37 AM
• Jordan Admits Deporting Foreign Christians For Preaching And Mission Work
Christian missionaries in Jordan faced more uncertainty Thursday, February 21, as the Jordanian government acknowledged for the first time that it has begun expelling foreign Christians for preaching and carrying out missionary activities.
Added: Feb 22nd, 2008 3:33 AM
• Jordan Increases Pressure On Christians; Closing Church
Jordan has closed down an evangelical church after expelling many devoted Christians from the country, an influential mission group said Thursday, February 7.
Added: Feb 8th, 2008 3:09 AM
• Jordan: Authorities Expel Foreign Christians
Jordan has increased pressure on foreign Christians living in the kingdom, expelling many long-time residents over the past 13 months in what local churches see as an attack on their legitimacy.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 3:54 AM

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