KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban regime threatened Wednesday, September 5, to execute eight foreign Christian relief workers, as Western diplomats and relatives desperately tried to meet them.
...continue reading this storyKABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban regime denied Thursday, September 6, that his hard-line movement was considering a prisoner swap with the United States to free eight detained Western Christian relief workers. Reports from the region said that relatives of blind Egyptian militant Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, currently serving a life term in the United States for terrorism, proposed the prison exchange.
...continue reading this storyISTANBUL, September 10 (Compass) -- Taliban authorities arrested 35 more Afghan aid workers over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 50 Afghans jailed by the strict Islamist regime since early August on suspicion of aiding covert Christian missionary work.
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Taliban leader Mohammed Omar declares on Radio Shariat that any Afghan caught professing Christianity or Judaism would be executed, and that any non-Muslim found "trying to win converts" would also be killed.
...continue reading this storyIn recent weeks, unknown assailants have targeted Christian churches in Indonesia with attempted bombings and bomb threats.
...continue reading this storyAuthorities in Vietnam’s Kontum province have found a way to add cruel symbolism to their unwarranted persecution of Christians.
...continue reading this storyMore than four years after the tragic murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, prime suspect Dara Singh and 12 others were convicted of the killings today by the district and sessions judge of Orissa state, India.
...continue reading this storyNagaland, one of the world’s most mysterious lands tucked in the mountainous, jungle covered northeastern corner of India near the Burmese border, has 10,000 missionaries poised to take the Gospel to nearby lands.
...continue reading this storyChristians belonging to a small house church in northern Nepal were attacked by Buddhist and Hindu villagers on July 26, resulting in hospitalization for at least one church member. The mob attacked and destroyed houses and cornfields belonging to Christian villagers.
...continue reading this storyA group of 12 Christians in Laos are under extreme pressure to abandon their faith while being held in prison, according to a report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
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