Iranian Christians Facing Execution, Network Reports
Three Christians are being threatened with the death penalty if they do not renounce their Christian faith and revert back to Islam.
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Christians In Danger Amid Deadly Protests Against Koran Burning (UPDATE)
Minority Christians in strict Islamic countries remained anxious about their safety Friday, September 10, amid deadly protests against plans by an American pastor to burn copies of the Koran, although it remained uncertain whether the bonfire would go-ahead.
...continue reading this storyIraqi Christians Face Harder Times Ahead
An organization dedicated to persecuted Christians worldwide expects life for believers in Iraq will only get worse as American troops are redeployed back to the States.
...continue reading this storyIranian Christian Detained in Ahvaz
Members of a home-based church in the city of Ahvaz are worried about one of their own who has not been heard from since his arrest, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyBREAKING NEWS: Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Church Official
A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him “liable to capital punishment,” as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, Worthy News and its parner agency BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13.
...continue reading this storyMilitants Order Lebanon Christians To Leave; Blast Kills One
Lebanese security forces prepared to crackdown on Islamic insurgents Friday, June 25, after threatening leaflets were found calling on Christians to leave a key port city and a bomb blast that killed at least one person in a predominantly Christian town.
...continue reading this storyBREAKING NEWS: Iran Crackdown On National Protestant Movement, Members Detained (Exclusive)
Iran’s security forces detained eight members of a nationwide Protestant church movement in Tehran Friday, June 19, as part of a government crackdown on the growing number of Christians in the strict Islamic nation, a Christian leader told Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife.
...continue reading this storyBREAKING NEWS: Turkish Man Charged In Murder Bishop
A Turkish court on Friday, June 4, charged a Turkish man with murdering a Roman Catholic bishop — the latest in a series of violent attacks against the country’s tiny Christian minority.
...continue reading this storyBREAKING NEWS: Christian Women Flee Iran After Acquittal
Iran has acquitted “on all charges” two young women who were detained fourteen months ago “for their Christian faith and activities” and abandoning Islam, Iranian church officials confirmed Sunday, May 23.
...continue reading this storyBREAKING NEWS: Saudi Forces Free Kidnapped Christian Girls In Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s security forces freed two German Christian girls kidnapped nearly a year ago in neighboring Yemen but the fate of their abducted parents, their infant brother and a British engineer remained unknown, officials and Christians said Tuesday, May 18.
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