Three Americans researching needs for humanitarian projects in northern Iraq were killed and two were wounded in a drive-by shooting March 15 in Mosul. The workers were in the area under the auspices of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board.
...continue reading this storyA leading human rights group investigating the plight of persecuted Christians in Islamic nations warned Friday, March 5, that Iraq's interim constitution will not end Muslim violence and discrimination experienced by Iraq's Christian minority.
...continue reading this storyFour Christian women were killed and five others injured when militants in a passing car raked their minibus with gunfire 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad, an informed human rights watchdog confirmed Monday, January 26.
...continue reading this storyOne employee was killed and about eight others, including a nun, wounded when the Egyptian army attacked a Christian centre for mentally and physically handicapped children and orphans early Monday, January 5, a human rights watch-dogs said.
...continue reading this storyIraq's beleaguered Christian minority has ushered in the New Year amid grief and fears, after several bombs exploded and at least one believer was killed on a marketplace,
...continue reading this storyBAM, IRAN (ANS) -- Praying Iranian Christians and believers from around the world continued humanitarian efforts in Bam Saturday, January 3, as relief workers reported "miracle rescues" more than eighth days after an earth quake reduced this city to ruins.
...continue reading this storyA leading human rights group urged believers around the world Wednesday Dec. 17 to pray for the safety of two rearrested former Muslims who recently became Christians and "are likely to be subjected to serious beatings."
...continue reading this storyA 30-year old Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity, who made world headlines, has been re-united with her family after nearly two months "of torture while under interrogation," a human rights watchdog said Monday Dec. 8.
...continue reading this storyA 30-year old woman who became a symbol of suffering endured by Muslim converts to Christianity was freed after nearly two months of torture and interrogation, a human rights groups announced Thursday, Dec. 4.
...continue reading this storyA Coptic Christian secretly married to a woman convert from Islam was arrested for the second time last week while trying to leave Egypt for Canada.
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