Christian in Lebanon Goes on Trial
The trial of Bruce Balfour, a Canadian missionary seeking to plant cedar trees in Lebanon, began Wednesday in a military tribunal. He is charged with spying for Israel.
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Iraq's Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) -- Iraqi Christians who have become targets of attacks by Muslim extremists and bandits are risking their lives to attend church services, ASSIST News Service (ANS) has established.
...continue reading this storyAt least 11 Killed in Iraq Church Explosions Blamed on Al Qaeda
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) -- At least 11 people have died and dozens were rushed to hospitals following the largest ever terrorist attacks against Iraq's minority Christians since the insurgency began, 15 months ago, reports said early Monday, August 2.
...continue reading this storySaudi Arabia Deports Eritrean Christian
After 20 weeks in a Saudi jail for participating in prohibited Christian activities, Eritrean Christian Girmaye Ambaye was deported from Jeddah by plane back to his home country on Saturday, August 9.
...continue reading this storyMuslim Convert Butchered in the Holy Land
The body of a Muslim convert to Christianity who went missing in mid-July, has been returned to his family, slaughtered and cut into four pieces by Islamic extremists, according to a report from the Barnabas Fund which monitored the incident.
...continue reading this storySaudi Arabia Deports Ethiopian Christian
Two and one-half weeks after an Ethiopian Christian was deported from Saudi Arabia for alleged “Christian activities,” a fellow Christian prisoner of Eritrean citizenship remains jailed in Jeddah.
...continue reading this storyJordanian Christian Killed in Lebanon Attack
An Arab convert to Christianity was killed in a bomb blast last night outside his Tripoli apartment, adjacent to the home of a European missionary family thought to have been targeted in the attack.
...continue reading this storyMuslim Extremist Murders Kurdish Christian
Kurdish Christian Ziwar Mohammed Ismaeel was shot dead in front of his taxi stand last month in Zakho, the northern-most city in the Kurdish safe-haven of Northern Iraq.
...continue reading this storyAssyrian Christians Found to be "Strong, Full of Hope" Despite Major Difficulties
"Prayer is everything! God brought us safely from Baghdad to Mosul/Dohuk and the many small Assyrian Christian villages in the north of Iraq," writes Ken Joseph of a recent visit to northern Iraq.
...continue reading this storyChristian to be Deported from Saudi Arabia After Months in Prison
Indian Christian, Prabhu Isaac, is due to be deported from Jiddah tonight after spending more than six months in Saudi prisons in connection with his Christian faith.
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