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- 21. Lao Police Arrest Pastor for Spreading Faith
- A 53-year-old Lao pastor remains behind bars today after Lao police arrested him on June 6 for encouraging others to convert to Christianity, a spokesman from the group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious ...
- Created on 12 June 2012
- 22. Iranian Authorities Shut Church in Tehran
- Authorities in Iran last week ordered the closure of a church in the capital, Tehran, amid a government campaign to crack down on the few recognized churches offering Farsi-speaking services, according ...
- Created on 11 June 2012
- 23. Injuries Severe After Nigeria Suicide Bomb Attack
- Amid allegations that soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after the suicide bombing of two churches here on June 3, sources told Compass that most of those injured from the blast ...
- Created on 08 June 2012
- 24. Uptick in Church Closures, Attacks in Indonesia
- The number of violations of Christians’ religious rights in Indonesia reached 40 in the first five months of the year, nearly two-thirds the amount of anti-Christian actions in all of last year, according ...
- Created on 06 June 2012
- 25. Blast Wreaks Bloodshed on Two Churches in Bauchi, Nigeria
- A suicide bomber crashed the gate of a church compound in this northern Nigerian city on Sunday morning, killing himself and at least 10 others and leaving more than 30 injured, according to eyewitnesses ...
- Created on 05 June 2012
- 26. Israel Explosion Victims Lament Plea Agreement
- A Messianic Jewish congregation leader whose son was almost killed by a bomb planted by an ultra-right wing Jew said he feels like the Israeli criminal justice system has abandoned him. On May 28, the ...
- Created on 04 June 2012
- 27. Court Rulings Mirror Fears, Hopes in Egyptian Vote
- In the lead-up to the country’s first democratic presidential election, a court ruling confirmed fears that justice will continue to elude the Christian minority in post-revolutionary Egypt, while another ...
- Created on 01 June 2012
- 28. Violence Continues in Nigeria as Akinola Criticizes President
- In Nigeria’s Plateau state, Christian leaders said more Christians have died at the hands of Muslim extremists than the 35 that the military reported thus far in May. A Compass reporter was among a group ...
- Created on 30 May 2012
- 29. Bhatti Murder Case in Pakistan Increasingly Murky
- The investigation into the murder of Pakistan’s only cabinet-level Christian, Shahbaz Bhatti, has become mired amid suspicions of a possible cover-up, sources said. Lax investigations, a series of freed ...
- Created on 29 May 2012
- 30. Islamist Mob Throws Urine on Church in Indonesia
- No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church last week and threatened to kill its pastor. Police looked on as the mob attacked ...
- Created on 25 May 2012
- 31. Pakistani Muslims Rape Girl, Beat Relatives for Prosecuting
- A band of Muslims this month severely beat a pregnant Christian woman in Punjab’s Narowal district--causing her to lose female twins to miscarriage--in an effort pressure her family into dropping charges ...
- Created on 23 May 2012
- 32. Islamic Terrorist Bases Raided in Nigerian Cities of Jos, Kano
- The Nigerian military’s discovery here of a Muslim terrorist base full of ammunition and explosives on May 19 refutes Islamist claims that Christians have been bombing their own churches, a local pastor ...
- Created on 22 May 2012
- 33. Life Sentences for ‘Blasphemy’ in Pakistan Overturned
- A court acquitted a Christian couple of “blasphemy” charges yesterday, overturning their life sentences, their lawyer said. Chaudhry Naeem Shakir told Compass that Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the ...
- Created on 21 May 2012
- 34. Wrongful Conviction in Ethiopia Robs Christian of Children
- His wife died shortly before he was falsely accused of desecrating the Quran, and by the time he was released from prison in southern Ethiopia, his two children, ages 6 and 15, were missing. Tamirat ...
- Created on 18 May 2012
- 35. Islamists Demand Demolition of Indonesia Churches
- The election of a hard-line Islamic governor in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last month appears to have opened the way for a crack-down on the minority Christian community, which saw 17 churches sealed shut ...
- Created on 17 May 2012
- 36. Injured Convert in Pakistan Tries to Rebuild Life
- Muhammad Kamran isn’t sure who sent the men to beat him after his Muslim wife told both her family and his that he had become a Christian. The 34-year-old native of Karachi said his wife’s brothers ...
- Created on 16 May 2012
- 37. Sudanese Authorities Close Christian Offices in South Darfur
- Security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed down the Nyala offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid, sources said. Agents from the Sudanese National Intelligence ...
- Created on 15 May 2012
- 38. Iranian Officials Heighten Control on Farsi-Speaking Church
- Leaders of the Assemblies of God’s (AG) Central Church of Tehran told its congregation on May 6 that authorities have demanded a list of names and identification numbers of church members, a major risk ...
- Created on 14 May 2012
- 39. Egyptian Judge Frees Attackers Who Knifed Christian
- A judge in Upper Egypt has dismissed all charges against a group of Salafi Muslims who cut off the ear of a Christian in a knife attack and tried to force him to convert. The Salafists, who say they ...
- Created on 10 May 2012
- 40. Grenade Attack on Church in Kenya Kills One
- A grenade explosion last week killed a 27-year-old university student at a church in Nairobi and injured 16 people, sources said. Kelvin Walumba was killed after a man pretending to be a worshipper at ...
- Created on 03 May 2012
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