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Originally published in Fox News The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. pinpoint Usama bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout, finally got to see his wife and children on Wednesday in the Peshawar prison where he has been held for more than two years, FoxNews.com has learned. Shakil Khan Afridi had not […]
Originally published in All-Christian News.com Six Christian families in Laos have had their citizenship and farmland taken by local authorities because they refuse to denounce their faith in God and Christ. Reportedly, the authorities refuse to give back the families papers and land until the 16 members of these families […]
A Pakistan court has acquitted a pastor accused of insulting Islam because the pastor’s accuser has told the court he was mistaken. Karma Patras, 56, already had been released on bail from Sheikhupura District Jail in February after the man who filed the complaint, Syed Zulqarnain Shah, told court his […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News China’s closure of a dozen churches in Hainan Province while threatening to close many more strongly suggests that the Communist government has a clandestine plan to eliminate all unregistered house churches, according to the China Aid Association. “The government is carrying out its plans […]
Beijing bans discussion of event, arrests activists and censors social media Originally published in VOA China is marking the 24th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, amid tight security in Beijing and stifling censorship on the web. Authorities every year work hard to prevent memorials and ban public […]
Originally published in Charisma News Many openly accepted Christ on the final night of the Leading the Way to Revival in Indonesia gatherings at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, despite a death threat on a pastor instrumental in inviting people to the three-day event. Michael Youssef changed his sermon on the […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Gong Shengliang, imprisoned in China since 2001 for his leadership of a large house church movement, is suffering from lack of medical treatment after suffering a stroke, according to his daughter. In an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping published on the Websites […]
Details of horrific treatment of Christians continue to emerge Originally published by ICC International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Burmese President Thein Sein was warmly welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House on Monday even as reports of ‘severe’ human rights abuses, including persecution of Christian ethnic […]
Originally published in The Malaysian Insider The Muslim Lawyers Society of Malaysia (PPPMM) today accused the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship of Malaysia (NECF) of committing “criminal” blasphemy against Islam by misappropriating the name of the Islamic god for their purposes, even as the dispute is being heard in the Court […]
Originally published in Charisma News North Korea sentenced US citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years hard labor on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, a move that will likely see him used as a bargaining chip in talks with Washington. Bae, 44, was born in South […]