By Open Doors News Rimsha Masih and her family will remain in Pakistan after her legal ordeal is over, one of her lawyers says. The teen-aged Pakistani girl, whose arrest in August on suspicion of desecrating Islamic texts, is due to appear in an Islamabad juvenile court on October 17. […]
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8 South Africans killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack
Riots start of serious movement — Hezbollah leader Eight South Africans were among 12 people killed in an attack by a 22-year-old woman suicide bomber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, today. An Islamist militant group Hizb-i-Islami, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a minibus carrying foreign aviation workers […]
Moscow destroys Russian Pentecostal church
Originally published in Worthy Christian News A congregation of evangelical Christians in Russia’s capital Moscow were without a church building Tuesday, September 11, after workers with bulldozers and other equipment destroyed their Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church complex, protected by local police, witnesses said. Photo’s obtained by Worthy News showed a […]
Rimsha Masih freed on bail in Pakistan but ordeal far from over
Originally published in barnabasaid Rimsha Masih, the Christian girl detained for blasphemy in Pakistan, has been freed on bail but remains “at grave risk”; meanwhile attacks on vulnerable young Christian girls in the country continue. The 14-year-old with Down’s syndrome was granted bail on Friday (7 September) by a court […]
India church network tackles growing human trafficking problem
Originally published in Charisma News Eight out of every 10 missing people in the Gujarat state of India are sold to brothels. So says a newly-released human rights report from DIG AK Jadeja. The statistics defy belief. Three years ago, human rights watchers said more than 1.2 million children in […]
Pakistan imam held in ‘blasphemy girl’ case
Originally published in theSundaily A Pakistani cleric who accused a young Christian girl of blasphemy in a case that sparked international concern was remanded in custody Sunday on suspicion of evidence-tampering and desecrating the Koran. The girl, Rimsha, has been held in prison since being arrested in the poor Islamabad […]
Talk of violence against jailed Pakistani teen worries her lawyer
By Compass Direct News Yesterday’s confidence replaced by fear that judge will yield to mob Confident on Wednesday of Rimsha Masih’s release, her lawyer was apprehensive Thursday after a prosecutor hinted strongly at the likelihood of violence if she is freed. “This girl is guilty,” said Rao Abdur Raheem, a […]
Christians blockaded in Syrian town
Originally published in barnabasaid Around 12,000 people were blockaded in a predominantly Christian town in Syria for two weeks by anti-government forces, who shot down people trying to leave and refused entry to food and medical supplies. Snipers prevented anyone from leaving the southern town of Rableh, shooting dead three […]
Pakistani teen accused of blasphemy will leave jail, but can’t go home, lawyer says
By Murad Khan — Open Doors News Rimsha Masih is likely to be cleared of the blasphemy charge against her, but never will be able to return home, her lawyer says. Tahir Naveed Chaudhry, who has taken up the defense of the young Christian girl whose case has renewed international […]
China missionary Freddie Sun loses cancer battle
Sun Yi-yin, known in America as “Freddie Sun,” lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday evening. He was 76. From 1992-2012, the Holy Spirit used Sun to organize and help with the operation of 154 Bible institutes and missionary training centers inside China, including Tibet. Serving as native missionaries, more […]