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Originally published in CBN News Day two of President Obama’s visit started at the Israel Museum, where he viewed the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls. So far as Israel is concerned, things seem to be going well. One commentator remarked, “If this is the way we greet Obama, what’s left for […]
Iran is pursuing legal action against the movie Argo. Entertainment critic and former lawyer, Dr. Ted Baehr, is speaking out against the Muslim nation’s move to try the producers and warns of the the dangers of Sharia law. The movie, which took home the Oscar for “Best Picture” in February […]
Originally published in The Baptist Times A British charity has expressed its concern over the deteriorating health of a pastor imprisoned in Iran. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has learned that Pastor Benham Irani, currently held in Ghezal Hesar prison in Iran, is now unable to walk and that medical assistance […]
Originally published by Front Page Magazine Last week’s news of four Christian missionaries in Libya placed under arrest, possibly facing the death penalty for “proselytizing,” is apparently the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday, Arabic media reported that over 100 Christian Copts from Egypt, who appear to have been living and […]
“A Muslim leader in Algeria said if Christians truly lived as Christians there would be no other religion on earth.” Church unity a key to revival in nation ‘There are no denominations in Algeria!” said Operation Mobilisation (OM) Field Manager Rev Youssef Ourahmane. All Christians in the north African nation […]
By Dayna Lovelady — Originally published in Christian Post A Christian church and a Jewish hospital in Israel have united to help provide medical care to severely ill, undiagnosed babies and children from war-torn Gaza and the West Bank. Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv and Living Bread International […]
By Jeremy Reynalds — Originally published in ASSIST News Service Saudi authorities on February 8 arrested 53 Ethiopian Christians, mostly women, who were attending a worship service in the private, rented home of an Ethiopian believer in Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. That’s according to […]
Originally published in CBN News The American Center for Law and Justice says Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini is being tortured in an Iranian prison and have filed an appeal on their client’s behalf. Abedini is serving eight years in a brutal Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. The Iranian […]
Originally published in Charisma News “Really, only God could pull this one off.” Those were the words of E3 Partners Middle East expert Tom Doyle, talking to Mission Network News about the miraculous way the gospel is reaching the hearts of the Syrian people. According to Doyle, “There are five […]
By World Watch Monitor Iran on Sunday sentenced an American citizen to eight years in prison because a judge determined his work to establish Christian churches threatened Iran’s national security. Saeed Abedini’s sentence, delivered after a trial he was partially forbidden to attend, was denounced by the US State Department […]