South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
This week 100 encouraging emails were sent from South Africans to a Christian mother of five who is in a Pakistani prison awaiting her appeal against a death sentence for blasphemy after she was falsely accused of insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The email campaign organisers, In Context Ministries, have […]
Originally published in Christian Post An official indictment against 11 alleged al Qaida militants was made public on Friday (December 9) which revealed a plot to bomb “all the churches in Ankara,” as well as the Turkish Parliament and US Embassy in Istanbul. The daily Taraf newspaper reported that al […]
Originally published in Worthy News In October of this year, Egyptian news media published stories of an altercation between Muslim and Christian students over a classroom seat at a school in Mallawi, Minya province, which left one student dead. It was being reported as a non-sectarian, that is, non-religiously motivated, […]
By Benjamin Weinthal – originally published in Jerusalem Post Iran’s government and security apparatus have ratcheted up the pressure on Evangelical pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to convert to Islam or face execution, Fox News reported on Saturday. Youcef Nadarkhani, now 34, was arrested in 2009 for questioning the compulsory Islamic education […]
Originally published in Christian Post The Middle East has been abuzz Tuesday after an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas for five years returned to the Jewish state, while hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many held for violent crimes, were released in exchange for his freedom. Shalit, 25, was greeted by […]
Originally published in Baptist Press The attorney for imprisoned Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has confirmed that Iran’s Supreme Court will review his case if the appeals court returns it, CNN reported on Ocober 13. “The reversal is a minor victory for the two-year-old legal battle; the Supreme Court passed on […]
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald Egypt’s Finance Minister Hazem el-Beblawi has reversed his decision to quit after the country’s military rulers urged him to stay, capping a day of confusion as officials seek a transition to civilian rule after February’s revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak. ”It’s more logical […]
[notice]Orthodox leaders call for three days of fasting, prayer, mourning.[/notice] By Wayne King — Compass Direct News Funeral services were held yesterday in Cairo for some of the victims of a military attack against a group of Christian protestors that left 26 dead and hundreds wounded. In the wake of what […]
Originally published in BosNewsLife An Iranian court has asked the pastor of one of Iran’s largest house church movements to abandon his faith in Christ and return to Islam if he wants to avoid execution, a church official told BosNewsLife Sunday, September 25. On “the first day” of his trial […]
By Reuters — originally published in Jerusalem Post Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation’s application for full UN membership within weeks, not months. His comments came as reaction to speculations that the Security Council could potentially sit on […]