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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:39
USA: Muslim wipes website of lawyer who helped convert
A US lawyer who successfully defended Rifqa Bary, a teenage Christian convert from Islam, has had his organisation’s website destroyed by a Muslim hacker. John Stemberger is also facing a $10 million lawsuit filed by the…
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:38
Indonesia: Church leaders attacked
The Sunday morning attack on the Rev Luspida Simandjunktak and church elder Hasean Lumbantoruan Sihombing left the former with a concussion and the latter with a knife wound to the liver. According to eyewitness reports, a…
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:36
Africa: Peacemaking highlighted by Day of Prayer
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting Christians to observe the International Day of Prayer for Peace with prayers and liturgies that give special attention to peacemaking projects in Africa. This year’s Day of Prayer…
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:34
India: 14 killed as anti Christian violence spreads
Tensions remained high on Wednesday, September 15, in several parts of India where reports of Qur'an burning in the United States sparked deadly attacks against Christian institutions. In the village of Tangmarg, in India's Kashmir region,…
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:33
Iran: State TV reports arrest of nine Christians
In its news night programme on Friday 10th September Iranian State television announced that nine people had been arrested on the charge of carrying out evangelism just outside Hamedan. In this report State television mentioned that…
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:31
British church attendance turns a corner
For years now, the words ‘church attendance’ have rarely been read apart from the rather gloomy utterance of ‘in decline’. But it seems there may be more to smile about than any of us realised as…