Focus: IRAQ (6/28/2007)
by Staff Source: www.compassdirect.org
A letter issued by Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi army to Christians in Baghdad orders Christian women to veil them selves or face grave consequences.
For the Christian Assyrians (also known as Chaledans and Syriacs) in Baghdad, the imposition of Sharia is coming from both Sunnis and Shiites. I...
Focus: MEXICO (6/26/2007)
by Staff Source: www.compassdirect.org
More than five weeks after town bosses in Los Pozos, Chiapas state signed an agreement to restore water lines cut off from Christians since January, the protestants still rely on dirty, distant wells an puddles for washing and drinking.
The April 23rd agreement calls for the autocratic r...
Focus: GERMANY (6/24/2007)
by Staff Source: www.compassdirect.org
Muslim converts fear for their lives - not only in predominantly Muslim countries but also in Germany.
Bishop Wolfgang Huber, the leader of the main line Protestant Churches, is deeply concerned about increasing threats to the lives of former Muslims, who have embraced the Christian fait...
Focus: MALAYSIA (6/23/2007)
by Staff Source: www.compassdirect.org
Malaysia’s highest court has handed down a decision that prevents Lina Joy, a Muslim convert to Christianity, from having her conversion legally recognized.
The court ruled that the National Registration Department was right in requiring Joy to produce a declaration from the sharia court...
Focus: PAKISTAN (6/21/2007)
by Staff Source: www.assistnews.net
A Pakistan-born bishop now based in the UK, says that his former country is at a highly dangerous crossroads.
Pakistan is both at the epicenter of world-wide Islamist extremism and a crucial ally of the west in combating the terrorism that such extremism has produced. For the Christians ...
A letter issued by Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi army to Christians in Baghdad orders Christian women to veil them selves or face grave consequences.
For the Christian Assyrians (also known as Chaledans and Syriacs) in Baghdad, the imposition of Sharia is coming from both Sunnis and Shiites. I...
