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-Pakistan: Muslims Attack Christian Community but Christians Get Arrested Instead?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

(Pakistan by Omer Wazir via Flickr)

Last week an armed Muslim mob attacked a Christian community near Karachi but the police ended up filing charges against 40 Christians who defended their homes and actually arrested 5 Christians.
According Compass Direct:
Some 150 armed Muslims assaulted the Christian colony of Pahar Ganj in North Nazimabad, Karachi, on Sunday (Feb. 21), [...]

-Laos: Christians Forced from Worship and Homes at Gunpoint

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

(Laos via Wikipedia)

According to Compass Direct, last month more than 100 local Lao officials in Katin village of Ta-Oyl district, Saravan Province forced 48 Christians to leave their worship service by gunpoint.
Then the officials marched them 4 miles out of town and left them there to fend for themselves.
Guards have been posted at the entrance [...]

-Bhutan: Christianity seen as a Threat

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

(Bhutan via Wikipedia)

Christianity continues to be seen as a threat to the rulers of this small mountain Kingdom of 670,000 people.
Buddhism is closely linked to the monarchy in Bhutan with the King being both the official religious and political leader in the nation.
Even though a new constitution was adopted in 2008 that gave the people [...]

-Iraq Desecrating Tomb of Ezekiel and Plans to Build a Mosque over It

Monday, February 1st, 2010

(Picture -Wikipedia)
The Iraqi government is in the process of erasing all Hebrew and Jewish markings on the Tomb of Ezekiel and plans to build a huge new mosque over the site. The burial site of Ezekiel is located in Al-Kifl, just south of Baghdad and has been a pilgrimage destination for Jews and Christians for [...]

-Egypt: 7 Killed Leaving Coptic Christmas Eve Mass (Jan. 6)

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

(Coptic Cross via Wikipedia)

Radical Muslims sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after a traditional Coptic Christmas Eve Mass last night before midnight leaving 7 dead.
The churchgoers were leaving St. John’s church in town of Nag Hamadi in southern Egypt after a midnight Christmas Mass which is traditionally celebrated by Coptic [...]

-Christmas Persecution Continues in Iraq—2 Killed and 9 Wounded

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

(Assyrian Church by ashour rehana via Flickr)

In Mosul, Iraq the persecution of Christians continued this Christmas with the bombing of St Thomas Church last Wednesday killing two men and wounded five others. Even more astounding was the attack upon the Christian community of Bartilla in Northern Iraq on Christmas Day.
Over 100 Shiite Muslims attacked the [...]

-Riverside, CA: Neo-Nazis Protest at Synagogue During Hanukkah Celebration

Monday, December 21st, 2009

 Neo-Nazis protested outside of a Jewish Reform Synagogue during the final night of Hanukkah on Friday night. Congregants at Temple Beth El in Riverside California were greeted by a dozen or so demonstrators waving red-and-black swastika flags outside of the synagogue as they gathered for Friday night services on the final day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Suzanne [...]