Compass Direct News
- 03/08/2012
Two Christian Hospital Workers Abducted in Karachi, Pakistan
Authorities do not know who abducted two Christian hospital employees in Karachi last week, but police sources said they suspected the kidnappers had links with banned terrorist organizations.
- 03/07/2012
Court Sentences Priest From Attacked Church Building
A priest in Egypt was sentenced this week to six months in jail for a minor construction violation at his church building, while no one in a mob that burned the same structure down has been arrested.
- 02/29/2012
Doctors Try to Save Remaining Eye of Ugandan Pastor
While a Ugandan pastor was fighting to retain sight in his remaining eye after an acid attack, Muslim extremists this month were shooting at his close friend, a leader of another church.
- 02/28/2012
Indictment of 'Masterminds' of Murders in Turkey Expected
Judges in Turkey's southeastern city of Malatya have announced the preparation of an indictment in the case of three murdered Christians that is expected to reveal a shadowy network that incited five young men to carry out the crime.
- 02/28/2012
Pakistani Muslims Employ 'Blasphemy' Threat in Land Grab
Tensions are still high in a village near here following Muslims' attempt to seize land from a Christian family by threatening to accuse them of "blasphemy."
- 02/27/2012
Church Head in Unprecedented Meeting with Turkish MPs
In an unprecedented meeting, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey last week expressed his concerns and hopes for the country's Christian minority to members of the Turkish Parliament.
- 02/25/2012
Indonesian President Sidesteps Church Controversy
In a defeat for the rule of law in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declined to enforce a Supreme Court ruling that a local government allow a West Java church to worship in its building.
- 02/22/2012
Two Churches Targeted in Bomb Attack in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (Feb. 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven in a church bombing in nearby Madalla.
1 comments - 02/19/2012
Accused Pastor in Kashmir, India Given Reprieve
A court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir state government to temporarily halt criminal proceedings against a pastor accused of bribing Muslim youths to convert to Christianity.
2 comments - 02/19/2012
Churches Forced to Stop Farsi Worship in Tehran, Iran
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has ordered the last two officially registered churches holding Friday Farsi-language services in Tehran to discontinue them.
2 comments - 02/16/2012
Priests Released amid Wave of Abductions in Sudan
Two Catholic priests abducted at gunpoint in Rabak, Sudan last month have been released amid a wave of forcible conscriptions into rebel southern militias.
- 02/15/2012
Turkish Christians Subject to Discrimination, Attacks, Report Says
Despite some promising developments, Christians in Turkey continue to suffer attacks from private citizens, discrimination by lower-level government officials and vilification in both school textbooks and news media, according to a study by a Protestant group.
3 comments - 02/09/2012
Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert in Somalia
Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said.
- 02/01/2012
Ethiopian Convert from Islam Dodges Dangers in Kenya
A Christian convert from Islam who fled hostilities in his native Ethiopia has faced attempted murder and ongoing death threats in Kenya.
1 comments - 01/27/2012
Former Muslim Extremist in Uganda Flees Wrath of Ex-Colleagues
A former member of a Muslim extremist group in Uganda who converted to Christianity is in hiding in Kenya, his movements severely restricted following threats to kill him.
