Russian Islamic leader calls for jihad in Iraq

April 17, 2003

MOSCOW — One of Russia’s top Muslim leaders called for a jihad April 3 against the United States for its attack on Iraq but was

Reaching the hard to reach

April 17, 2003

In the middle of Nigeria, where Mike and Becky Stonecypher live, riots have been all too common in the past few years. The nation of

Police arrest and torture 170 Christians in Eritrea

April 17, 2003

ASMARA, Eritrea — A wave of anti-Christian raids by security police in the small African nation of Eritrea has led to the arrest and torture

Alabamian, IMB missionary Peggy Sutton dies

April 17, 2003

NORTHPORT, Ala. — Peggy Barlow Sutton, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary in Latin America, died March 25. She was 67. A native of Tuscaloosa, she

Pakistani government returns land to Christians

April 17, 2003

LAHORE, Pakistan — The Presbyterian Church-USA (PCUSA) reports negotiations with Pakistan’s government over control of Forman Christian College have resulted in the return of the

World’s largest Sikh temple opens in London

April 17, 2003

LONDON — What is being called the world’s largest Sikh temple outside India opened March 30 in London with a reported 40,000 people attending the

Retired BJC director suffers torn aorta

April 17, 2003

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — James Dunn, the retired longtime executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, is home recovering from a torn aorta,