Islamist mob throws urine, ditchwater at Christian group
May 31, 2012
BEKASI, Indonesia — No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church
Uzbekistan continues to police religious meetings
May 31, 2012
YUKORI-CHIRCHIK, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues punishing people exercising the right to freedom of religion or belief without state permission. In one incident, police and the
Muslim works only ones being approved in Kazakhstan
May 31, 2012
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — With new state censorship regulations for almost all religious literature and objects produced in or imported into Kazakhstan now in force, only
Presbytery commends pastor, defies church court ruling
May 31, 2012
NAPA, California — In an unprecedented act of defiance, a California branch of the Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA) refused a ruling from a church court
Cuts for state’s social programs less drastic than expected but level of funding a concern
May 24, 2012
Alabama’s social programs “barely averted disaster” this year as lawmakers passed the 2013 general fund budget bill May 16. For weeks, various leaders of the
Ladies Sunday School class in La. helps provide water well in Central Asia
May 24, 2012
When Ella Creel heard children were dying for lack of clean water, she knew something had to be done. But the problem was half a
Assemblies of God congregation forced to identify members
May 24, 2012
TEHRAN, Iran — Leaders of the Assemblies of God’s (AOG) Central Church of Tehran told their congregation May 6 that authorities have demanded a list
Islamic governor opens way for ‘crackdown’ on Christians
May 24, 2012
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The election of a hard-line Islamic governor in Indonesia’s Aceh Province in April appears to have opened the way for a crackdown
