Christian doctor acquitted, others still incarcerated
December 4, 2008
PUNJAB, Pakistan — A Christian doctor in Pakistan jailed since May 5 on charges of “blasphemy” was acquitted in early November, while another Christian and
Egyptian officials arrest 50 Christians, shops looted
December 4, 2008
TAYYIBA, Egypt — Authorities in an Egyptian village arrested 50 Coptic Christians — whose shops were then looted — to pacify Muslims following violence that
WMU organization gives hope, help to Afghan families through crafts
November 27, 2008
Amid the arid lands of Afghanistan, where hills and snow-capped mountains surround deserts and poppy fields, a cloud of war hovers over the terrain and
Iraqi churches request help to curb violence
November 6, 2008
Amid escalating violence against Christians, Iraqi church leaders have appealed directly to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for increased efforts to curb continuing attacks in Mosul.
Boston-area Arabic Baptists ‘reach out’ to neighborhoods, beyond
October 30, 2008
When Shady Bishay, a sales executive for a Boston high-tech firm and a native of Egypt, tells American friends he belongs to an Arabic evangelical
Taliban militants bomb Catholic girls’ school
October 30, 2008
SANGOTA, Pakistan — Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run school for girls in Pakistan’s war-torn Swat Valley as part of a larger effort to subvert women’s
Murder suspect threatens Pakistani pastor
October 23, 2008
PUNJAB, Pakistan — A Pakistani pastor and his family in Punjab province have been living in fear for months after death threats from a murder
Syrian Catholic targeted for faith, killed in Iraq
October 2, 2008
MOSUL, Iraq — An unknown group of armed men killed a Syrian Catholic in violence-plagued Mosul, Iraq, two weeks after his father was kidnapped and
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