Christian arrests continue to rise in Iran

August 14, 2008

SHIRAZ, Iran — A diabetic Iranian Christian jailed for more than two months is in critical condition due to lack of medical treatment, even as

Persecution drives Iranian Christian to Turkey

August 14, 2008

ANKARA, Turkey — Days after his release from a month of interrogations and severe torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar fled across

Iranian Christians detained, could face charges

August 7, 2008

SHIRAZ, Iran — Iranian authorities have detained two converts to Christianity in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran, for eight weeks on suspicion of “apostasy,”

Kidnappers fight father for custody of his girls

July 31, 2008

CHOWK MUNDA, Pakistan — A Catholic father in Pakistan is in a legal battle with kidnappers for the custody of his preteen daughters, who allegedly

Algerian Christians convicted of sharing faith

July 31, 2008

TISSEMSILT, Algeria — A court in western Algeria convicted two Muslim converts to Christianity July 2 for illegally spreading their faith. The court in Tissemsilt,

Police torture new Christian couple in Iran

July 24, 2008

TEHRAN, Iran — Security police officials in Tehran, Iran, tortured a newly converted couple in June and threatened to put their 4-year-old daughter in an

Excavation in Jordan uncovers what may be world’s oldest church

July 24, 2008

Archaeologists excavating in Jordan believe they may have uncovered the world’s oldest church in an underground cave. Discovered beneath the altar of the ancient St.