Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan

UZBEKISTAN — A small Baptist congregation in Uzbekistan is under fire again from authorities.

The charge is failing to comply with a mandatory registration requirement. The church flock in Khalkabad near Pap in the eastern Namangan Region of Uzbekistan was harassed four years ago for not registering its activities with authorities.

Uzbekistan is in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan.

Local Baptists told Forum 18 News Service that police raided Sunday services on July 29 and August 5.

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Iraqi Christians forced to flee

CBNNews.com – It’s a story that is occurring every day in Iraq: families attacked because of their faith and forced to leave their homes and loved ones.

“I cried when I saw my father beaten. My mom was crying too. The wanted to take our house. They hit my dad,” Farah, an Iraqi child refugee, said.

The United Nations estimates roughly 4 million people have been displaced by sectarian fighting in Iraq.

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Forced reconversions to Islam in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 21 :– Local Muslims in Nilphamari district and Islamist missionaries from abroad are hauling recently converted Christians to mosques and forcing them to return to Islam, area sources said.

Evangelist and pastor Sanjoy Roy said the Muslims have forced 27 recently baptized Christians to return to Islam. Another 14 recently converts are still facing incessant pressure to return to Islam from villagers and from Muslim missionaries called Tabligh Jamat.

“The Muslims are still threatening us and saying that they will change our faith,” Roy told News.

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Dissatisfaction, Persecution in Iran

AUSTRALIA :– Iran’s Islamic theocracy was created through the union of Shi’ite activism and Marxist revolutionary thought. In Iran Christianity is severely repressed. Citizens who are “born” Christian (non-Persians: traditionally-Christian ethnic minorities such as Armenians and Assyrians) are “protected” (graciously permitted to live) as long as they remain subjugated.

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RSS beats up Bible school students

DAVANGERE, KARNATAKA, INDIA :– A group of 30 Hindu radicals from the Rastriya Swayem Sevaks (RSS) organization, attacked 18 Bible school students, who were on an evening walk at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, August 21.

The problems for the students began as they were walking and, suddenly a stranger approached Pastor Ganga Naik, one of the Bible school teachers, and enquired what they are doing in this area.

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Christian Girls abducted, forced to convert

The police fails to intervene, while the families fall into the hands of unscrupulous go betweens. (August 23, 2007)

Faisalabad, Pakistan – Two Christian girls, little more than children, were kidnapped from their families recently, forcibly converted to Islam and then married off to strangers. Both of the kidnaps took place in Faisalabad, the third largest city in Pakistan, and both were completely ignored by the police.

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Hyderabad Pastor arrested

Hyderabad: A Pastor has been arrested in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh for allegedly creating nuisance in the area. His crime: He has been conducting prayer services at his residence.

Pastor K Moses of Good Shepherd Prayer Fellowship, a resident of IV Phase, Kukatpally Housing Board of Hyderabad, was taken into custody on 19 August 2007 at the instance of one of his neighbours residing in the same building.

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Persecution in Vietnam

BARTLESVILLE, Okla., – As Vietnam’s president, Nguyen Minh Triet, comes to the United States this week, his focus will be on advancing trade and technology between his country and the U.S. Nguyen will try to avoid discussing human rights and religious freedom in his country.

But eight teens–six Americans and two Australians–discovered that persecution in Vietnam is real for Christians. The teens interviewed a pastor whose house church has been repeatedly torn down by the police.

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Persecution Incidents in Karnataka and Rajasthan

INDIA: NEWS BRIEFS
Recent Incidents of Persecution

Karnataka, August 17 :– Hindu extremists allegedly belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) on India’s Independence Day (August 15) barged into a church in Karnataka, disrupting worship and forcibly taking believers to police. Dr. Sajan K.

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Pakistani Christians threatened with suicide bombing

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN :– The Christian residents of the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the provincial capital of North-West Frontier Province, have received letters, asking them to convert to Islam or else face suicide bombing.

The Christian residents of Charsadda and Mardan in the conservative NWFP province had in May received unsigned threatening letters that forced many Christians to flee to places of safety.

After the passage of three months, many Christian residents of Tailgodom, Sandagodom and Goalgodom in Peshawar city, received three letters threatening them with suicide bombing if th

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