Jagdalpur: November 22, 2007: A church that involving with development activities of the tribals was demolished by the activists of Sangh Parivar and Bajrang Dal on November 19 at Manduwa village near Kondagaon of Bastar District in Chattisgarh State in India.
A mob of Hindu radicals attacked Pasto

Alappuzha: SVM News, November 22, 2007: Roman Catholic Priest was beaten by a Deputy Superintendant of Police (DySP) on November 21 in Alappuzha Town in Kerala, India.
Rev. Father Edward Puthanpurackal was beaten and pushing down by DySP A. Krishnam Kutty on Wednesday before noon. Father fell on th

New Delhi: November 19, 2007. In less than one year over 190 violent attacks against Christians took place in India. These assaults include homicide, armed assault, sexual mole station and lynching, All India Catholic Union (Aicu), an association grouping together lay Catholics warned in a document

Kasur: November 15, 2007. "I was not appreciated by my mother to come to the church compound for sewing training by Milap Organization. But I continued with the support of my father and continued. As a result when I started earning Rs.100/- to stitch one suit then my mother was happy and encourage S

Dhar. MP: November 13, 2007: A Dalit villager burnt to death by upper-caste people in Dhar District of Madhya Pradesh in India on November 10.
Kailash Bagri (40) was burnt alive on Saturday by a group of 50 armed men for beating an ox belonging to his upper-caste neighbour that had strayed into hi

Swat: November 14, 2007. When the Taliban destroyed two Buddhist statues in Afghanistan in the spring of 2001, there was an international outcry. But similar incidents are now occurring in northwest Pakistan, where radical Islamists recently blew up a sculpture of Buddha in broad daylight.
The phen

I am a democrat and believes firmly in the rule of the law. I begin to think when people discuss the state of emergency and suspension of the constitution in Pakistan from November 3rd. There are articles and press releases in support of lawyers and judges in Pakistan and to force General Mus

MONTVILLE: September 6, 2007. A Morris County congregation continues to mourn two missionaries killed last week in Pakistan in what appears to be a crime.
The Rev. Arif Khan and his wife, Kathleen, were shot dead in their home last Wednesday in a residential neighborhood of the Pakistani capital of

DHARMSALA, India: September 6, 2007. (AP) A Chinese order claiming Beijing must approve all of Tibet`s spiritual leaders is an attempt to further repress and undermine the religious culture of the Himalayan region, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Sunday.
For centuries, the search for the reinc

Alexandria, Egypt. September 6, 2007. (WND) where two Christian students were ordered to adopt Islam or forfeit future schooling
A court in Egypt has temporarily adjourned a hearing for Christian twins who, when ordered to take a school test that would result in their conversion to Islam wrote, "I

Mandi Bahauddin: September 5, 2007. Gulzar Masih, a Christian mini truck driver is allegedly being forced to recite Islamic Holy Kalima (Holy verses used to mark the conversion to Islam) and convert to Islam, by two Muslim men, Khawar Butt and Baatti. The sole wage earner of the family is living und

SERBIANNA; August 29, 2007. Three unidentified persons kidnapped and raped a Serbian girl while a boy that was with her was beaten and robbed in the Muslim-dominated Kosovo province confirms Kosovo Police Service representatives.
"An Opel Vectra automobile blocked the road ahead of the victims and

KUALA LUMPUR; August 29, 2007. A Malaysian newspaper has apologized to Roman Catholic archbishop after publishing a front page picture of Jesus Christ clutching a cigarette.
The Makkal Osai, a Tamil-language daily, printed the picture earlier in the week, provoking criticism from religious leaders

Istanbul - With Abdullah Gül just elected as President of Turkey, the headscarf debate has yet again been brought to the forefront. Although the ban on wearing headscarves in public places took effect in 1998, the discussion has never stopped and has even gained new momentum with the possibility of

Pakistan. August 23, 2007. The CoP News Service (Team) was in retreat for quite some time though we had plenty of news to share both good and those, which sadden us. All these are for our reflections and prayers for the betterment of the church at large. We were hopeful that prayer warriors would pr