PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES for week ending December 6, 2014 We MUST pray for our Christian brothers and sisters around the world. Pregnant Christian woman stripped naked and beaten, causing miscarriage, after argument with Muslim superiors Second man dies in custody after blasphemy charge Ethiopia Destroys Evangelical Church Building; 100 Christians Forced Underground Some 100 evangelical Christians in eastern Ethiopia were without a central place for worship Friday, December 5, after local authorities destroyed their church building, a church official and rights activists said. Police threaten churches in Sudan The government of Sudan continues its persecution of Christians. A building used as a church by Sudanese Christians is being torn down by police after worshippers fell into a dispute with a group that claims to own the building. What used to be houses of worship, converted by the Islamic State terror group into detention centers, are now houses of misery, if recent media reports are to be believed. Eastern Ukraine: Pastor killed, family needs support Sudanese authorities demolished part of the main church building belonging to Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church on December 2, 2014, and arrested 37 people who were praying inside. As Injustice Escalates, Senator in Pakistan Seeks Solution to Blasphemy Violence Christian mother of five appeals death sentence; blogger in hiding is arrested. Al Shabaab militants have slaughtered 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya - all of the victims are believed to be Christian, according to one human rights watchdog group. Towards 2015: India, Nigeria and the UK -- nations in transition Indias April-May elections saw Hindu nationalists win majority control of the federal parliament. Police in Sudan Attack Worshipping Congregation, Arrest 38 Christians In face of ISIS brutality, faith holds The rapid advance of ISIS fighters from across the Syrian border into Northern Iraq took the world by surprise, as did their brutality against Christians, Yazidis, and other minorities. Three armed Taliban insurgents swept into a Kabul guesthouse on Nov. 29, murdering three South Africans and two Afghans in the compound of an international aid agency in the Afghan capital. South African Christian Werner Groenewald and his two teen-aged children, Jean-Pierre and Rodé, were killed Saturday in an attack by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Yemen is an incredibly dangerous place for Christians. Pope Francis addresses plight of Christians in Turkish visit But avoids directly criticizing Muslim nations, politicians for inaction Christians in northern Kenya were left in shock Tuesday, December 2, after Islamic militants from neighboring Somalia killed at least 36 mainly Christian quarry workers following a similar massacre last month. Hundreds of extremist Islamists attacked a Christian school in Bangladesh, which welcomes children of all faiths … The European parliament called Thursday on Pakistan to overhaul its blasphemy laws with a view to repealing them, saying they were increasingly used to target Christians and other minorities. Christians in India Beaten Nearly Unconscious in Latest of Several Attacks Family in Odisha state driven from village after Hindu extremists burn down their home.
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