Monthly Archives: February 2012

KARACHI: Gunmen abducted two Pakistani Christians working for a South Korean-run hospital in the country’s largest city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said. Kidnappings by criminal groups for ransom are relatively common. Foreigners can be a particular target with five … Continue reading →

Attempt fails as influential Islamic family intervenes on behalf of Christians.   SIALKOT, Pakistan, February 27 (CDN) — Tensions are still high in a village near here following Muslims’ attempt to seize land from a Christian family by threatening to … Continue reading →

Although it is two months since the New Year, as predicted, security forces of the Intelligence system of the Islamic Republic have increased their pressure against Christian converts. They do this every year at the same time as Christmas celebrations … Continue reading →

Watson Gill, Amsterdam: 28-02-2012   Jude Julius life is in danger in Pakistan. The false blasphemy charg on him. He is underground now. He need help. I would like to request all Christian Organisations or Christian media to please help him … Continue reading →

The  warns that that by March 2012, more than 500,000 people in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile region of Sudan face a Level 4 humanitarian crisis — just one step below a full-scale famine — if humanitarian assistance is not … Continue reading →

Jos, Nigeria (CNN) — Fear and anxiety gripped churchgoers in Nigeria on Sunday after four people were killed in the latest church attack. Police said a car packed with explosives rammed into the compound of the Cocin (Church of Christ) … Continue reading →

February 23, 2012   Muslims protest in Karachi over Quran desecration at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan   A Catholic priest said today that he fears a backlash against Christians in Pakistan amid reports of escalating violence in neighboring Afghanistan … Continue reading →

A mob stormed the school where Saira Khokhar teaches in an attempt to abduct her after she was accused of burning a copy of the Qur’an. Little is known of the affair, but police had to take the woman into … Continue reading →