On Apr 8, 3:45 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Bulletin of Christian Persecution *
>
> *March 1, 2012 - April 8, 2012*
>
> *March 1, 2012*
> Iraq<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to Doug)
> Jeremish Small, of Cosmopolis, Washington, was shot to death Thursday at
> the Classical School of the Medes, a private Christian academy in the
> Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's most peaceful region. The [Muslim]
> gunman, an 18-year-old, then shot himself in the head as other students
> scattered from the room.
>
> Libya<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(Video
> via
> MEMRI<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Armed Libyans Desecrate Christian and Jewish Graves in War Cemetery in
> Benghazi. More HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> .
>
> *March 2, 2012*
> Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> A Christian woman was brutally tortured and paraded in the streets of a
> village in Pakistan's Punjab province by a mob for her alleged "anti-Islam
> views", local residents and police officials said today.
>
> *March 4, 2012*
> Nigeria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> A Nigerian spokesman for the Islamic militant group Boko Haram told
> Bikyamasr.com on Sunday that they are planning a "war" on Christians in the
> next few weeks.
>
> *March 6, 2012*
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> A court in Edfu has sentenced Reverend Makarios Bolous, pastor of St.
> George's Church in the village of Elmarinab, Edfu, in the Aswan province,
> to six months prison and a fine of 300 pounds for violations in the height
> of the church building. The court also ordered the removal of the excess
> height.
>
> *March 8, 2012*
> Nigeria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> A Nigeria spokesman for the Islamist militant group Boko Haram told
> Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday afternoon that the group has plans to begin
> kidnapping Christian women in a push to "liquidate" the religious group
> from the country. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the spokesman said
> that "we are going to put into action new efforts to strike fear into the
> Christians of the power of Islam by kidnapping their women."
>
> Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> The National Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Church
> releases a report on the tragic conditions faced by minority women. One
> factor in discrimination is forced conversion. One non-Muslim woman in two
> experiences pressures to convert to Islam, which often come with violence
> and coercion. Looming in the background is the blasphemy law, seen by many
> as the most serious obstacle to social and cultural equality. More
> HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> .
>
> *March 11, 2012*
> Nigeria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in the Nigerian
> city of Jos on Sunday, killing at least three people attending mass, the
> emergency services said. The man drove his car towards St Finbar's Catholic
> church in the city before setting off a large explosion, killing himself
> and at least three churchgoers. Update
> HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> .
>
> *March 12, 2012*
> Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> The Armenian Evangelical Church in Tehran has been ordered to cease its
> Persian Language Service on Fridays. The church is one of the few
> established churches in Iran which was still allowed to have Persian
> Language services for Persian speaking Christians.
>
> Serving the notice, officers of the Islamic Court informed the Church
> officials that they are being ordered to cease Persian language services,
> and threatened that if this order is ignored and they continue to have
> Christian services on Fridays which is a sacred day for Muslims, church
> building will be bombed "as happens in Iraq every day".
>
> Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Vice president of Tehran's city hall announced, "There are some freemasonry
> and Christian symbols installed on personal buildings around the city. We
> should control these symbols and ban their display."
>
> Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> A young mother has been falsely accused of "blaspheming" Muhammad, the
> prophet of Islam, because she rebuffed attempts by relatives who had
> converted to Islam to force her to renounce her Christian faith, family
> members said.
>
> *March 13, 2012
> *Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> For the first time since his arrest in 2009, Iran has admitted publicly
> that Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been convicted of religious
> crimes. During a United Nation Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on
> Monday, Iran said Nadarkhani, who has been sentenced to death, was found
> guilty of three charges: building a church in his home without government
> permission, preaching to minors without parental consent and offending
> Islam, according to a meeting transcript.
>
> *March 14, 2012*
> Saudi Arabia<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> MiddleEastForum<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>)
> According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz
> bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is
> "necessary to destroy all the churches of the region." The Grand Mufti made
> his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait:
> a Kuwaiti parliament member recently called for the "removal" of churches
> (he later "clarified" by saying he merely meant that no churches should be
> built in Kuwait), and the delegation wanted to confirm Sharia's position on
> churches.
>
> Bethlem<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(Palestinian
> Authority) (h/t to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> The Palestinian Authority declared a Baptist Church in Bethlehem to be
> unlawful and said that it will no longer receive rights as a religious
> institution. This decision comes a week after Prime Minister Salam Fayyad
> told an audience of Evangelical Protestants that his government respected
> the rights of its Christian minorities.
>
> "They said that our legitimacy as a church from a governmental point of
> view is not approved," said an assistant pastor at the First Baptist
> Church. "They said they will not recognize any legal paper work from our
> church. That includes birth certificates, wedding certificates and death
> certificates.
>
> *March 16, 2012*
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> More than 300 Muslim lawyers inside and outside a courthouse in the
> southern Egyptian province of Assuit today prevented defense lawyer Ahmad
> Sayed Gabali, who is representing the Christian Makarem Diab, from going
> into court. Mr. Diab was found guilty of 'Insulting the Muslim Prophet' and
> was scheduled today a hearing on his appeal.
>
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Two nuns in Upper Egypt faced "unimaginable fear" - with one later
> hospitalized over the emotional trauma - when 1,500 Muslim villagers
> brandishing swords and knives trapped them inside a guesthouse last week
> and threatened to burn them out.
>
> Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> In a rare crackdown on a concentrated area, Iranian authorities have
> arrested Christians living in the country's third largest city in what is
> seen as a tactic to discourage Muslims and converts to Christianity from
> attending official churches. Since last month officials have arrested about
> 12 Christian converts in Isfahan
>
> *March 17, 2012*
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led
> Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing
> tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88. His death comes as the
> country's estimated 10 million Christians are feeling more vulnerable than
> ever amid the rise of Islamic movements to political power after the
> toppling a year ago of President Hosni Mubarak. The months since have seen
> a string of attacks on the community, heightened anti-Christian rhetoric by
> ultraconservatives known as Salafis and fears that coming goverments will
> try to impose strict versions of Islamic law. More
> HERE<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> .
>
> Indonesia<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> GatesofVienna<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> The two alleged perpetrators of the attack on a Protestant church in
> Indramayu were arrested within a few hours of the attack in Bandung. So far
> the police have not released the identities of two men known only by their
> initials who are in their 30s.
>
> *March 18, 2012*
> Yemen<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> therligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Gunmen linked to al Qaeda shot dead an American teacher in Yemen on Sunday,
> accusing him of Christian "proselytizing", and officials said government
> forces had killed a dozen militants in clashes and attacks on their
> strongholds.
>
> *March 20, 2012*
> India<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> A young woman was thrown out of her home this month for daring to give
> thanks for healing in Christ's name in a predominantly Muslim village in
> India's West Bengal state, and then her parents helped Islamic extremists
> to beat her nearly unconscious.
>
> Sudan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> The "ethnic cleansing" that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has
> undertaken against black Africans in the Nuba Mountains is also aimed at
> ridding the area of Christianity, according to humanitarian workers.
>
> By targeting Christians among people who are also adherents of Islam and
> other faiths in the Nuba Mountains, military force helps the regime in
> Khartoum to portray the violence as "jihad" to Muslims abroad and thus
> raise support from Islamic nations, said one humanitarian worker on
> condition of anonymity.
>
> *March 21, 2012*
> Pakistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Nearly 62 per cent of Hindu and Christian women fear that a majority of
> Muslims would not come to their aid if they were being discriminated
> against. This was one of the findings of the study "Life on the Margins,"
> which was released by the National Commission for Justice and Peace at the
> Pakistan Medical Association House.
>
> *March 22, 2012*
> Kurdistan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Although economic situation in Kurdistan is better than in Iraq, Christians
> and other religious minorities have found that the Muslim majority is not
> that tolerant of them and will use oppression against them.
>
> *March 30, 2012*
> Sudan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> After Khartoum denied that it had bombed civilians earlier this month,
> Sudanese aerial strikes last week were aimed at church buildings and
> schools in Kauda, South Kordofan state, a humanitarian aid worker said.
> Antonov airplanes dropped bombs on Thursday and Friday (March 22 and 23),
> destroying some houses and cattle near the church buildings and schools but
> causing no casualties, he said.
>
> *March 31, 2012*
> Kenya<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Islamic radicals bombed an open-air worship service and killed two
> Christians and wounded more than 30 in the town of Mtwapa.
>
> *April 1, 2012*
> Turkey<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Turkey's Greek Orthodox citizens living on the island of Gökçeada (Imbros)
> in the north Aegean cannot buy property on the island, the Taraf daily
> claimed on Sunday. The issue emerged when lawyer Erhan Gökçe complained in
> court about officials who put up difficulties before non-Muslims on the
> island who want to obtain property.
>
> *April 2, 2012*
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> Jihadwatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has announced it is withdrawing from talks
> on a new constitution, saying Islamist domination of the drafting body has
> made its participation "pointless," Egypt's state news agency said.
>
> *April 4, 2012*
> Egypt<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to
> three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that
> mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammad, actions that sparked sectarian
> violence.
>
> *April 5, 2012*
> Tunsia<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to Raymond Ibrahim, translator)
> The Christian Orthodox Church in Tunis, one of very few churches in the
> country of Tunisia, is being "abused" and receiving "threatening messages"
> from "Salafis." Church members are described as "living in a state of
> terror," so much so that the Russian ambassador in Tunis specifically
> requested the nation's Ministry of Interior to "protect the church."
>
> The abuse has gotten to the point where "Salafis covered the cross of the
> church with garbage bags, telling the church members that they do not wish
> to see the vision of the Cross anywhere in the Islamic state of Tunisia."
>
> *April 6, 2012*
> Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Twelve Christians are to stand trial in Iran on Easter Sunday on charges
> including "crimes against the order", an activist assisting them with
> advocacy told BosNewsLife.
>
> Sudan<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> Christians from South Sudan who have until Easter Sunday (April 8) to try
> to become citizens of Sudan or be deported fear authorities will use the
> occasion to rid the country of Christianity, church leaders said.
>
> Christian leaders expressed concern that local media such as the daily Al
> Intibaha newspaper have been stoking hatred against predominantly Christian
> southern Sudanese, describing them as "cancer cells in the body of Sudan,
> the land of the Arab and Islam," and calling on the government to deport
> them.
>
> *April 7, 2012*
> Iran<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> According to Iranian Christian news agency, Mohabat News, a two hundred
> year old historical graveyard in the Ghal'e-dokhtar area in Kerman province
> "has completely demolished".
>
> Tunisia<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> JihadWatch<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> Non-Muslim places of worship are being targeted by still-unidentified
> individuals. After the attacks perpetrated against the Orthodox church on
> Avenue Mohamed V, the Russian school located behind the church as well as
> the Christian cemetery of Montplasir in Tunis have been vandalized.
>
> The walls of the school were smeared with fecal matter, as also a fresco of
> Saint Siberian [sic] located in the back courtyard of the Orthodox church,
> while the cemetery's crosses were destroyed.
>
> *April 8, 2012*
> Nigeria<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>(h/t
> to
> thereligionofpeace<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=8149463&msgid=879186&act=6V...>
> )
> At least 50 people were killed when explosives concealed in two cars went
> off near a church during Easter Sunday services in the northern Nigerian
> city of Kaduna, eye-witnesses said. Shehu Sani, the President of Civil
> Rights Congress based in Kaduna, said two explosions took place at the
> Assemblies of God's Church near the centre of the city with a large
> Christian population and known as a major cultural and economic centre in
> Nigeria's north.
>
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> Publisher: Bill Warner; Edited by Asma Marwan
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