Crackdown on Christians in Iran continues with reports of beatings
World Watch Monitor At least seven Iranian Christian converts have been arrested in Iran in the last two weeks, including two sisters who allegedly have been beaten. Shima Zanganeh, 27, and her sister, Shokoufeh, 30, were arrested by Intelligence Service officials in their homes in Ahvaz, capital of Iran’s western Khuzestan province, on 2nd December, reports Mohabat […]
Two Iranian converts arrested; taken to unknown locations
World Watch Monitor Two Iranian Christian converts have been taken by Iran’s security agents from the houses they were staying in Karaj and Mashhad on 16th November, reports Middle East Concern. Behnam Ersali and Davood Rasooli had agreed to meet in Mashhad on Friday when they were both arrested. It is believed Iranian intelligence knew of […]
Young Ethiopian Christians “bribed” to convert to Islam, says charity
World Watch Monitor Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church in Need. A Christian religious leader who wished to remain anonymous told ACN that Christians who are poor were especially targeted. Most Christians in Ethiopia belong to the Ethiopian […]
Iranian Christians sentenced to prison, verdict says “claiming Jesus is Lord is attack against Islam”
World Watch Monitor Saheb Fadaie, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Mohammad Reza Omidi. Two Iranian Christians have been given prison sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, reports Middle East Concern. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri, who belong to the non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran”, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months, respectively. Middle East Concern noted […]
271 Christians charged with converting Hindus through lies and drugs in India
World Watch Monitor Two hundred and seventy-one Christians in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been charged with a range of crimes including attempting to convert Hindus through the use of drugs and by spreading lies about Hinduism. Of the 271, just three were named – pastors Durga Prasad Yadav, Kirit Rai and Jitendra Ram […]
INDIA: HINDU EXTREMIST VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN STATES
TEJASWI RAVINDER reports for World Watch Monitor…
Jail for Iranian pastor’s son found guilty of ‘acting against national security’
World Watch Monitor The son of an influential pastor silenced by the Iranian government has been handed a four-month jail sentence for his involvement with illegal house churches, World Watch Monitor has learnt. Ramil Bet Tamraz’s lawyers were informed of the sentence for “acting against national security” on 8th July. One of the friends with […]
REFUGEES: ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS EXPOSES RELIGIOUS MINORITIES’ “EXTREME VULNERABILITY” IN CAMPS
World Watch Monitor reports from Greece after seven Christians from Iran were attacked recently in a refugee camp there…
Iranian Christian released by ‘courageous’ judge
World Watch Monitor An Iranian Christian has been released from prison after being arrested in April for “propaganda against the [Iranian] establishment”, Middle East Concern has reported. Mohammad Ali Yassaghi was kept in Babol Prison in the capital of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. He is a member of the self-styled Church of Iran, which has a […]
Indian state’s ‘anti-conversion law’ to be repealed
World Watch Monitor Christian groups have welcomed a surprise announcement by a nationalist chief minister of a state in north-east India that he will ensure that a law preventing conversions from one faith to another is repealed. Pema Khandu, a Buddhist who heads the nationalist BJP-led state government in Arunachal Pradesh, told an audience of […]