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Christians called to light a candle for Aasia Bibi
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Will you pray for Aasia Bibi? She’s been in jail for more than a year. What is her crime? The Christian mother of five said to a fellow Pakistani co-worker, “Jesus saved me. What has Mohammed ever done for you?” Speaking against Islam, the Koran, Mohammed or Allah is punishable by death in Pakistan. Two national politicians who took…
Pakistan mob attacks church after hearing Florida pastor burned Koran
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Tension continues to spread throughout Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province after public announcements that an American preacher burned a Koran. Police struggled to control a mob attempting to destroy a Full Gospel Assembly church in Lahore after clerics in local mosques denounced the incident. Two separate mobs from different mosques chanted anti-government and pro-Islamic slogans as they burned tires in front of…
New Malaysian restrictions on Bibles: “ridiculous,” “Communist”
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An on-going battle to bring Bibles to Malaysia has taken a new twist – with a prominent Catholic bishop and the opposition political party denouncing new restrictions. The Ministry of Home Affairs has ruled that 35,000 Bibles impounded at two Malaysian ports must be stamped with the words “For Christians Only” and carry a serial…
Giving away free Bibles riskier than 17 Ethiopian college students expected
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Thinking they couldn’t get into much trouble just giving away Bibles, 17 Christian college students from Meda Welabu University in Ethiopia thought they would go into the rural countryside and share the Gospel. The native Ethiopian students didn’t know what kind of reception they would get. They hoped for the best. According to the…
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