As Muslims pray and fast during Ramadan, ‘Man in White’ appears in dreams and visions

June 13, 2016 – by Mark Ellis

Jesus appeared in dreams to this descendant of Muhammad

As hundreds of millions of Muslims fast and pray during Ramadan this month, with many seeking to grow closer to Allah, others are finding Jesus.

“God is moving very powerfully using dreams and visions Muslims are having of the Man in white, of Jesus Himself,” author Joel Rosenberg told CBN recently.

He quoted a 19-page study describing an extraordinary move of God among Muslims.

“From 1960 to 2010, the number of Muslims that have converted to faith in Jesus Christ has grown from fewer than 200,000 to some 10 million people” Rosenberg told CBN.

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Christian Persecution Isn’t Just Happening In the Muslim World; It’s Happening In the Hindu World, Too

June 12, 2016 – CBN News

Hindu extremists assaulted and tortured 29 Indian Christians for refusing to give up their faith and convert to Hinduism.
Radical Hindus attempted to force Christians to renounce their faith, reports Open Doors. When the believers refused, the Hindu extremist began to beat the men, women and children.

The group was forced to flee their community and received threats that if they came back they would be killed.

“This is just one of an increasing number of stories of persecution coming out of India,” Open Doors said in a statement. Hindu extremists have been attacking Christians more frequently and more violently. This is happening across India and has increased by 34 percent since 2013.

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Christians In India Beaten, Forced to Flee by Hindu Extremists for Refusing to Convert

June 08, 2016 – Express – Katie Mansfield

EXTREMISTS forced dozens of Christians to flee after torturing them and destroying their homes.

29 Christians were beaten after refusing to reconvert to Hinduism in the village of Katholi in India.

Hindu extremists went on the rampage at a public meeting and vandalised their homes.

The extremists started a vendetta against the families, including eight children, and performed rituals ahead of the public meeting and repeatedly ordered the families to convert.

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Bangladesh: Muslims murder wife of anti-terror cop and Christian grocer

June 5, 2016 – By Robert Spencer

“Babul Aktar is an efficient police officer and played a key role in apprehending Islamists. They might have killed his wife because they failed to get him.” Will the Islamophobia never end?

DHAKA — The wife of a senior Bangladeshi police official known for battling Islamist militants was stabbed and shot to death on Sunday, and machete-wielding assailants killed a Christian grocer in a separate incident.

Both attacks appeared to be the work of Islamist militants who have killed at least 30 people, including religious minorities, liberal bloggers and academics, since February last year, police said.

Three assailants riding a motorcycle stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar, 33, while she was on her way to put her son onto a school bus near her home in the southeastern port city of Chittagong, police said.

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Germany: “Fear and panic” among Christian refugees as Muslims persecute them

June 4, 2016 – By Robert Spencer 

“I really didn’t know that after coming to Germany I would be harassed because of my faith in the very same way as back in Iran.” Welcome to the brave new multicultural Germany.

“Growing concern for German churches: Muslim refugees harassing Christians,” by Tom Heneghan, Deseret News, June 3, 2016:

Germany’s refugee crisis is challenging the country’s main religious groups as they try to balance a welcoming attitude to the mostly Muslim migrants and concern for the welfare of the minority Christians among them.

Increasingly, accounts of Muslim migrants ganging up on Christians and other minorities in refugee shelters have raised concerns.

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Why Is Christianity Thriving in Nepal?

By Jo Anne Lyon , Op-Ed Contributor – March 3, 2016

Christians in Nepal.

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. – Philippians 4:9

In Nepal, Hinduism reigns as the primary religion — out of Nepal’s population of 28 million, Christians make up less than 1.5 percent. Recently, the former Hindu kingdom adopted a new constitution that declared the country a secular state.

Under the new constitution, the freedom of religion is technically upheld but attempting to change or convert someone from one religion to another is punishable by law. In addition, Christianity remains socially unacceptable, often inciting violence and oppression. While you can legally choose your religion in Nepal, Nepali Christians continue to suffer inequality and persecution as they have for decades.

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Are You “n”? …Standing With Our Persecuted Brothers and Sisters

3/2/2016 Jason Peters – Charisma Magazine

When Islamic State militants (ISIS) moved into northern Iraq, they began identifying Christian-owned homes and businesses. Families would find the Arabic letter “N” ( ? ) painted on their buildings. This single letter, the first letter of the word used in the Quran to identify Christians, conveyed the powerful accusation that the occupants were followers of Jesus. Our Christian brothers and sisters were tagged in this way and given the choice of either converting to Islam or standing for Christ and losing everything they owned.

I have had the privilege of meeting some of these sisters and brothers during recent visits to Iraq, where The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is serving them in their time of great need. I’d like to share one of their stories with you. It is the story of a 36-year-old wife and mother who met God in a life-changing way during a worship service. Here is Ban No’Shaba’s story.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Ban No’Shaba lived what she called an average life with her husband, a taxi driver, until November 2013, when her husband was kidnapped by ISIS and their family was forever changed.

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London ‘more Islamic’ than Muslim world — scholar

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 09 Mar 2016 | John Bingham London is a more “Islamic” city than much of the Muslim world put together, a leading Muslim scholar has…

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Gospel for Asia Shows the Love of Christ on International Women’s Day

March 08, 2016 – EEW Magazine – Johnnie Moore

Courtesy of Gospel For Asia

In many regions around the world, women face consistent hardships from gender-based abortions to child marriage, forced prostitution, and modern day slavery.

Gospel for Asia joins with the international humanitarian community in commemorating today’s International Women’s Day by lending a helping hand.

GFA-supported workers will be visiting nursing homes, jails and medical facilities to distribute food and other necessities to hundreds of women today. Partners will be offering special assistance to women in the areas where it serves in South Asia, celebrating the success of women and underscoring the wide gaps in gender equality that persist in our world.

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Danny Nalliah—Won our Battle for Free Speech Against Islam

THE BACKGROUND: In 2002 the Australian province of Victoria under LABOR, passed the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. which:- “prohibits conduct that incites hatred, serious contempt, revulsion or severe ridicule of a…

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House Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Condemning ISIS Atrocities as Genocide

March 15, 2016 – Associated Press

Ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration, the House has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that condemns as genocide the atrocities committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria.

The non-binding measure, passed Monday by a vote of 393-0, illustrated the heavy bipartisan support for action on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State John Kerry is leaning toward making a genocide determination against the Islamic State and could do so as early as this week, when a congressional deadline for a decision has been set.

But the Obama administration officials have cautioned that a legal review is still under way and said it is likely Kerry will not meet Thursday’s deadline. House Speaker Paul Ryan chided the White House for the anticipated delay.

“As the administration waffles on this issue and doubles-down on its failed strategy to defeat (the Islamic State), the American people are speaking loudly and clearly on this issue,” the Wisconsin Republican said.

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Your Prayers Have Been Answered: It Is Reported That Father Thomas Uzhunnalil Was Not Crucified by ISIS But is Alive and ‘Safe’

April 04, 2016 – Christian Post, Stoyan Zaimov

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil, who was previously feared to have been crucified by the Islamic State on Good Friday, is alive, safe, and efforts are being organized for his release.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India spokesman Father Gyanprakash Topno told the Press Trust of India that Swaraj met with CBCI delegates and told them that reports claiming Uzhunnalil has been killed are not true.

“Father Tom is safe and efforts are on for his release as early as possible,” Topno said, conveying the minister’s words, adding that the “government will facilitate the priest’s safe return to India.”

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Devout Muslim Family Turns to the Lord When Their Ailing Mother Sees Jesus and Is Healed

News Staff : Apr 5, 2016 : Bible4MidEast.com

“She said, while he was praying, she saw Jesus Christ and He touched her with His nailed hands. At once, something went away from her body and a light covered her…”

In their own words a Middle Eastern convert to Christianity shares the amazing and miraculous way that Jesus broke into their lives, bringing healing, deliverance and salvation.

As you read, please remember this family in your prayers, for their protection, as they will surely need it.

I am Fadila* (*name changed). I was born and brought up in an Arab family in the Middle East. I was one of the eight children of my father and mother. My father had one more wife. My stepmother also had four children as my brothers and sisters.

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EU High Court: Christian Convert in Iran Cannot be Denied Asylum

News Staff : Apr 4, 2016 : CBN News

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human rights ruled in a Swedish case last week, establishing that the Swedish government must fairly assess the dangers of sending a newly converted Iranian Christian back home, where he could face persecution.

(Belgium)—[CBN News] The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that governments must grant Iranian Christian converts a fair evaluation before they can be denied asylum and sent back to the Islam Republic.

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human rights ruled in the case of F.G. vs. Sweden, last week, establishing that the Swedish government must fairly assess the dangers of sending a newly converted Iranian Christian back home, where he could face persecution, reports the Christian Post.

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Bible charity vows to continue translation work after murders

Fox News ^ | 3/30/2016 | Perry Chiaramonte

The murders of four translators working to bring the Bible to obscure languages in the Middle East earlier this month won’t stop the charity behind the effort from its work, officials said.

The four unidentified translators, who worked secretly for Wycliffe Associates, a Florida non-profit dedicated to bringing the gospel to hundreds of obscure languages, were killed by suspected Islamist militants at an undisclosed location,Wycliffe officials said in a statement.

“They shot and destroyed all the equipment in the office,” read the statement. “The invaders burned all the books and other translation materials in the office.”

The work is so dangerous that Wycliffe President Bruce Smith will not even say what country the office was in or give the names of those killed. He did say the attackers shot two workers to death and beat two more to death with emptied guns as they used their bodies to shield a senior translator who survived.

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