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Iranian Pastor on Death Row Under Pressure - Compass Direct News
ISTANBUL, November 15 (CDN) — The mistreatment of a pastor in Iran awaiting a decision on his death sentence for refusing to recant his faith amounts to physical and psychological torture, a source close to the pastor's family said. ...
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead 17-year-old Christian - Compass Direct News
The Islamic extremist group had been monitoring his family since the Christians arrived in Somalia from Kenya in 2008, said the source in Mogadishu, who requested anonymity. The Islamic militants, who are fighting the transitional government for ...
Christians Live in Cloud of Fear in Zanzibar, Tanzania - Compass Direct News
The beating he then received from family members left him with injuries to his head, hand and torso, as well as a serious mouth wound and substantial loss of blood, said an area pastor who requested anonymity. “The family then took back the tailoring ...
Churches in Nigeria Shuttered, Reduced with Uptick in Terrorism - Compass Direct News
... that most services start at 10 am “As you can see, the town is unsafe, and it is just appropriate for any church leader to be reasonable and safe,” a pastor with The Apostolic Church who declined to give his name for fear of attack told Compass. ...
Hostile Rhetoric Turns Up Heat on Iranian Christians - Compass Direct News
“The reality is most of the house churches are so hidden that the government can't do anything, and they know it,” said a regional expert who requested anonymity. “They just see how the house churches are still growing.” The source said that since mass ...
Suspected Islamists Burn Down Two Homes in Ethiopia - Compass Direct News
“We had to rescue the wife with her three children who were inside one of the houses that the fire was already beginning to burn,” said the neighbor, who requested anonymity. Church leaders said neighbors are still housing Hanake and his family. ...
New Christian Convert from Islam Murdered in Somalia - Compass Direct News
“Two al Shabaab members dragged him out of his house, and after 10 minutes they fired several shots on him,” said an area source who requested anonymity. “He then died immediately.” The militants then shouted “Allahu Akbar [God is greater]” before ...
One Dead as Islamist Mobs in Ethiopia Destroy Church Buildings - Compass Direct News
The extremists also destroyed an Ethiopian Kale Hiwot Church (EKHC) Bible school building and two church office buildings, the source said. Of the churches burned, he said, 38 belonged to the EKHC; 12 were Mekane Yesus buildings; six were Seventh-day ...