Category: Persecution
NPR:- In Syria, Ban On Veil Raises Few Eyebrows (Audio)
July 22nd, 2010"A few tables away, 20-year-old Rolan Alakel, sat bareheaded and checking her Facebook account while smoking sheesha, a traditional water pipe. She says she hadn't heard about the government ban."Here? They did? Seriously?" she says, her face brighteni… more »
Somali Muslims assault Christian in Ethiopia
July 29th, 2010VOM Canada:On July 16, five Somali Muslim men assaulted and seriously injured a Christian man in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for reading a book critical of the Prophet Muhammad. Mike Abdul Falahow, a Christian convert from Islam, was reading "The Great Decepti… more »
Islamic Police Ridding Streets of Sin and Vice (Video)
June 13th, 2010"Imagine a place where adulterers are stoned to death and for engaging in premarital sex you receive one hundred lashes. In one Islamic province of Indonesia, hundreds of Muslims patrol the streets to guard against these and other so-called vices."CBN:-B… more »
Indonesia's 'Religious Revolution' ( Video)
June 12th, 2010""I think people in other Muslim countries will be shocked and surprised to see this," said 19-year-old student Nindy -- who was wearing shorts in public. "But it's not about what you wear, but what it is in your heart. We should be open and respect each… more »
Tanzanian Lutheran bishops reject aid from supporters of same-sex marriage in the U.S. and Europe
June 10th, 2010"This spring, bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) said it would no longer accept money or help from groups that allow or support the legalization of same-sex marriages."York Daily Record/Sunday News :-Recent statements from Tanz… more »
Persecution:- Eritrean christian woman dies in prison
May 6th, 2010Senait Oqbazgi Habta (28) died on April 23 in the Sawa Military Training Centre in Eritrea after suffering severe abuse and being denied medical treatment for malaria and severe anemia more »
Christians in Ethiopian Town Hit by Unexpected Attack
April 18th, 2010Orthodox church members strike two evangelical worship buildings, beat evangelist unconscious. more »
Ethiopian Children Imprisoned in Their Yemeni Homes
April 8th, 2010VOA:-In almost every corner of Yemen, you can find suffering children. But in the darkest corners of city slums, children from Ethiopia, refugees with no official Yemeni legal status, are hard to locate. Parents say they lock up their children while they… more »
Eritrea arrests soldiers for their faith
April 4th, 2010"17 young men were gathered for prayer in southern Eritrea. They were apparently soldiers, and they had gathered in a prayer meeting. They were arrested, thrown in prison and moved to another Eritrean detention center."MNN/ODM:- Even Eritrea's military i… more »
Ethiopian Authorities Concoct New Charge against Christian
March 13th, 2010"Holding convert from Islam without formal charges since May, police seek ‘terrorism’ evidence."Compass Direct News:-NAIROBI, Kenya, February 18 (CDN) — Prosecutors and police are trying to concoct a terrorism case against an Ethiopian convert from Islam… more »
Eritrea:- Imprisoned Christian dies; other believers released
March 13th, 2010VOM Canada:-Eritrean believer Efrem Habtemichel Hagos (37) died on March 2 while in solitary confinement in Adi-Nefase military camp in Assab. Efrem's death was caused by malaria and pneumonia, which he had been suffering with the past three months. He w… more »
Ethiopian air crash shines light on lives of migrant workers
February 4th, 2010Lebanon: Ethiopians mourn flight ET409 victims - Images by Matthew CasselLA Times:-The woman from the small Ethiopian village of Nazareth was never content to toil in the shadows as a maid or nanny, one of the thousands of poor migrant workers who make t… more »
An Ethiopian Funeral in Beirut (Video)
February 1st, 2010Yesterday morning, I went with the photojournalist Matthew Cassel (Just Image) to the Ethiopian Full Gospel Church, in Sebtiyeh, just outside of Beirut, for Sunday services and the funeral of one of the congregants, Hany Gebre, who died in the crash of E… more »
Lebanon's foreign domestic workers fight back at abuse
January 28th, 2010"I worked from 5:30 in the morning until midnight, non-stop and without pay," she recalled. "And what's worse is I was never allowed to call my family."AFP:-BEIRUT - Abused, humiliated and deprived of the most basic rights, foreign maids in Lebanon are s… more »
Dubai court Acquitted Palestinian of raping Ethiopian woman
January 21st, 2010Dubai court Acquitted Palestinian of raping Ethiopian woman more »
Orthodoxy in Islamic Turkey, A Lesson For Ethiopia ? (Video)
December 28th, 2009"First and foremost, shoplifting is a criminal offense, and to justify this course of action under any circumstances is highly irresponsible," a police statement read. "Turning or returning to crime will only make matters worse, that is a guarantee."CBS… more »
Eritrea Arrests 30 Evangelical Christian Women
December 9th, 2009The Christian Post :- The Eritrean government arrested 30 elderly, Christian women this past weekend, a Christian persecution watchdog reported Monday.Security forces on Dec. 5 rounded up a group of mostly elderly women praying together at a house an… more »
Photo Story :- Ethiopian migrant domestic workers in Beirut
December 8th, 2009Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden and now is a world-renowned chef in New York City... his global upbringing and international friends and family to create a uniquely American Thanksgiving.NPR: Source:- NPR more »
Ethiopian suicide rates high in Lebanon (CNN)
December 2nd, 2009An Ethiopian woman working as a cleaner in Lebanon told CNN by phone that she was sad about the recent suicides, and that she had a friend who killed herself several years ago, when she too was working as a live-in maid.CNN:- A recent spate of suicides b… more »
'Clear pattern' of migrant-worker deaths alarms rights advocates (Video)
November 11th, 2009On Oct. 21, 26-year-old Zeditu Kebede Matente of Ethiopia was found dead, hanging from an olive tree in the southern Lebanese town of Haris. .LA Times:-On Oct. 21, 26-year-old Zeditu Kebede Matente of Ethiopia was found dead, hanging from an olive tree i… more »
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