Published: 00:00 GMT Standard Time - Thursday 02 February 2012
Barnabas weekly newsletter 02 February 2012
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Ethiopian Christians arrested at prayer facing deportation from Saudi Arabia
A group of 35 Ethiopian Christians are facing deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling” after they were arrested in a police raid on a private prayer meeting in one of their homes.
Church leader martyred while helping wounded parishioner in Syria
Syrian Christians have hailed as a martyr a 30-year-old church leader who was gunned down as he rushed to the aid of a parishioner wounded amid heavy fighting in Hama.
Iranian convert scalded with hot water while seeking asylum in Turkey
A persecuted Iranian convert to Christianity who was forced to flee his homeland was beaten and scalded with hot water by his employer in Turkey, where he has been seeking asylum.
Yousef Fallah Ranjbar
suffered severe scalding on his back Image:www.mohabatnews.com
Christian converts in Cameroon under threat from militant Islamists
Christian converts in northern Cameroon are coming under intensifying pressure following a warning from militant Muslims to return to Islam or “face Allah’s wrath”.
Sharia court issues fatwa ordering expulsion of pastor from Indian state
A sharia court has issued a fatwa against an Indian pastor falsely accused of forcibly converting Muslims; it orders that he and four other Christian leaders be expelled from the state.
An anti-Christian campaign is being carried out in the Kashmir Valley taNvir kohli / CC BY 2.0
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