Persecution

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iranian-pastor-faces-execution-… “An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court.” 

http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/09/21/save_asia_bibi,_… “President Barack Obama … should rally the leaders of all the major Muslim nations — including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which enjoy close relations with the United States — to call on Pakistan to pardon and free Asia Bibi…”

“Burma, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Eritrea, Iran, the People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan were again designated as” Countries of Particular Concern in the area of religious freedom.

“Chinese authorities sentenced Shi Enhao, deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance and underground pastor, to two years in a labor camp early this week. Charges of holding ‘illegal meetings and illegal organizing of venues for religious meetings’ were levied without trial, and Enhao was denied access to a lawyer.” ChristianityToday

The pastor is facing a death sentence for “apostasy” from Islam.Iranian Pastor Remains on Death Row, Some Reports Say

Go Figure: Christianity Today statistics roundupOther stats include: “60 Monthly conversions in Pakistan from Christianity to Islam. Most are in response to the country’s blasphemy law.”

“Krimo was sentenced under Article 144 bis 2 of the Algerian Penal Code which makes it a criminal offence to ‘insult the prophet’ or ‘denigrate the creed and precepts of Islam.’”

Week 6: 20 Chinese Christians arrested