Christians Under Attack

Says Arab world campaign contributions 'may enable him to win U.S. presidency'

An argument between a Coptic wine merchant, Abdou Benyamin, and a Muslim customer, Youssef Hafez Mitwalli, in the village of Sila in Matai, Minya,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —  Mohamed Nurhussien faced the usual challenges of a low-income worker trying to buy a home, with one big difference: As a Muslim he was forbidden by his religion to pay interest.

London (CNSNews.com) – Sweeping legal challenges must be made against the creeping introduction of Islamic law (shari’a) in the United Kingdom, the head of a new body of former Muslims said here Friday.

(IsraelNN.com) The financial crisis sweeping the United States is Divine Punishment for the war in Iraq and other "sins," an American member of Al Qaeda charged. Adam Gadahn, a California native now living in Pakistan who has been indicted in a Los Angeles court for treason, said in a half-hour video speech that the economic woes serve as evidence of punishment to the "enemies of Islam."

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Friday, October 10, about the situation of an Egyptian Coptic Christian woman who has been sentenced to three years in prison for "refusing" to follow her late father's conversion to Islam, Coptic Christians with close knowledge about the case said.

A disabled 25-year-old shopkeeper was killed yesterday, not far from the shop that he owned. The objective of the fundamentalists is to shut down the activities of Christians and force them to flee. A source for AsiaNews denounces the "complicity" of the police, and the "curtain of silence" that has fallen across the slaughter.

EGYPT: COURT GIVES CHRISTIAN BOYS TO MUSLIM FATHER

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Somali pirates pointed guns habitually at Malaysian and Filipino tanker crew members held captive for weeks, but allowed Muslim hostages to fast and pray to observe the holy month of Ramadan, news reports said Sunday.