Christians Under Attack

SAUDI ARABIA is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into Islamist groups in the Balkans, some of which spread hatred of the West and recruit fighters for jihad in Afghanistan.

The two Christian hoteliers cleared last year of insulting a Muslim guest are being forced to sell up because their business has collapsed.

A Chicago man with purported ties to a terrorist leader in Pakistan was being held without bond Friday after allegedly attempting to send money to al Qaeda in a probe that also accuses him of discussing an attack on a U.S. stadium.

(Compass Direct News) - Islamic militants in Somalia tracked down an underground church leader who had previously escaped a kidnapping attempt and killed him last week, Christian sources said.

Some 200 people outside Swedish embassy burn Lars Vilks picture, flag.

A diner was left fuming after a KFC restaurant took his favourite meal off the menu because it breached their new halal regulations.

Rome, 24 March (AKI) - Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Italy was on Wednesday called to the Italian foreign ministry in Rome to discuss recent attacks reported against minority Christians in Pakistan.

Rival merchants threatened to kill potato seller if refused to convert to Islam.

Hundreds of suspects arrested over the recent slaughter of Christians in Nigeria are scheduled to be prosecuted as early as this week.

Several people are injured during the attack, five seriously. Ownership over land held by the parish church is at the heart of the dispute. A local priest insists the conflict is not about religion, but that religion was used as a pretext in the case. Police are after 17 Muslims who fled following the incident.

An organisation for young Muslims in Sweden has outraged the country's largest gay rights group by inviting an imam in favour of executing homosexuals to speak at its April conference.