Tag: Bibles

New modern Persian Bible launched in UK and Turkey

September 29, 2014 Iran Ayatollah Khamenei, Bibles

A major new translation of the whole Bible into modern Persian was launched in London and Istanbul last week (September 22- 24). The project was especially significant as some of its’ earliest contributors were martyred for their faith. Its publishers are Elam Ministries, founded in 1990 by senior Iranian church . . . Read More

Amnesty tells North Korea to end Christian persecution

June 9, 2014 North Korea Bibles, House churches, Missionaries, North Korea, South Korea

Amnesty International has said North Korean authorities must release all those detained solely for their religious beliefs, following reports that an American tourist has been arrested after he left a Bible at a hotel. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the man arrived April 29 and was detained . . . Read More

Use of ‘Allah’ still unresolved for Malaysia’s Christians

March 8, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Borneo, Brunei, Jill Ireland, Lawrence Andrew, Najib Razak, Putrajaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Sharia, Southeast Asia, UMNO

Malaysian Christians this week have been anxious about their right to practise their faith without state interference or provocation from militant Islam, as three cases concerning religious freedom have come to court. Much is riding on the legal system to affirm Malaysia’s constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. Christians in Malaysia . . . Read More

Christian detained in North Korea

February 19, 2014 North Korea Bibles, North Korea, Pyongyang

North Korea has detained a 75-year-old Australian visitor for passing out Christian pamphlets, according to his wife as reported by Agence France-Presse. John Short was arrested at his Pyongyang hotel on Feb. 17, the second day of his visit with a tour group, and was informed by police he would . . . Read More

Malaysia’s ‘Allah’ impasse

January 24, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Borneo, JAIS, Kuching, Lawrence Andrew, Najib Razak, Petaling Jaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, The Herald, UMNO

Should Malaysia’s Muslims alone be afforded the right to use the word ‘Allah’?Abu Emran / Flickr / Creative Commons “God, what is your religion?” This cryptic question, spotted on a T-shirt at a packed public meeting on religious freedom in the Malaysian city of Petaling Jaya last week, sums . . . Read More

Herald boss investigated over ‘Allah’

January 9, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Islamic extremism, Lawrence Andrew, Malaysia, The Herald

The director of Malaysia’s Catholic Herald newspaper, at the centre of the storm regarding Christians’ use of the word ‘Allah’, is being investigated for comments made in an article on December 27 claiming Catholics have a right to use the word. Lawrence Andrew, who is also a Catholic priest, is . . . Read More

Islamic authorities’ raid on Malaysian Bible Society questioned by state government

January 4, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Constitution, JAIS, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, The Herald, UMNO

Christians in Sarawak attend Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Kuching. The service is held in the Malay language, which uses the word ‘Allah’ for God.The Malaysian Insider The ruling that the use of the word ‘Allah’ for God is banned for non-Muslims in Malaysia hit global headlines in . . . Read More

Turkey blacklists foreign evangelist without explanation

December 17, 2013 Turkey Bibles, David Byle, Jerry Mattix

A Canadian-American street evangelist left Istanbul on Saturday (Dec. 14) after Turkey’s Ministry of Interior repeatedly denied him a residence permit with no explanation. David Byle, Chairman of the Bible Correspondence Course (BCC), has opened a court case against Turkey’s Ministry of Interior in an effort to remove his name . . . Read More

Eighty executed in North Korea

November 13, 2013 North Korea Bibles, North Korea, Prisons, South Korea, Women

Around 80 people were killed in public executions across a number of cities in North Korea earlier this month, a South Korean newspaper reports. In one city, eight victims were mostly charged with watching or illegally trafficking South Korean videos, being involved in prostitution or being in possession of a Bible. . . . Read More

Malaysia ‘Allah’ verdict next month

September 11, 2013 Malaysia 'Allah', Bibles, Islamic extremism, Malaysia

The verdict on the Malaysian government’s appeal against the High Court’s ruling in December 2009, which upheld the right of other faiths to use ‘Allah’ (eg. for ‘God’ in a Malay language Bible) will be given next month. The 2009 ruling triggered fire-bombings and vandalism targeted at churches and Christian-run . . . Read More

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