By Worthy News Asia Service RANGOON, BURMA (Worthy News)-- Burma's military government on Saturday, November 13, freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the last two decades in detention. The release of the military arch-rival was expected to be welcomed by minorities such as the embattled Karen community, which include many Christians who were forced to flee the country in recent days following controversial elections. The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), an outgunned rebel force fighting for more rights and autonomy, ... Read More

By Worthy News Asia Service NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (Worthy News)-- Police in Bhutan attempted to arrest two more Christians Friday, November 12, for involvement in showing a film about Jesus, shortly after another believer was jailed for similar activities, Christians said. The two Christians were not found and were still in hiding, said advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC), which closely monitors the case. Last month a court in Bhutan already sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for "attempting to promote civil unrest" by showing ... Read More

By Worthy News Middle East Service BAGHDAD, IRAQ (Worthy News)-- Christians in Iraq feared further attacks Thursday, November 11, after co-ordinated bombings in Christian areas of Baghdad killed at least four people and injured 25 others, less than two weeks after a failed hostage-taking at a church in the capital left scores of casualties. Local police said there had been at least 11 separate explosions in three mostly Christian areas of Baghdad, Wednesday, November 10. It came as Al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq said its ... Read More

By Worthy News Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (Worthy News)-- A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad, Worthy News learned. Asia Bibi, 45, is believed to be the first woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy law. She has been imprisoned since June last year for allegedly making derogatory statements about Muhammad, charges she strongly denies, her family said. Bibi, a farm worker, was detained following an incident on June 14, 2009, when a discussion ... Read More

By Santosh Digal, Worthy News Asia Correspondent reporting from India NEW DELHI, INDIA (Worthy News)-- Hindu and Muslim militants have attacked several Christians and a church in several incidents across the country as part of efforts to crackdown on the spread of Christianity in the country, Christians said. In one incident, Pastor Mallappa Hanumanthappa Andrew of the evangelical Samadhana Prayer House and his brother were attacked October 20 by some six extremists while walking on a village road in the state of Karnataka, local ... Read More

By Worthy News Middle East Service The church building was partly destroyed by fire. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (Worthy News)-- Israeli authorities continue to investigate an arson attack on a Jerusalem church building that church officials say has long been a focal point for anti-Christian sentiment in a Jewish ultra-Orthodox-leaning neighborhood. Early Friday, October 29, an unknown arsonist broke the basement windows of the Jerusalem Alliance Church Ministry Center and set fire to its bottom floors, said its senior pastor Jack Sara in published remarks. Ten visiting ... Read More

Song of Solomon 1:14 My beloved is to me as a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En Gedi. En Gedi is a nature reserve about 40 minutes from our home. Surrounded by dry, barren, rocky ground, except to the east where the Dead Sea lies, it is an oasis, fed year round by springs of fresh water, and home to some of the most unique wild and botanical life in the world. In the Song of Solomon, the King likens his ... Read More

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