Israel Today and WorldNetDaily are both reporting today on the story concerning a female Christian teacher, in Gaza, who has been reportedly forced to convert to Islam.

Today I wanted to highlight a special Persecution Blogger because this particular blogger has been so faithful in sending me posts that he writes ever since he has joined our Persecution Blog program.

Today VOM-USA sent out our weekly prayer alert and one topic of interest is the fact that Christian persecution in Iraq is getting worse. CBN News reported on this problem earlier this week. Click here to view the video report from CBN.

Conservative blogger, Michelle Malkin, has been faithfully following the unfolding story with the Korean hostages that were taken a few days ago. Michelle writes, "Second hostage reportedly killed…World yawns…Taliban will kill more…"

Fox News and other news agencies are reporting that a second Korean hostage has been killed by the Taliban. There is also video available with this news item, which you can watch here.

Last week we told you that Cindy over at Inspiration Korner would be blogging for the persecuted church over a 24 hour period. What a blessing you are to us!

Yesterday I reported that one of the 23 Korean hostages of the Taliban was found murdered. Today news reports are saying that the Taliban is "negotiating" over the release of the other 22 captives. I question how serious this "negotiation" is because according to the Guardian Unlimited website the demands are unclear.

In another interesting twist to this story about the Korean hostages, english.chosun.com and The Christian Post are both reporting that their is anti-Christian sentiment being spewed on the Internet.

Yesterday I shared with you about 23 Korean hostages that were taken by the Taliban. Today, the VOM Canada prayer email alert shared that one of the hostages has been killed. Please keep this situation in your prayers.

The Times Online and our friends at Mission Network News are covering the story of at least 23 Korean Christians who were recently kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan.