WORLDWIDE – Why Christian Women are the Most Persecuted Group in the World
CBN News | Chelsea Patterson Sobolik | Aug. 15, 2019 COMMENTARY “Christian women are the most persecuted group in the world.” The first time I heard that statistic, I was…
BURKINA FASO – An Appeal for Burkina Faso
Aug. 15, 2019 | Juicy Ecumenism | By Scott Morgan Since January 2019, twenty people have been killed and several churches have been destroyed by Islamist forces operating in the…
SRI LANKA – 176 children lost one or both parents in Sri Lanka Easter bombings
WorldWatch Monitor | Aug. 12, 2019 Woman kneels at altar, St Anthony’s shrine, Colombo where 54 died on Easter Sunday, 2019 (Credit: World Watch Monitor) At least 176 children lost…
KENYA – Muslims thwart terrorist attack against Christians, saving 20 believers from death
Aug. 12, 2019 | Christian Post | By Leah MarieAnn Klett A group of Muslims thwarted a terrorist attack planned against Christians in Northern Kenya, saving nearly two dozen believers…
CHINA – Sichuan Church Condemns Forced Lawyer Appointment | Persecution
Aug. 12, 2019 | International Christian Concern Imprisoned Pastor Wang Yi Continues to Face Legal Persecution International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 10, Early Rain Covenant Church…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Advances ‘Stop Persecuting Believers’ Petition
August 12, 2019 | For Immediate Release Group Calls on President and Congress to Hold Persecutors Accountable and on Law Firm to Stop Representation of Nations That Violate Religious Liberties;…
ISRAEL – Clashes break out on Temple Mount between Muslim protesters, Israeli police
Police use tear gas, riot control weapons on flashpoint holy site after worshipers make ‘nationalistic calls’ and riot; 4 cops, 61 protesters injured Aug. 11, 2019 | Times of Israel…
NIGERIA – 8,000 children abducted by Boko Haram—pray for the children of Nigeria
OpenDoors USA | Aug. 12, 2019 On June 17, two girls and one boy walked into a tea hall in northern Nigeria. They were wearing suicide vests. When the vests…
NIGERIA – It’s democracy versus Sharia ideology
Aug. 11, 2019 | Vanguard News Nigeria • ‘ How to resolve conflict to end national crisis’ In a paper dated July 31, 2019, National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), parading…
TURKEY – Public school textbook in Turkey justifies 9/11, slams NATO, brands EU as Christian club
Aug. 9, 2019 | Nordic Monitor | Abdullah Bozkurt The 12th grade modern history book that is being used in public schools in Turkey is full of anti-American and anti-EU…
SYRIA – Kurdish-Syrian ‘feminists’ form giant human shield to resist Turkish incursion
Aug. 9, 2019 | FoxNews | Hollie McKay When the threat of an attack looms, scores of Kurdish women in every major township in their carved out canton of Rojava…
SYRIA, TURKEY, ISIS – Database: over 40 former ISIS members now part of Turkish-backed forces
Aug. 8, 2019 | Rojava Information Center Over 40 former ISIS members now working in Afrin as part of Turkish-backed forces have been identified in a new database, published today…
IRAQ – intimidation of Nineveh Plain Christians
Aug. 8, 2019 | Middle East Concern Iraqi Christians asked us to pray for the town of Bartella, a predominantly Christian town in the Nineveh Plains, east of Mosul, where…
CAMEROON – Militants cut off the ears of women in horrific attack on Christian village
Aug. 8, 2019 | Christianity Today Women from a Christian village in Cameroon recover after having their ears chopped off by members of Boko Haram(Photo: Open Doors) The barbarism of…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Army lied, our officers were murdered unjustly
Aug. 8, 2019 | Premium Times Nigeria The police on Thursday ramped up public criticism of the Nigerian Army over the killing of three officers in Taraba on Tuesday. The…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Church Leader Calls for Gov’t Protection After Gunmen Kill Pastor, Abduct His Wife
Aug. 8, 2019 | Christian Post | By Steve Warren A Nigerian pastor was reportedly killed and his wife abducted for ransom by unknown assailants Sunday evening while traveling on…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Remembers Slaughter of Pakistani Christians 10 Years Ago
August 8, 2019 | For Immediate Release Those Who Serve Christ Are No Safer Today, Advocates Say WASHINGTON—On Aug. 1, 2009, a mob of hundreds of extremists attacked Christian homes…
NIGERIA – President Buhari Sends Strong Warning To Catholic Bishops
Aug. 7, 2019 | Yaahoo Journalist Buhari and Catholic Bishops President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday warned Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) against creating panic among Nigerians through their accusation…
ALGERIA – As Church Worships, Police in Algeria Arrive to Seal Building
Aug. 7, 2019 | Morning Star News Pastor Messaoud Talkit watches as gendarmes seal church building in Lekhmis village, Algeria on Aug. 6, 2019. (Morning Star News) TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star…
CHINA – China removes ‘Bible,’ ‘God,’ ‘Christ’ from children’s classics like ‘Robinson Crusoe’
Aug. 6, 2019 | The Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett In efforts to bring Christianity further under government control, authorities in China have erased the words "Bible," "God" and…
INDIA – Christians file case against Hindu extremists for persecution in India
Aug. 6, 2019 | Premier News UK Christian members of the 'Kattunaickar' Scheduled Tribe filed the case at the High Court at the Madras Madurai Bench in Tamil Nadu after…
NIGERIA – Terrorism in Nigeria
Aug. 6, 2019 | Douglas Burton | Washington Times | Analysis/Opinion Americans are reeling from horrific misuse of assault weapons in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, whereas in Nigeria…
SYRIA/TURKEY – US Officials Rush to Stop Turkish Invasion of Northeast Syria After Christians Plea for Help
Aug. 5, 2019 | CBN | Emily Jones JERUSALEM, Israel – US officials from the Department of Defense are going to Ankara, Turkey on Monday to dissuade President Recep Tayyip…
PHILLIPINES – Missionary Says God Used Year-Long Abduction to Plant Seeds That Helped Bring Captors to Christ
Apr 10, 2018 | Christian Post | By Samuel Smith VIENNA, Virginia — Over 15 years after she was rescued from a year-long abduction by Islamic terrorists in a Philippine jungle, Kansas…
NIGERIA – Catholic Priest Saved by Neighbors in Kasuwan Magani
Aug. 5, 2019 | War Desk News By Reuben Buhari (Kasuwan Magani, Nigeria) Terrorists armed with assault rifles attempted to assassinate a popular Catholic priest here but were beaten back…
MYANMAR (BURMA) – Myanmar Villagers Released After Six Months of Captivity
Aug. 5, 2019 | Persecution News Arakan Army Releases Captives Following Confidential Negotiations 08/05/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 1,…
NIGERIA – Christian rights groups urge caution in response to reports of Leah Sharibu’s death
Christian Today | Aug. 5, 2019 Christian human rights organisations are continuing to hope that a teenager being held by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group is still…
TURKEY – Defense Sources: Turkey Aiding Islamic State Resurgence
Aug. 4, 2019 | Breitbart | Aaron Klein TEL AVIV — Turkey has been working to bring thousands of Islamic State fighters to the region to launch campaigns in Iraq…
NIGERIA – Report: Nigeria Christian Genocide a ‘Global Security Nightmare’
Aug. 4, 2019 | Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. ROME — The ongoing slaughter of Nigerian Christians by Muslim herders and terrorists is a powder keg waiting to explode,…
NIGERIA – Anti-Christian carnage in Nigeria could be global security nightmare
Aug. 4, 2019 | CRUX | John Allen ROME - Back in the late 1970s, James Wuye was a young Nigerian and fervent Christian believer, who converted to Catholicism and…
UGANDA – Uganda listed among top 10 countries where converts to Christianity face hostility
Aug. 3, 2019 | Uganda Christian News | By Male Marvin Uganda has been ranked among the top 10 countries in the world where people are experiencing the highest levels…
PAKISTAN – Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage in Pakistan
Aug. 2, 2019 | Samuel Smith | Christian Post The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl who was abducted in July and forced into an Islamic marriage are now…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu: Nigerian US based journalist slams Buhari
Aug. 2, 2019 | The Sun Nigeria ...Says President insensitive to nation's security challenges Magna Faith Krimi in African fabrics and Isha Isatu Sesay A Nigerian diaspora leader and media…
PAKISTAN – Young Christian Boy Beaten to Death by Muslim Employer
Aug 1, 2019 | Persecution News 08/01/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Badil, a ten-year-old Christian Pakistani boy, was working at factory to care for his mother and two brothers,…
INDIA – Reporting Persecution to Police a Vanishing Option for Christians in India
July 30, 2019 | Morning Star News Pastor Shelton Viswanathan was attacked in Sheohar District, Bihar state, India. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians in…
IRAQ – Is Iraq Set to Follow Iran and Curb Religious Freedom?
July 30, 2019 | By Nina Shea | Real Clear Politics While it struggles to constrain Iran-controlled militias it once welcomed to help defeat ISIS, Iraq now appears poised to…
EGYPT – Systematic Discrimination: Christians Under Egyptian Rule
July 20, 2019 | Raymond Ibrahim Coptic Solidarity (CS), an international human rights organization devoted to ameliorating the plight of Egypt’s indigenous inhabitants—the Christian Copts—recently published a comprehensive report on…
RELEASE: Call for ‘Measured Response’ to Unconfirmed Reports of Leah Sharibu’s Death
***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | July 29, 2019 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com Save the Persecuted Christians, Leah Foundation and International Committee on Nigeria doubt the report WASHINGTON—Disturbing reports over…
IRAN – Update on recent court hearings for Iranian converts
July 29, 2019 | Middle East Concern On 27 July Mahrokh (Roksare) Kanbari (65) attended Karaj Islamic Revolutionary Court to answer charges of “acting against national security.” Commenting on the…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians, Leah Foundation and International Committee on Nigeria Call for ‘Measured Response’ to Unconfirmed Reports of Leah Sharibu’s Death
July 29, 2019 | For Immediate Release Dr. Gloria Puldu, info@leah-foundation.org WASHINGTON—Disturbing reports over the weekend claimed kidnapped Christian Nigeria schoolgirl Leah Sharibu has been killed in captivity. But those…
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