NIGERIA – Lone Dapchi schoolgirl in Boko Haram captivity begs for her freedom
CNN | Aug. 28, 2018 Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) - Kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, who has been held by the Boko Haram terror group since February, has pleaded for her…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians’ homes ransacked by mob, after son falsely charged with abduction, rape
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 28, 2018 A Pakistani family seeks justice almost two months after their 22 year old son was falsely accused of abducting a 19 year old…
SYRIA and IRAQ – ISIS Is Ready for a Resurgence
The Atlantic | Aug. 26, 2018 The new recording released by the group’s leader suggested he’s looking to the past to chart a course for the group’s ultimate triumph. Smoke…
IRAQ- Assyrians in Iraq Dwindle and Struggle to Survive
AINA | Aug. 28, 2018 Christians in Iraq are dwindling. Chased out, targeted and caught in the middle of rival sectarian conflicts, the minority religious sect is struggling to survive.…
CHAD – Catholics face fear as Chad prioritizes Islam
Catholic Philly | Aug. 28, 2018 OXFORD, England (CNS) — Christians in Chad are being intimidated and forced from public life, under new rules prioritizing Islam in violation of the…
IRAQ – MUST SEE PHOTOS Rebuilding and Forgiving After ISIS: ‘In the Name of Jesus Christ Everything is Possible’
CBN | Aug. 22, 2018 Christian refugees flee from ISIS (Erbil, Iraq, summer 2014). (Credit: Stivan Shany) It was four years ago this month when some 140,000 Christians were facing…
NIGERIA – Nigeria paid ‘ large ransom’ to free Dapchi girls, UN says
CBN News | Aug. 16, 2018 In spite of Nigerian government denial on multiple occasions, the United Nations has said that a splinter Boko Haram group that kidnapped the Dapchi…
NIGERIA – CAN Mourns Slain Catholic Priest, Baptist Pastor
This Day Live | Aug. 22, 2018 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Wednesday mourned a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr Michael Akawu of Abuja Archdiocese, and Rev. Hosea Akuchi of…
USA – Military Atheist Group Wants to Throw Air Force Commander ‘Behind Prison Bars’ for His Christian Faith
CBN News |Aug. 16, 2018 The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) sent a formal complaint this week to Defense Secretary James Mattis calling for an investigation of Brig. Gen. E.…
EGYPT – Coptic boy who saw father killed wants to join police ‘to protect Christians’
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 20, 2018 Marco (l) and Mina (r) standing next to the car that their father drove when he was killed. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) A…
SYRIA – ‘There Are No Girls Left’: Syria’s Christian Villages Hollowed Out by ISIS
New York Times | Aug. 15, 2018 TEL TAL, Syria — The memories of the retired oilman dot the village in Syria where he grew up. The mud chapel he…
BURMA – With world’s attention on Rohingya Muslims, Christians in Burma also face brutal persecution
FoxNews | Aug. 18, 2018 KAYIN, Burma – With the world’s attention fixed on the horribly violent persecution of Burma's Rohingya Muslims, Christians are also suffering from a less visible…
ISIS has infiltrated the West — here’s how we know
Washington Examiner | Aug. 17, 2018 The arrest this week of an Islamic State fighter in California, and a Yazidi woman's experience in Germany, are evidence of ISIS' successful infiltration…
CHINA – Chinese Police Raid Christian Summer Camp Full of Kids as Wave of Persecution Rages On
CBN News | Aug. 15, 2018 Two Catholic priests belonging to an underground church in China's Gansu province have been dismissed after local authorities accused them of holding an illegal…
IRAQ – Rescued Ezidi girl from Mosul leaves Germany after running into same IS abuser
Kurdistan 24 | Aug. 16, 2018 ERBIL – A rescued Yezidi (Ezidi) girl says she has returned to the Kurdistan Region from Germany after being left in shock with repeatedly…
TAJIKSTAN – Americans Killed by ISIS on World ‘Kindness’ Tour
Clarion Project | Aug. 16, 2018 The Americans killed by ISIS in Tajikstan in an attack by ISIS at the end of last month were on a world tour to prove that…
COLORADO – Colorado Targets Christian Baker Again Despite Supreme Court’s Cake Ruling
Daily Signal | Aug. 15, 2018 The Colorado Civil Rights Commission is going after Christian baker Jack Phillips again, although the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner won a resounding 7-2 decision in…
EGYPT – Egyptian forces thwart Christian church bombing – Muslim terrorist blows only himself up
BTNews | Aug. 11, 2018 Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a Christian church just outside of Cairo, state television said Saturday. A Muslim terrorist wearing…
OPINION – In the wake of ISIS: Seeking to restore what is right and good for the Yazidis
The Hill | Aug. 10, 2018 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), Opinion Contributor In May of 2016, Navy Seal Charlie Keating was embedded with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in an area of…
TURKEY – Turkish Crisis Rattles Currency Markets
WSJ | Aug. 10, 2018 Lira drops more than 10% as international markets sour on Turkey’s capacity to repay foreign-currency debts Updated Aug. 10, 2018 11:19 a.m. ET The Turkish…
ETHIOPIA – Ethnic violence in Somali region leads to slain priests and burned churches
Aeltia | Aug. 10, 2018 The Orthodox Church is asking for a time of fasting and prayer as the Solemnity of the Dormition of St. Mary Mother of God approaches.…
Knights of Columbus pledge support for persecuted Christians
Catholic News Agency | 080818 Baltimore, Md., Aug 7, 2018 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson pledged the fraternal organization’s continued efforts to aid and…
IRAN – ‘How can reading the Bible be acting against national security?’ asks Iranian Christian from prison
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 9, 2018 Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh’s letter Thanks be to God, who in His wonderful mercy calls us to a new life in Jesus Christ for…
UNITED STATES – Man arrested at ‘extremist Muslim’ New Mexico compound was training kids to commit school shootings
FoxNews | 080818 The father of a missing 3-year-old who was arrested at a New Mexico compound linked to "extremist Muslims" last week was training children to commit school shootings,…
ETHIOPIA – Churches burned and priests killed in the Somali region
FIDES | Aug. 8, 2018 Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Matthias I and the Holy Synod of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia have decided to offer 16 days…
CHINA – China moves to ‘Sinicize’ Christianity with ‘Chinese characteristics’ amid crackdown on religion
Washington Times | Aug. 8, 2018 NANYANG, China — The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true…
INDIA – Nine-year-old Indian girl from Christian convert family gang-raped and murdered
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 8, 2018 A nine-year-old girl from an Indian family that had recently converted to Christianity was gang-raped and murdered on Sunday, 5 August, in Punjab…
RWANDA – Rwanda Restricts Fasting as 8,000 Churches Closed
Christianity Today | Aug. 07, 2018 About 8,000 official and unofficial churches, as well as 100 mosques, have been closed in Rwanda for failing to comply with health, safety, and…
INDIA – Christianity CRACKDOWN: Bibles set on FIRE and churches ATTACKED- ‘Everything has changed’
Express Co UK | 080618 At least 17 incidents of anti-Christian persecution have taken place so far in India in 2018 (Image: GETTY) At least 17 incidents of anti-Christian persecution…
ETHIOPIA – Unrest spreads in eastern Ethiopia after deployment of troops
REUTERS | Aug. 4, 2018 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Mobs looted shops and burned down properties in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region on Saturday, as unrest gained momentum and spread across…
IRAQ – In the wake of ISIS: Seeking to restore what is right and good for the Yazidis
The Hill | Aug. 3, 2018 In May of 2016, Navy Seal Charlie Keating was embedded with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in an area of Northern Iraq known as the Nineveh…
EGYPT – Coptic pope orders monks and himself off social media after bishop’s murder
MIDDLE EAST EYE | Aug. 3, 2018 A murder in a northern monastery has prompted an official investigation and online speculation - with the Church clamping down as a result.…
TURKEY – Turkey ‘will retaliate’ over US sanctions as crisis grows
Independent.ie | Aug. 3, 2018 Turkey was yesterday drawing up retaliatory measures after Washington slapped sanctions on two Turkish ministers in one of the biggest crises between the two Nato…
TURKEY – Update on Pastor Andrew Brunson With Jorge Parrott
Back to Jerusalem | Aug. 3, 2018 Jorge Porrott, president of CMM Ministries, a theological seminary, speaks with Eugene on Back to Jerusalem Radio about American Pastor Andrew Brunson who…
Rabbi Hausman explains his work with Save The Persecuted Christians and advocacy for free speech and religion
Israel News Talk Radio | Beyond the Matrix | Aug. 1, 2018 Rabbi ”J”, Jonathan Hausman of Ahavath Torah Congregation of Stoughton, Massachusetts in a compelling interview with Rod Bryant…
NIGERIA – Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his ‘kith and kin’ – Christian Association of Nigeria
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 2, 2018 Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa…
TURKEY – Trump administration sanctions Turkish officials over detained American pastor
FoxNews | 080218 The Trump administration on Wednesday sanctioned top Turkish officials over the country’s detention of American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson. The Treasury Department sanctions, first announced by the…
Brunson’s third Turkish hearing focused on PKK allegations
World Watch Monitor | 073118 No hard evidence was produced against US pastor Andrew Brunson at his latest trial hearing on 18 July by the three prosecution witnesses called to…
Turkish court rejects appeal to end US pastor’s house arrest – Middle East
Stars and Stripes | 073118 ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court rejected an appeal Tuesday to end the house arrest of an American pastor who is at the center of…