USA – Jared Kushner: President Trump Is Defending Jewish Students
New York Times | Opinion | Jared Kushner | Dec. 11, 2019 With an executive order, he makes clear that anti-Semitism is not to be tolerated. Mr. Kushner is a…
AFRICA – As Christianity grows in Africa, anti-Christian persecution rises
Crux | Crux Staff | Dec. 11, 2019 YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - According to a new Pew Research Center report, there are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent.…
USA – Virgin Mary statue vandalized on N. Wichita Catholic church’s property
KWCH | Dec 10, 2019 A picture circulating on social media shows vandalism to a statue of the Virgin Mary that sat outside a north Wichita Catholic church. Her hands…
HUNGARY – Five Things I Learned about Hungary’s Commitment to Fighting Christian Persecution Worldwide
Providence Magazine | Faith McDonnell | Dec. 10, 2019 In 26 years of advocacy for the global persecuted church, this is a new one for me. The government of a…
USA – NYC Muslim Patrol: Bullying, Gangster Tactics Reported
Clarion Project | Dec. 9, 2019 “Bullying” and “gangster-like” tactics have been reported by locals in New York areas where the Muslim Community Patrol & Services operates. These tactics are…
INDIA – 2 more Christian martyrs in India
Christian Post | Michael Brown, CP Op-Ed Contributor | Dec. 07, 2019 You might never know their names. But you need to hear their stories. Two more pastors have been…
GAMBIA – For Gambian Christians, there’s a lot to like – and one big worry – in the proposed constitution
World Watch Monitor | Dec. 7, 2019 Current Gambian President Adama Barrow at a polling station in 2017 during legislative elections. The Gambia, a tiny nation on Africa’s North Atlantic…
INDIA – India vet rape and murder: Police shoot dead four suspects
Aljazeera | Dec. 6, 2019 Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a vet in the southern city of Hyderabad last week, police said on…
SYRIA – The story of a priest held hostage by Isis
Vatican News | Dec. 5, 2019 Father Jacques Mourad is a Syrian-Catholic priest. In 2015, he spent five months as a hostage of jihadist terrorists in Syria. He describes it…
HUNGARY – Governments urged to shed fear of working with churches on persecution
Catholic News Service |Catholic Philly | Anto Akkara | Dec. 5, 2019 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the inaugural session of the second International Conference on Christian Persecution in…
IRAQ – Kurdish Tribes Stealing Assyrian Christian Lands
Foreign Policy Journal | Taiyo "Siraj" Davis | Dec. 4, 2019 There has been an ongoing occupation in Northern Iraq of Assyrian Christian indigenous lands, largely ignored by the mainstream…
U.K./Syria – No Christians Allowed: Muslim UN Officials Block Syrian Christian Refugees from Getting Help
CBN News | Dale Hurd | Dec. 4, 2019 LONDON – Christian Syrian refugees have told CBN News that they have been blocked from getting help from the United Nations…
IRAN – Iran Finally Admits it Slaughtered Protesters, Leaders Say Civilians Should be ‘Crucified’ for Revolting
CBN News | Emily Jones |Dec. 3, 2019 JERUSALEM, Israel - The Iranian regime confirmed on state television Tuesday morning that security forces shot and killed what it described as…
LEBANON – Lebanon’s Christians threatened, need US help
FOX News | Nina Shea | Nov. 16, 2019 Lebanon’s 1 million to 2 million Christians face dire threats as their country hurtles toward economic collapse and political anarchy. Catholics, Orthodox…
RELEASE – Christians in Iran Face Danger, Imprisonment This Christmas for Believing in Jesus Christ
Press Release | Dec. 2, 2019 WASHINGTON—This Christmas season, millions of Christians worldwide will celebrate the birth of a baby boy in a stable—a momentous occasion that has eternal impact…
UNITED NATIONS – Christian survivors of religious persecution around the world share ‘heartbreaking testimonies’ at UN
Fox News | Lauren Green | Dec. 2, 2019 The United Nations held an event on religious persecution recently, specifically focusing on Christians — now the most persecuted religion in the world. The…
EUROPE – Islamic State Alive and Well in Europe
Gatestone Institute | Soeren Kern | Dec. 2, 2019 The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the November 29 jihadi attack at London Bridge, where a Pakistani Islamist stabbed two…
USA – Forbes Calls for Global Recognition of Christian Persecution
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. | Dec. 2, 2019 Forbes magazine has appealed for recognition of the phenomenon of Christian persecution around the globe as a crisis demanding focused…
HUNGARY – Hungary isn’t afraid to call ‘Christian persecution’ what it is
Spectator |Marlo Safi | Dec. 2, 2019 Following Donald Trump’s election, there was hope that the US would aid Christian communities overseas, especially in Iraq where the population of Christians…
RELEASE – Christians in Iran Face Danger, Imprisonment This Christmas for Believing in Jesus Christ
For Immediate Release | December 2, 2019 WASHINGTON—This Christmas season, millions of Christians worldwide will celebrate the birth of a baby boy in a stable—a momentous occasion that has eternal…
BURKINA FASO – Attack on church kills at least 14
BBC News | Dec. 1, 2019 At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service at…
WORLDWIDE – Recognizing The Phenomenon Of The Persecution Of Christians Globally
Forbes | Ewelina U. Ochab | Nov. 30, 2019 Acts of violence based on religion or belief are on the increase globally. This includes atrocities that amount to genocide and…
HUNGARY – Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary AINA | Bar Daisan | Nov. 28, 2019 Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II. ( Syriac Patriarchate)…
NORWAY – Street Preacher in Norway Attacked
European Observatory - Intolerance Against Christians | Nov. 27, 2019 Roar Fløttum was preaching and praying for the sick on a Trondheim street on November 27th when he interacted with…
EGYPT – Christian leaders in Egypt reflect on persecution of Coptic minority
Crux | Christopher White | Nov. 27, 2019 Inside the offices of Bishop Anba Makarios, leader of the Orthodox Coptic Christians in Al Minya, Egypt. (Credit: Christopher White/Crux.) AL MINYA,…
IRAQ – An Iraq for All Iraqis? – Providence
Providence Magazine | Jeremy Barker | Nov. 26, 2019 Religious minorities hope the Iraqi protest movement can reshape the country to serve the interests of all Iraqis Demonstrations on the…
UNITED KINGDOM – Baroness Cox says, Britain must stop ignoring Christian prosecution in Nigeria
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust | Baroness Cox | Nov. 25, 2019 Baroness Caroline Cox, U.K., is a longtime human rights advocate. It has been five years since Nigeria’s Islamist Fulani…
EGYPT – Knife-Wielding Extremist Attacks Christian Family in Egypt
Known Extremist Targeted Christian Family at Upper Egypt Home International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on November 17, 2019, a Christian family…
MYANMAR – Chin Pastor Abducted in Myanmar Released
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor U Maung Maung, who was abducted last month along with 57 others by the Arakan…
KENYA – Parents of Garissa University terror attack victims seek report
Standard Media U.K. | Nov. 21, 2019 More than 30 parents of students who were killed by terrorists at the Garissa University have filed a petition at the High Court…
ROME/ABU DHABI – Abp Viganò decries Pope-approved plan to build ‘Abrahamic’ religious site with Muslims, Jews
LifeSite News | Nov. 21, 2019 ROME, November 21, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Invoking the blasphemous Tower of Babel, whose builders sought to attain to heaven by their own power, Archbishop Carlo…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Leaders to Attend Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
Nov. 26-28 Event in Budapest Will Bring Together Top International Leaders to Address Global Scourge of Christian Persecution and Genocide For Immediate Release | Nov. 20, 2019 WASHINGTON—Just before Thanksgiving,…
TURKEY – Christian Evangelist Murdered in Southeast Turkey
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2019 Korean Evangelist Stabbed by Assailant on Diyarbakir Street International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on November 19, 2019, Korean evangelist Jinwook Kim…
AFRICA – The Cross Pollination of East Africa’s Armed Groups
Jamestown Foundation |Brian M. Perkins | Nov. 18, 2019 East Africa and its peripheral countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are experiencing an evolution of their security…
NIGERIA – Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Nigeria
Premium Times Nigeria | Nov. 16, 2019 Gunmen have kidnapped another Catholic priest, Theophilus Ndulue, in Enugu State. The victim is the Parish Priest of Ihuonyia Amansiodo in Ndiagu Oghe,…
WORLDWIDE – The “Great Pleasure in Destroying Christians”
The Persecution of Christians, September 2019 Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Nov. 15, 2019 Around mid-September, British police in Preston, Lancashire announced that they would be taking no action…
USA – US-born Alabama woman who joined ISIS is not an American citizen, judge rules
Fox News | Louis Casiano | Nov. 14, 2019 A federal judge ruled Thursday that an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group and now wants…
EUROPE – The New Political Weapon of ‘Islamophobia’
Gatestone Institute | Alain Destexhe | Nov. 14, 2019 As noted by the journalist Stéphane Charbonnier, murdered in the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015, Islamophobia "is not only a poorly…
NIGERIA – (Video) Fulani Herdsmen Attack victims impacted by Mission Africa International (MAI)
Mission Africa International | Nov. 13, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiloDP4W5Y8&feature=youtu.be
USA – Protests serve as backdrop to Erdoğan’s visit to White House
The Hill | Nov. 13, 2019 Protesters gathered outside the White House on Wednesday in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit with President Trump. The protests, which were led…