IRAN – Four Iranian Christians set to begin ten-year prison sentences
World Watch Monitor | 060818 The four Iranian Christians who saw their ten-year prison sentences upheld by an appeal court earlier this month are expecting to have to report to…
INDONESIA – Muslims force closure of church in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Barnabus Fund |060518 Local Muslims forced the closure of a Protestant church in Banjarmasin city, on the Indonesian island of South Kalimantan, on 22 May. Muslims claimed that the approval…
IRAQ – Months after Pence promise, Iraqi Christians say they are ‘worse off’
FoxNews | 060518 Seven months after Vice President Pence vowed to stop funding “ineffective” United Nations-led recovery efforts in northern Iraq and provide U.S. support directly to persecuted Christians and…
NORTH KOREA – As Trump Plans North Korea Summit, Defectors Tell Harrowing Stories
The Wall Street Journal | 060418 Torture and starvation in political prison camps, public executions and forced abortions persist Early in the reign of North Korea’s current supreme leader, merchant…
TURKEY – Turkey Turns On Its Christians
Middle East Forum | 060118 While Christians make up less than half a percent of Turkey’s population, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Reconciliation Party (Adalet ve…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram bomber kills four, suspected herders attack Catholic seminary
The Guardian Nigeria | 052918 Four people have been killed and seven others injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, the police…
NIGERIA – Herdsmen attack seminary in Taraba, Catholic priest shot
New Telegraph | 052818 Fulani herdsmen have attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. According to a report, Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg,…
BURMA – Rohingya Muslim militants massacred 99 Hindu men, women and children who refused to convert to Islam
Creeping Sharia | Persecution of other religious groups | 052718 The Rohingya military group Arsa carried out deadly massacres and abductions of the Hindu community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last…
IRAQ – A Mostly Non-Christian Militia Won 2 Of Iraqi Christians’ Parliamentary Seats, Now Christians Want Trump To Intervene
The Babylon Brigade is led by a Christian but is tied to the brutal Iranian-backed Muslim paramilitary Badr Organization. Huffington Post |052318 WASHINGTON ― A mostly non-Christian militia linked to…
IRAQ – Exclusive – Iraqi Lawmaker-Elect Vows to Push for ‘Christian Province’ to Ensure Future of Faith
Breitbart | 052318 The future of Christianity in its cradle of Iraq is contingent upon the establishment of a separate province for the persecuted minority, an Iraqi member of parliament…
CHINA – ‘Purge Against Christians’ Underway in China as Persecution Ramps Up
CBN News | 052218 Photo credit: Getty Images It feels like every day we are hearing more news about China increasing persecution on the Christian community. Abuses are escalating to…
RUSSIA – Russian police KILL four terrorists as petrol bomb gunmen storm church and take hostages
Daily Star | 051918 RUSSIA: Cops killed four gunmen after they stormed the church in GroznyGunmen stormed the building in a bid to take hostages – with no responsbility for…
GERMANY – Over 300 Christians Assaulted by Muslims at Refugee Camps in Germany, Report Reveals
Christian Posts | May 16, 2018 There have been over 300 incidents of Christians being physically or sexually assaulted by Muslims in refugee camps in Germany, while thousands of other…
LIBYA – Egypt: Families of beheaded Copts finally reunited with remains of loved ones
WorldWatch Monitor | 051618 After a three-year wait and a number of broken promises, the Egyptian Coptic families of 20 men beheaded by IS in Libya in 2015 have finally…
INDONESIA – Family of suicide bombers kills at least 7 in Indonesia church attacks
Washington Post | 051318 | VIDEO Three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, were targeted in suicide bomb attacks on May 13. Police say the family of six was in an Islamic…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Teen Raped, Then Tied Down and Murdered in Front of Father by Muslim Family
Black Christian News | 051218 A 17-year-old Christian girl was murdered in Pakistan after being tied down and strangled to death by a Muslim family before her father’s own eyes,…
NORTH KOREA – Trump Greets 3 American Detainees Freed From North Korea
The New York Times | 051018 JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Three American prisoners freed from North Korea arrived here early Thursday to a personal welcome from President Trump, who…
EGYPT – Young newlywed becomes 8th Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to go missing since April
Christian Today | 050918 A young Coptic Christian woman who had been married for two weeks has been missing since disappearing from her school on May 2, sparking fears that…
SAUDI ARABIA – Saudis Draw Line in the Sand for Christians
The Patriot Post | 050518 Imagine a country of 830,000 square miles — bigger than Alaska — without a single church. Right now, that’s Saudi Arabia. For Christians, it’s a…
KENYA – Gunmen Attack Church in Central African Republic, and Warn of More Violence
New York Times | 050218 NAIROBI, Kenya — Former members of a Muslim militia killed at least 16 people in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic,…
TURKEY – Urgent push to criminalize criticism of Islam
WND | 043018 Turkey, a member of NATO along with the United States, for years was regarded as a moderate Muslim nation with Western leanings. But it recently has taken a…
PHILIPPINES – Horror: Catholic priest shot dead while blessing children after Mass
Patheos | 042918 Catholic priest known for his anti-mining advocacy was shot dead on Sunday after celebrating Mass in the northern Philippines, police said. Father Mark Ventura was shot twice…
NIGERIA – Christian Genocide in Nigeria
Gatestone | 042618 Two days ago in Nigeria, on April 24, around 30 Muslim herdsmen stormed a church during early morning mass and massacred nearly 20 parishioners and two clergymen. Rev. Fathers…
MEXICO – For the third time in a week, a priest is found dead in Mexico
CRUXNow| 042618 A Catholic priest who had been reported kidnapped has been found dead in central Mexico. He’s the third priest to die under violent circumstances in the past week.…
IRAQ – “Persecuted Christians in Iraq don’t consider themselves heroes, they believe they did what they had to”
Rome Reports | 042418 | VIDEO Christians from the Nineveh Plains celebrated Easter like this... in churches still burned by the Islamic State, like this one in Qaraqosh. They also…
EGYPT – Egypt: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” smash church’s doors and windows, pelt Christian homes with stones
Jihad Watch | Most recently, the Virgin Mary and Pope Kyrillos VI Church in Beni Meinin, Beni Suef Governorate, was attacked on 14 April, the same day as a visit…
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest liberated after four days in captivity
CNA | 042318 Fr. Edwin Omoregbe, who had been kidnapped last week in Nigeria's Edo state, was released on Sunday. “With great joy in our heart, we want to inform…
PAKISTAN – Christians are being forced out of Pakistani city by Isil violence
By Anum Mirza, Quetta | 042118 Christians say they are being driven from one of Pakistan’s major cities after a string of deadly terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State in Iraq…
CHINA – VATICAN Churches demolished, desecrated tombs, keeping kids from worship: persecution in the Henan Church (Video)
Asianews.net | 042018 The church of the village of Hutuo has been reduced to a pile of ruins; the tomb of the bishop of Luoyang, not recognized by the government,…
MEXICO – Mexican priest murdered in his church
Catholic News Agency | 042018 | Latest News He is the 22nd priest to be killed in Mexico over the last six years A Mexico priest has been stabbed to…
PAKISTAN – Another Christian Family is Murdered in Pakistan and Now ISIS Claims Responsibility
aclj.org 042018 | By ACLJ.org Violence against Christians in Pakistan just keeps escalating – this time with ISIS taking the credit – as mobs rule and the government continues to…
PAKISTAN – Christian girl set on fire for turning down Muslim man’s marriage proposal
Pakistan Today, April 20, 2018 (thanks to Orange Martyrs): –Sialkot’s Rizwan Gujjar torched Asma using petrol after she refused to renounce her faith and marry him LAHORE: A Christian girl…
SUDAN – Bakhita: Daughter of Darfur, Daughter of Christ
juicyecumenism.com| 030818 | Faith McDonnell FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, AN INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF POWER. . . THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT February 8 is the Feast Day of Josephine…
KENYA – Muslims Murder Three Christians, Scream “These infidels should be wiped out”
Suspected members of Islamic jihad group Al Shabaab shot three Christians to death in northeastern Kenya after bursting into their sleeping quarters at a primary school. Murdering Christians is a…
MIDDLE EAST – ISIS Defector Reports on the Sale of Organs Harvested from ISIS-Held ‘Slaves’
In February of 2015, Iraqi Ambassador Mohamed Alhakim requested the UN Security Council to investigate the deaths of 12 doctors in Mosul, Iraq who he claimed had been killed by…
IRAQ – Yazidis in Iraq: ‘The Genocide is Ongoing’
Members of the persecuted community are still struggling to recover from years of brutal assault by ISIL fighters. Khanke camp, northern Iraq - Wahda cannot sleep. During the day, she…
NIGERIA – Muslims Wipe Out 15 Villages in Mass Slaughter of Christians, Government Does Nothing
“Despite several calls to the governor and his deputy, and other security apparatus, the government remained silent as the atrocities continued. The Fulani were able to carry out their deadly…
MALAYSIA – Pastor Raymond Koh’s Wife Pleads for His Release on the Anniversary of His Abduction
OpenDoorsUSA | 021518 | VIDEO The wife of the Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh, abducted near Kuala Lumpur a year ago Tuesday, February 13, 2017, has issued a statement pleading for…
IRAN – What Iranian Christians Want
For more than a week, thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest their government. Spurred by anger over a weak economy and increasing fuel and food prices,…
BURMA – Christians are Killed on Christmas Eve in Burma
Government military operations in northern Burma (Myanmar) escalated in December, culminating in civilian casualties on Christmas Eve that left Christians feeling attacked in part for their faith. Offensives against rebel…