INDIA – Spreading the Gospel in Rural India
International Christian Concern | Oct. 14, 2018 Our colleagues at Open Doors have now ranked India as one of the top persecutors in the world! In fact, the current ruling…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Extremists Threaten Supreme Court Justices Over Asia Bibi Appeal
International Christian Concern | Oct. 13, 2018 Pakistan’s religious extremists, including the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan and the Red Mosque in Islamabad have issued threats against the country’s Supreme Court justices over…
INDONESIA – Increased Police Presence in Indonesia as Persecution Rises
International Christian Concern Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country, is seeing an increase in Christian persecution as the radical Islam rise in the nation. As a result, the police have to increase…
TURKEY- IRD Cheers Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson
Juicy Ecumenism | Oct. 12, 2018 he Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD) is celebrating the immediate release of Pastor Andrew Brunson after a Turkish court determined he has adequately…
PAKISTAN – Executed, then Acquitted: Fair Trial Concerns Plague Pakistan
Aljazeera | Oct. 12, 2018 On a brisk February night in the village of Ranjhay Khan in central Pakistan, Ghulam Qadir received a phone call: "Come and meet us," the voice…
KENYA – Two Christian Teachers Murdered in Northeastern Kenya
International Christian Concern | Oct. 11, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning of October 10, Somali Islamic militants ambushed a school at 1:00 a.m. in…
TURKEY – Secret Deal with Turkey Paves Way for American Pastor’s Release
NBC News | Oct. 11, 2018 The White House expects North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson to be released by the Turkish government and returned to the U.S. in the coming…
NIGER- Anti-FGM Priest Kidnapped
Clarion Project | Oct. 11, 2018 An anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) Catholic priest was kidnapped by suspected jihadi terrorists in Niger for educating women and girls against the brutal practice. Local sources say…
UGANDA – Abused and Abandoned: Woman and Four Children Chased Away for Faith in Christ
International Christian Concern | Oct. 10, 2018 Two years ago, Dorika Kabuo and her four children were chased from their home by the one they called “protector and provider,” Dorika’s…
NORTH KOREA – North Korea’s Kim invites Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, Seoul says
The Japan Times | Oct. 9, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, a spokesman for South Korea’s presidential Blue House said Tuesday.…
NIGERIA – ‘Does the World Know? Do They Care?’ 15-Y-O Christian Girl Leah Sharibu Days Away From Execution
The Christian Post - Oct. 9, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN)A photo of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu's family in Nigeria in this September 2018 video. The parents of Christian schoolgirl…
MALAYSIA – In Their Own Words: Prayer Requests of the Persecuted
Radical | Oct. 9, 2018 After Secret Church 18 participants wrote letters to persecuted believers in Malaysia, a team from Open Doors was able to deliver these letters personally to a church in the…
PAKISTAN – FMI Requests Prayer as World Awaits Asia Bibi Verdict
Mission Network News | Oct. 9, 2018 Pakistan (MNN) — Three Pakistani Supreme Court judges decided the fate of Asia Bibi yesterday, but they’re keeping that verdict under lock and…
SUDAN – Sudanese Agency Admits to Religiously Motivated Seizure of Property
International Christian Concern | Oct. 9, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) of Sudan admitted that they seized the property of…
EGYPT- Church Legalization Remains Hot Issue Seven Years After Maspero Massacre
International Christian Concern | Oct. 9, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) and Egypt’s Christian community are commemorating today as the seventh anniversary of the Maspero Massacre. On October 9, 2011,…
IRAQ – Iraqi Archbishop Fears more Persecution, says IS Went Underground
Crux | Oct. 9, 2018 Christianity in Iraq is just one wave of persecution away from extinction, said the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Basra. In an interview with Catholic News Service,…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in Asia Bibi’s Final Appeal
International Christian Concern | Oct. 8, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the final appeal for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy…
United States – Why America’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Thinks Everyone can Help ‘Fight’ for this ‘Foundational’ Right
Desert News | Oct. 8, 2018 Ambassador Sam Brownback delivers a speech about religious freedom during the 25th annual International Law and Religion Symposium at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Deadline for Leah Sharibu a Week Away
International Christian Concern | Oct. 8, 2018 Leah Sharibu and two aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross are a week away from being killed by Boko…
Pakistan – Defend Dying Christians in Pakistan
American Center for Justice and Law | Oct. 5, 2018 Pakistan is one of the most pernicious persecutors of Christians ever. Pakistani Christians are tortured, raped, and burned alive. Some…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu’s Mother Pleads with Nigerian President as Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Daughter
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 4, 2018 The mother of the Christian girl detained by Boko Haram for over seven months has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to secure…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: Three Churches Closed in Permits Dispute
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 3, 2018 Members of one of the closed churches hold a sign that says: “Our Assemblies of God church has been sealed by the government.”…
IRAQ – Turkish Airstrikes Target Iraqi Assyrian Villages — Call for War Crimes Investigation
Assyrian International News Agency | Oct. 3, 2018 The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned. Local sources have told International Christian…
IRAN – Iranian Christians sentenced, Verdict says ‘Claiming Jesus is Lord is Attack Against Islam’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 2, 2018 Two Iranian Christians have been given prison sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, reports Middle East Concern. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri, who…
United States – ‘Eliminate’ Blasphemy Laws, says US Commission Chief on International Blasphemy Day
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 1, 2018 In Pakistan, blasphemy accusations often leads to riots, like this one in Islamabad in November 2017.(Photo: World Watch Monitor) Blasphemy laws are “dangerous”…
International Religious Freedom – What We Can Learn From the History of the International Religious Freedom Movement
Juicy Ecumenism| Sept. 24, 2018 On Thursday, September 20, the Save The Persecuted Christians (STPC) coalition held a summit in Washington, DC to discuss steps forward in the most effective way to…
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…
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…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Mass Becomes a Massacre: Herdsmen Kill 18 Worshipers, Adding to Hundreds of Victims
Christianity Today | April 25, 2018 An attack on morning Mass at a Catholic church in central Nigeria yesterday left 2 priests and at least 17 parishioners dead, adding to…
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