IRAN – Two Iranian Converts Arrested and Taken to Unknown Locations
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 21, 2018 Two Iranian Christian converts have been taken by Iran’s security agents from the houses they were staying in Karaj and Mashhad on Friday,…
MALAYSIA – Finns held in Muslim Malaysia over ‘Christian Pamphlets’
Channel NewsAsia | Nov. 21, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Four Finns have been arrested on a holiday island in Muslim-majority Malaysia for allegedly distributing pamphlets about Christianity, police said Wednesday (Nov…
IRAQ – 350 Christian Homes Illegally Seized in Iraq
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 An investigation by an Iraqi media source, al-Sumaria, revealed that at least 350 Christian owned properties have illegally been seized. The government has…
EGYPT – Egypt: Man accused of IS Allegiance sentenced to death for killing Coptic Doctor
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 20, 2018 An Egyptian court sentenced a man to death last Saturday, 17 November, for the killing of an 80-year old Christian doctor in Cairo…
PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…
INDONESIA- Christian Politician Accused of Blasphemy
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 A Christian politician in Indonesia has been accused of blasphemy for criticizing Islamic based laws. According to the Muslim organization Indonesian Muslim Workers’…
NEPAL – High Caste Hindus Force Church to Close in Western Nepal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 19, 2018 Using threats and social pressure, high caste Hindus, including local Brahmins, forced a newly planted church in the Palpa District of Nepal to…
ETHIOPIA – Young Ethiopian Christians ‘Bribed’ to Convert to Islam, says Charity
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 19, 2018 Young Ethiopian Christians are bribed with jobs and education prospects if they convert to Islam, according to the UK-based charity Aid to the Church…
IRAN – .Iranian Intelligence Intercepts Christians
International Christian Concern | Nov. 19, 2018 Middle East Concern reports that last week two Iranian Christian converts from Karaj, which is just northwest of Tehran, were prevented from meeting…
CAMEROON – Believers Trapped as Cameroon Wages War on Two Fronts
Mission Network News | Nov. 19, 2018 Cameroon (MNN) — The stakes are high and believers are running out of places to go as Cameroon wages war on two fronts.…
NIGERIA – Nigeria ‘Aiding’ Boko Haram by Freeing Hundreds of Jihadis Who’ve Repented, Activist Warns
The Christian Post | Nov. 18, 2018 The Nigerian government is "aiding and abetting" the deadly Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram by releasing captured militants who have "repented," a Christian…
IRAQ – Christians Report Extortion Threats in Ankawa
International Christian Concern | Nov. 18, 2018 Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) law enforcement officials have arrested four individuals accused of threatening violence to extort money from residents of Erbil’s Ankawa…
INDIA – Four Pastor in Uttar Pradesh Assaulted and Framed by Village Radicals
International Christian Concern | Nov. 18, 2018 On November 14, during a regular prayer meeting held by local believers in Chaphar village in Uttar Pradesh, villagers forcefully interrupted the fellowship…
EGYPT – Will Egypt Remove Religion from ID Cards?
International Christian Concern | Nov. 17, 2018 An Egyptian Member of Parliament is drafting a bill which would remove religion from the national ID cards, according to al-Bawaba News. While…
SUDAN – Thirteen Christian Converts in Sudan Arrested and Tortured
International Christian Concern | Nov. 17, 2018 Last month a group of 13 Christian converts were arrested in Darfur, Sudan. The Christians were arrested and reportedly tortured. Several Christians were…
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – At Least 42 Dead in Cathedral Attack in Central African Republic
Catholic News Agency | Nov. 16, 2018 At least 42 people have died in an attack Thursday on the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Alindao, in the Central African…
MALAYSIA – Christianity not Tolerated by Muslims in Malaysia
International Christian Concern | Nov. 16, 2018 Jemaah Fisabilillah Pulau Pinang, a Muslim organization, threatens the Malaysian authorities that they will take action if authorities fail to persecute those behind…
UGANDA – Young Girl Orphaned in Uganda After Father Converts to Christianity
International Christian Concern | Nov. 16, 2018 In a Muslim populated village in eastern Uganda, Rehema lives with her grandmother after losing her recently converted father to persecution. Rehema’s mother…
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christians Upset by Prince Charles Avoiding Visit to Jos
International Christian Concern | Nov. 15, 2018 Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, arrived in Abuja, Nigeria earlier this week. They had planned to go to Jos in efforts to…
JORDAN – Jordan’s King Receives Templeton Prize
International Christian Concern | Nov. 15, 2018 King Abdullah II of Jordan traveled to the US to officially receive the 2018 Templeton Prize for his efforts at achieving interfaith harmony…
NEPAL – Four Christians in Nepal Arrested on ‘Forced Conversion’ Charges
International Christian Concern | Nov. 15, 2018 Four Christian women in Nepal, including two Japanese citizens and two Nepalese citizens, were arrested on November 4 on suspicion of attempting to…
EGYPT – Christianity crackdown: Horror as ‘man with sharp tool’ attacks prayer service – ‘Awful’
Sunday Express | Nov. 15, 2018 CHRISTIANS in Egypt were attacked during a prayer service by a man wielding a “sharp tool” and shouting Islamic slogans. According to Egyptian Sunday…
KYRGYZSTAN – Young Kyrgyz Christian Hospitalised, While his Attackers Go Free
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 A young Protestant in Kyrgyzstan has been left with a fractured jaw after being attacked by three men, Forum 18 reports. Eldos Sattar uuly,…
IRAN – Persecution and Grace Fill Iran’s Streets
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 The massive waves of unrest which have plagued Iran this past year point toward the people’s frustration with the moral and economic bankruptcy…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear Backlash Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Pakistani Christians are reportedly living in fear that their community will face severe backlash following the acquittal of Asia Bibi. On October 31,…
NIGER – Christians and Aid Workers in Niger Mark Second Anniversary of Jeff Woodke’s Disappearance
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Two years ago Jeff Woodke, an American Christian aid worker, disappeared from his home in Abalak, Niger. The 57-year-old worked for Jeunesse en…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Christians Wary as Asylum Offers Flood in for Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a…
CHINA – Survey Conducted On Persecution of the Church in China
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 A recent study conducted by a scholar and pastor, Liu Tongsu, gives insight through empirical data on the persecution faced by the Church…
CHINA – Pastor of Guangzhou House Church Detained
International Christian Concern | Nov. 13, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pastor Huang Xiaoning from Guangzhou Bible Reformed Church (GBRC) was detained for five days by the…
KENYA – Tales of Survival and Loss from the Mandera Stoning Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 13, 2018 Religious discrimination and animosity are soaring drastically in northeastern Kenya. This is evidenced by the September 13 stoning of non-local Christians in Elwak town,…
NIGERIA – ACLJ Sends Letter to Nigerian Ambassador Demanding Action to Free Christian Teen Leah Sharibu and Protection for Nigeria’s Endangered Christians
ACLJ | Nov. 13, 2018 Christian children are in grave danger in Nigeria as jihadists are waging campaigns of killing and kidnapping in the African nation. The ACLJ is taking…
IRAN – Iranian Clerics Single Out Evangelical Christianity
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 Mohabat News reports, that inside Iran, fresh media attacks singling out evangelical Christianity have been on the rise. This latest wave is because…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Not Offered Asylum by U.K. Over fears of Unrest and Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 The United Kingdom has “not offered” Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of committing blasphemy in Pakistan, asylum because of fears that the…
CHINA – Church in China’s Hunan Province Faces Unrelenting Harassment
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 A church in China’s southern Hunan province remains victim to unrelenting harassment from Chinese authorities. The local church experiences frequent visits from authorities…
NIGERIA – Kidnapped Nigerian Priests Freed by Police
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 Last week four Roman Catholic priest were kidnapped by armed gunmen in the Delta State of Nigeria. On Friday, November 9th four days after…
BANGLADESH – ‘Christians Appear Weak,’ says Bangladesh Christian Association President After Rapes
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 12, 2018 “Christians appear weak and can be easily persecuted.” That’s the reaction of the president of the Bangladesh Christian Association to reports of two…
MIDDLE EAST – ‘Next time we will not survive’ – Middle East Christian Refugee
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 12, 2018 As many as 80% of Syria’s Christians have left their country since the start of the civil war in 2011, while 50% of…
EGYPT – A Bloodbath for Christians, No Response from Egypt
Raymond Ibraham | Nov. 12, 2012 On Friday, November 2, heavily armed Islamic terrorists ambushed and massacred Christians returning home after visiting an ancient monastery in the desert. Seven pilgrims—including a 12-year-old girl and…
PAKISTAN – Overturned Blasphemy Conviction of Christian Woman Blindsides Imran Khan’s Pakistani Government
The Washington Times | Nov. 12, 2018 It was already an eventful first 100 days for Prime Minister Imran Khan, the onetime cricket star who broke the mold of Pakistani politics…
UNITED STATES – USAID Urges Christians, Other Minorities to Return to Iraq: ‘America Is on the Ground’
Breitbart | November 9, 2018 The recently appointed special representative for reconstruction in minority areas of Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told Breitbart News he has…