IRAQ – The Annihilation of Iraq’s Christian Minority
Gatestone Institute | Oct. 28, 2018 "Another wave of persecution will be the end of Christianity after 2,000 years" in Iraq, an Iraqi Christian leader recently said. In an interview earlier this…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian gets Life for Blasphemy despite Learning Difficulties
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 26, 2018 Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June 2015. He has been…
CHINA – Chinese Authorities Destroy Two Marian Shrines Despite Vatican-China Agreement
Catholic News Agency| Oct. 26, 2018 As part of an ongoing crackdown on religious practice in the country, Chinese authorities demolished two Catholic Marian shrines this week. The move comes…
United States – International Religious Freedom Day
United States Department of State | Oct. 26, 2018 Today we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRF Act) into law. The…
SOMALIA – One Year Since Al-Shabaab Largest Attack in Somalia
International Christian Concern | Oct. 25, 2018 On Oct 14, 2017, just over one year ago, al-Shabaab conducted one of the largest terrorist attacks in Somalia’s history. That morning, they…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi’s Life in Extreme Danger Even If Released From Death Row: ‘They’d Feel Proud of Killing Her’
The Christian Post | Oct. 25, 2018 (PHOTO: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS)The daughters of Asia Bibi posed with an image of their mother outside their residence in Sheikhupura, located in Pakistan’s Punjab…
UGANDA – Acid Attack Survivor Umar Mulinde Targeted again in Uganda
Morning Star News | Oct. 25, 2018 Pastor Umar Mulinde, a highly effective evangelist in Uganda who survived a horrific acid attack in 2011, said he recently escaped another attempted…
UNITED NATIONS – ‘If the UN Does Not Stand for Asia Bibi, What Does it Stand For?’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 25, 2018 An opinion piece published in the Washington Examiner has criticised the United Nations for failing to speak out against Pakistan’s treatment of Asia Bibi, a Christian…
TURKEY – Turkey gives Western Christian Evangelist 15 days to Leave Country Share
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 25, 2018 After 20 months in bureaucratic limbo, Canadian-American Christian David Byle was arrested on 13 October and detained overnight by security police in Ankara,…
EGYPT – Court Rules on Mob Attack Against Giza Church
International Christian Concern | Oct 25, 2018 This past December, ICC reported on a mob attack in an Egyptian village of Kafr El-Waselin. The mob was protesting a service building used by…
PAKISTAN – Head Teacher in Pakistan Suspended Following Assault on Christian Student
International Christian Concern | Oct. 25, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan suspended the head teacher of the Government Boys Primary School of District Attock, Punjab Province for assaulting a Christian student…
NIGERIA – Government Asked to Save Teen Christian from Threatened Execution
WND | Oct. 25, 2018 An American religious-rights group is calling on Nigeria to help free a 15-year-old Christian girl kidnapped and enslaved by the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram.The…
United Nations – The UN’s scary silence on Asia Bibi’s blasphemy case
The Washington Examiner | Oct. 25, 2018 Today, on the front page of the United Nations’ website is an article entitled, “French full-body veil ban, violated women’s freedom of religion: UN Human…
PALESTINE – Palestinian Authority, Hamas Using Torture to Silence Critics, Human Rights Watch Says
The Christian Post | Oct. 24, 2018 A leading human rights watchdog has called out the Palestinian authorities for establishing police states in which peaceful protestors are regularly arrested and…
CHINA – Chinese Christians Live in a “Nightmare”
International Christian Concern | Oct. 24, 2018 President Xi Jinping continues to tighten restrictions on religious freedom, causing believers to live in a “nightmare” according to a congressional commission report.…
PAKISTAN – Mentally Disabled Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison
International Christian Concern | Oct. 24, 2018 On September 28, Yaqoob Bashir, a 25-year-old mentally disabled Pakistani Christian, was sentenced to life in prison by the Session and District Court…
IRAN – Iranian Authorities Deny Imprisoned Christian Medical Care
International Christian Concern - Oct. 24, 2018 According to Mohabat News and the Iran Human Rights Monitor, authorities have continued to deny imprisoned Christian Ebrahim Firouzi medical care. For months,…
BULGARIA – Despite vehement protests, Bulgarian state moves new religious legislation
Evangelical Focus | Oct. 24, 2018 Two separate documents were drafted earlier this year in May, and have triggered a hurricane of protests among all religious communities in the country,…
UNITED STATES – U.S. to Redirect Aid to Christian Victims of ISIS in Iraq and Syria
International Christian Concern | Oct. 23, 2018 The Arab Weekly recently reported that the United States would increase aid to Iraqi and Syrian religious and ethnic minorities that were targeted…
NIGERIA – Large Attack Claims 55 Lives in Kaduna, Nigeria
International Christian Concern | Oct. 23, 2018 On October 21, a major attack took place in Kasuwan Magani, Kaduna State, Nigeria. This attack is claimed to have been a clash…
PHILIPPINES – Missionaries in the Philippines Face Danger
International Christian Concern - Oct. 23 2018 Missionaries in Mindanao, Philippines continue to face dangers as they are being targeted by security forces for harassment and prejudice. In 2011 an…
PAKISTAN – Christian Father Claims Police in Pakistan are Covering Up his Son’s Murder
International Christian Concern - Oct. 23, 2018 The father of a young Christian in Pakistan claims the murder of his son in police custody is now being covered up. Yousaf…
CHINA – China Introduces Three-Person Teams to Monitor Religious Groups
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 23, 2018 In Wenzhou city – also dubbed “China’s Jerusalem” – teams of three government officials will now monitor the activities of religious groups by…
PAKISTAN – ‘Security’ Only Reason for Asia Bibi Verdict Delay
Baptist Press | Oct. 23, 2018 Security is the only reason Pakistan's Supreme Court is delaying its ruling in an Oct. 8 appeal of Christian mother Asia Bibi's blasphemy conviction,…
SUDAN – Sudan Releases 13 Christians Arrested in Darfur after Torture, Threats
Morning Star News | Oct. 23. 2018 After torturing them and threatening to charge them with serious crimes, authorities in Sudan have released 13 Christians arrested in the Darfur Region,…
VIETNAM – Vietnam Frees Catholic Blogger but Upholds 20-year Sentence for Another Activist
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 22, 2018 Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh during her trial in the southern coastal city of Nha Trang on 29 June 2017. A Vietnamese…
ALGERIA – Algeria Closes Another Protestant =Church
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 22, 2018 A number of Protestant churches have been closed by the Algerian government in the past 12 months. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Algerian police…
INDIA – Christian Pastor in India Beaten and Kidnapped by Radicals
International Christian Concern | Oct. 22, 2018 On September 4, Pastor Mathai Varghese, the 57-year-old pastor of Ebenezer Indian Pentecostal Church in Suratgarh, was abducted and beaten by a mob…
NIGERIA – Dozens of Christians Killed in Muslim Attack on Market in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Morning Star News | Oct. 22, 2018 Muslims attacked a market in Kaduna state, in north-central Nigeria, on Thursday (Oct. 18), killing dozens of Christians and burning a church building,…
ALGERIA – Police in Algeria Close Down Another Church
International Christian Concern | Oct. 21, 2018 Algerian police shut the doors of a church on October 16. Government officials ordered the church to close in February after inspecting the…
INTERNATIONAL – “It Is the Quran That Must Be Read” Extremist Persecution of Christians, May 2018
Gatestone Institute | Oct. 21, 2018 "Churches and individual Christians have faced increased restrictions in recent months, raising concerns that these pressures signal a coordinated campaign of intensified action against…
TURKEY – Turkey Arrests Another American Missionary
International Christian Concern | Oct. 20, 2018 Only a day after pastor Andrew Brunson was released from his two-year detainment in Turkey, Turkish authorities have arrested another U.S. missionary. David…
IRAQ – Christians have been in Iraq for thousands of years. They might all be gone soon.
America: The Jesuit Review | Oct. 19, 2018 Kevin Clarke is the chief correspondent at America. Recently, he traveled to Iraq for 12 days where he met with Iraqi Christians and…
IRAQ – Archbishop in Iraq Fears Persecution May Erase Christianity from Country
International Christian Concern | Oct. 19, 2018 In a recent statement by Archbishop Habib Nafali, he spoke out against the extreme persecution suffered by the church in Iraq and calling…
MARAWI – One Year after Marawi’s Liberation from IS, thousands of Christians still Displaced
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 19, 2018 A year ago this month, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, declared victory over Islamic State-linked militants in a battle for the…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Appeal Complainant not even Present at Time of her Alleged ‘Blasphemy’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 19, 2018 Asia Bibi’s final appeal against her execution in the Supreme Court of Pakistan went on for more than two hours. Below, World Watch Monitor…
SYRIA – ISIS RETURNS: Sick Terrorists take 700 Hostage – Putin Issues Warning
Express | Oct. 19, 2018 ISIS has taken 700 people hostage in an area in Syria controlled by US-backed forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed. The Russian leader said…
INDIA – The Rising Tide of Persecution in India’s Chhattisgarh State – Part 2
International Christian Concern | Oct. 18, 2018 By ICC’s India Correspondent If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. In the Bastar district of India’s Chhattisgarh state, Hindu radical…
INDIA – Leaders Claim Government Investigation is an Attempt to Malign Indian Christians
International Christian Concern | Oct. 18, 2018 Christian leaders in India’s northeastern state of Jharkhand claim a government investigation into the operations of more than 80 Christian organizations has turned…
TURKEY – Pastor Brunson Says He is Probably “One of the Most Hated Men in Turkey”
International Christian Concern | Oct. 17, 2018 Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was released this weekend from a two-year detainment in Turkey, shared in an interview with ABC that he is…