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Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut Another Church Building
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Church leaders didn’t get an explanation for why the seventh worship building to be closed in Algeria since November was sealed last week, but they suspect lack of registration was the pretext.
Indian Christians Suffer Fifteen Attacks in Fourteen Days
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
International Christian Concern (ICC) has documented at least 15 separate anti-Christian incidents across India in the past 14 days. These incidents include physical assaults, a church demolition, forced conversions, false accusations of forced conversions, and social boycotts.
China: Christians in custody after Henan church raid
Posted on Friday, June 22, 2018
More than 10 officials from various government departments, including the local religious affairs committee, raided Gusui Church in China’s central Henan province on May 22. The government agents forcibly removed several congregants and the lecturer for that day’s…
How Muslim Mobs Attack Christian Churches in Egypt with Impunity
Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome – a closed church – a practice that has long oppressed Christians, according to Middle East observers.
Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2018
Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said.

What is Christian Persecution?

Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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