Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Mosul Cathedral to become ‘Mosque of the Mujahedeen’
Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Islamic State has announced that the Syriac Orthodox Cathedral Church of St. Ephrem in Mosul will become known as the "Mosque of the Mujahedeen" in honor of the "holy warriors" of Islam who wage jihad in Allah's…
Eritrean Christians Caught Between Persecutors
Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Eritrean Christians are being forced to choose between living under a dictatorship that imprisons believers for their faith, or risking their lives by escaping Eritrea by way of Sudan.
Kenya: Shabaab Jihadists Close Schools
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015
Almost 100 schools in northern Kenya have been closed as teachers -- many of them Christians -- are too afraid to teach as long as al-Shabaab's jihadists continue to attack educational institutions with impunity.
India: Christian Families become ‘outcasts’
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015
Hindu nationalists in India are warning that anyone who even mentions the name of Christ will be banished, boycotted and have all their land confiscated.
Hindu Nationalists Persecute Indian Pastor
Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Upon returning to their church from an Easter sunrise service on April 5, a pastor and his congregation met a mob of Hindus who had hung two nationalist flags inside the building.
Iran sentences 18 to prison over faith
Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2015
Iran's revolutionary court imposed harsh prison sentences last week on 18 Christian converts for charges including evangelism, propaganda against the regime, and creating house churches to practice their faith, according to sources with knowledge of the Islamic Republic's…
Nigeria: 3 attacks in 10 days
Posted on Friday, May 29, 2015
In reprisal to losing ground to government forces, Islamists belonging to Boko Haram have killed dozens of Christians during 10 violent days in Nigeria's Adamawa state.
Uzbekistan: Prisoners of Conscience
Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2015
Christians in Uzbekistan are becoming "prisoners of conscience" just for exercising their religious rights.
Two pastors in Sudan face death over Christian faith
Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Two Christian pastors from South Sudan who traveled north to Sudan and were arrested on charges of spying could face the death penalty when their trial begins next week, according to their attorneys.
Muslims Defy Courts to Forcibly Build Mosque
Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2015
A Muslim mob in Deder, Ethiopia, has forced a Christian man from his home in order to build a mosque on his land despite court rulings that guaranteed the Christian's property rights.
