Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Grant Political Asylum to Mom Sentenced to Death
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014
Republican Senators Roy Blunt and Kelly Ayotte have drafted a letter to Secretary John Kerry calling on him and the U.S. Department of State to grant political asylum to a pregnant Christian mother who has been sentenced to…
Church of Scotland to debate ordination of gay people
Posted on Monday, May 26, 2014
Last year, the Church of Scotland's General Assembly decided that it couldn't condone same-sex marriages or civil partnerships, yet its commissioners approved a proposal that allowed individual congregations to hire gay ministers while the assembly continues to debate…
Rev. Graham: ‘Christians Are Under Attack by Islam’
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014
Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said "Christians are under attack by Islam" and that "radical" Islam has nothing to do with it because "it's just what it…
Nigeria: Suicide Bomb Kills 20 Christians in Kano
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014
Christian sources said a suicide bombing Sunday in the Christian quarter of the Muslim-majority city of Kano, Nigeria, killed about 20 people, according to Morning Star News Morning Star News.
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Double Standard
Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Nazir Bhatti, President of the Pakistan Christian Congress, said his country has a double standard when it comes to enforcing its own blasphemy laws.
Myanmar May Pass Law Against Mixed Marriages
Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Nearly 100 multi-ethnic groups in Myanmar have rejected a proposal by Buddhist extremists to restrict interfaith marriage and other religious rights and freedoms, according to AsiaNews.
Pakistan: Charges of blaphemy filed against 68 lawyers
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014
Sixty-eight lawyers in Punjab have all been charged with blasphemy after participating in a series of protests against a senior Pakistani police official, according to International Christian Concern.
Pregnant Sudanese Christian Sentenced to Hang
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2014
A Sudanese judge Thursday sentenced a pregnant Christian to hang for apostasy despite appeals by Western embassies for compassion, according to The Times of Israel.
Sudan: Pregnant Christian Convicted of Apostasy, Adultery
Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014
As the U.S. Celebrated Mother's Day, a Christian carrying her second child to term has been convicted of adultery and apostasy, penalties that are punishable in Sudan by 100 lashes and death, respectively, according to International Christian Concern.
Syria: Maaloula’s Christian Sites Sacked By Rebels
Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014
An official report by the Directorate General of Antiquities has documented the destruction inflicted on Maaloula and its historical sites by Islamist rebel fighters after pro-Assad forces had regained the Syrian city, according to International Christian Concern.
Eygpt: Exiled Christian Teacher Awaits ‘Blasphemy’ Appeal
Posted on Friday, May 9, 2014
One year after Islamists in upper Egypt accused her of committing blasphemy in front of a class of Muslim students, a Coptic Christian teacher fled to France where she remains in exile, according to Morning Star News.
Christians Can’t Bury Dead in Uzbek State Cemeteries
Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Christians in Uzbekistan are being blocked from burying their dead in state-owned cemeteries as secular officials bend to pressures from Islamic religious leaders, according to Barnabas Aid.
