Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians Warned Not to Support Assad
Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Using the Twitter social networking site, Lebanon's March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator warned Christians that backing President Bashar al-Assad would backfire on their own communities, according to NOW news.
Boko Haram Kills Muslim Cleric
Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Boko Haram has killed a Nigerian Muslim cleric who had publicly chastised the militant Islamist sect.
Hindus with Hit List Accused in Pastor’s Death
Posted on Monday, February 3, 2014
Last month, police arrested seven members of a Hindu Vahini group accused of attacking the pastor of the Hebron Church at his home in Vikarabad, 39 miles from the Indian state capital of Hyderabad, Deputy Superintendent of Police…
Twenty-two Christians killed in Nigeria
Posted on Friday, January 31, 2014
International Christian Concern has reported that 22 Christians were killed in an assault on a worship service in northeastern Nigeria Sunday morning.
Call to Protect Syria’s Christians
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The World Evangelical Alliance has called for the protection of Syria's Christian population ahead of the upcoming peace conference in Geneva, according to International Christian Concern.
Charges Dropped, but Pastor Remains in Prison
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Although charges of "propagating extremism" leveled against a 67-year-old Presbyterian pastor were dropped Wednesday by a court in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana, the minister still remains in prison, according to International Christian Concern.
Church construction halted in Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Church closures in Indonesia that peaked during the Christmas holidays have spilled over into January as Islamist groups continue to target Christian congregations, according to International Christian Concern.
Nigerian soldiers slaughter Christians
Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014
Surviving eyewitnesses to Monday's slaughter of 33 Christians by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria's Plateau state said soldiers assigned to protect them instead shot at anyone fleeing the murderous attack.
Egypt’s Christians Still Support New Constitution
Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014
Although Egypt's Christian leaders are urging the faithful to support the country's new constitution for the sake of national stability, detractors claim that it fosters a medieval Islamic supremacy within the framework of a modern Egyptian society, according…
Raid on Malaysian Bible Society
Posted on Friday, January 17, 2014
Aided by police, the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department raided the Bible Society of Malaysia offices in Damansara Kim near Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.
Nigerian Christian Widowed Twice by Islamists
Posted on Thursday, January 9, 2014
Islamist herdsmen who had previously widowed a Christian mother of five have now killed her current husband on New Year's Eve, according to Morning Star News.
Islamic terrorists target Christian wedding in Nigeria
Posted on Friday, January 3, 2014
During the weekend a dozen or more Christians from villages in northeast Nigeria were killed in dual attacks by militants connected with Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist group currently contesting the Nigerian government for control of that nation's…
Why the Muslim Brotherhood targets Christians
Posted on Monday, December 30, 2013
A pogrom against Christians is in keeping with the Muslim Brotherhood's supremacist ideology, but according to PJ Media's Andrew McCarthy, that pogrom says more about Egypt than the Brotherhood because this murderous Muslim movement came out of Egypt's…
Three Pastors Among Dead in Central African Republic
Posted on Friday, December 20, 2013
Three pastors were among hundreds killed this month during three days of sectarian violence in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, as reported by Religion Today.
