Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Kidnappers target Christian children in Egypt
Posted on Wednesday, February 19, 2014
A 25-year-old Christian on his way home from Minya City last week was kidnapped at gunpoint and then held for ransom; it was the latest in a long list of Christian kidnappings in Upper Egypt, 125 miles south…
Egypt: Muslim gangs behind anti-Christian campaign busted
Posted on Monday, February 17, 2014
Earlier this month, government security forces launched a major operation to cripple a coalition of Muslim gangs that have been brazenly preying on the Christian community in Egypt's Assiut province, according to Barnabas Aid.
Kenya: Islamists Likely Killed Pastor
Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Suspected Islamists most likely killed a pastor in Mombasa, Kenya last week for sharing his faith near a mosque, sources told Morning Star News.
New bomb threatens Sudanese Christians
Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014
A new bomb is now being used by the Islamist government of Sudan against the peaceful residents of the Nuba Mountains of South Sudan, according to CBN news.
Morocco: Conviction of Convert from Islam Overturned
Posted on Monday, February 10, 2014
An appeals court in Morocco Thursday overturned a conviction against a Christian convert from Islam who had been sentenced to 30 months in prison for proselytizing, according to Morning Star News.
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.
