Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
CAR Clerics call for help to prevent sectarian civil war
Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Christian clerics of the Central African Republic have asked for help to disarm a murderous Muslim insurgency and prevent a genocidal sectarian civil war, according to the Christian Post.
Pakistan: Fatwa approves polio vaccine, but …
Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013
The fatwa council of Pakistan finally issued a ruling that giving polio vaccine to children is not forbidden by Islam, according to the PakTribune.
Islamist Agenda Enforced in Nigerian States
Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013
Although nine of Nigeria's 37 states are now under Islamic law, its penalties are enforced to different degrees of strictness, according to BarnabasAid.
Iran: 80 Lashes for Communion Wine
Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013
This month an Iranian court in Rasht sentenced four members from the Church of Iran to 80 lashes each.
Brunei to Intro Stricter Sharia
Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Sultan of Brunei has announced the implementation of severe corporeal punishments as his sultanate shifts towards a stricter interpretation of Sharia law, according to The Standard.
India: Christians Unjustly Jailed for Murder
Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Seven Indian Christians have been sentenced to life imprisonment after being unjustly convicted of murdering a militant Hindu leader back in 2008, according to BarnabasAid.
CAR Descends into Chaos
Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Violent and unrestrained Islamist militants have caused the Central African Republic to descend into chaos, according to BarnabasAid.
Kazakhstan re-arrests Pastor
Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2013
International Christian Concern reports that a 67-year-old pastor was charged with religious extremism and imprisoned just hours after he had been released to house arrest for supposedly harming the health of his parishioners.
No equal rights for Christians in Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013
The president of Pakistan's Christian Congress said Christians don't have equal rights despite claims to the contrary made by Pakistan's prime minister before the UN General Assembly Friday, according to the Pakistan Christian Post.
Tunisia: Islamist gov’t to step down
Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013
Tunisia's Islamist government is about to resign after the assassinations of two secular opposition leaders led to months of protests, according to BarnabasAid.
Nigeria: Muslim herdsmen kill 15 Christians
Posted on Sunday, October 6, 2013
Herdsmen killed 15 Christians in Nigeria’s Kaduna state early Saturday morning when Fulani Muslims assaulted the Christian village of Zangang.
Suicide bombing in Peshawar protested at UN
Posted on Sunday, October 6, 2013
As the Prime Minister of Pakistan was addressing the UN General Assembly Friday, more than one hundred Pakistani Christians at the UN Plaza were protesting the bombing of All Saints Anglican Church by Islamic extremists, according to the…
Suicide Bombers Kill 78 Christians Outside Pakistani Church
Posted on Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Coming on the heels of a murderous attack by militant Islamists on an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya, a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the entrance of an historic Anglican church nestled within the walled…
Somalia: Scholars issue fatwa against al-Shabaab
Posted on Tuesday, October 1, 2013
An Islamic conference of 160 Somali scholars recently issued a fatwa declaring that al-Shabaab doesn't represent Islam and Muslims shouldn't support this militant Islamist group, according to Voice of the Martyrs.
Iran: Christian Women Among Political Prisoners Freed
Posted on Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Two Christian women were among the nearly 100 political prisoners released from Iranian jails before that nation's newly elected president addressed the UN General Assembly in New York City Tuesday, according to Barnabas Aid.
Lao Officials Threaten Christians
Posted on Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The ruling authorities of several villages in Laos have been threatening to banish Christians unless they renounce their faith in Jesus.
