Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Use of blasphemy laws increases
Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2014
An increasing number of Muslim majority nations are strictly enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws in order to penalize Christians and other religious minorities, according to Barnabas Aid.
Islamic Nigerian Militants Kill 1,500 this Year
Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Islamic uprisings in Nigeria have caused at least 1,500 deaths this year alone as attacks on unarmed civilians become more commonplace, according to CBN News.
Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
During a press conference in Geneva this month, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran released his latest report, according to Barnabas Aid.
Four Killed in Attack on Kenyan Church
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2014
During Sunday morning service, two gunmen fired into the crowded congregation of Joy Jesus Church in Likoni, Kenya, killing two parishioners, according to International Christian Concern.
Religious Freedom Act stalled in US Senate
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014
Legislation to help protect persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East has been stalled in the Senate, according to International Christian Concern.
Sri Lanka: Pastor and Wife Attacked for Defending Right to Worship
Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2014
Eleven monks from the nationalist Buddhist Strength Force lobby led a violent mob of 250 villagers who physically assaulted the family of the pastor of Holy Family Church in Asgiriya, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 16, according to Christian…
Kenya: Gang Raids Bamburi Church, Injures Three
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Three people were injured after a mob of about 10 assailants attacked worshipers at a church in Bamburi, Mombasa last week, according to All Africa Global Media.
North Korea Releases Australian Missionary
Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2014
John Short, an 75-year-old Australian Christian, was released from detention in Pyongyang, North Korea yesterday. The missionary, based in Hong Kong, had been arrested and charged with attempting to overthrow the government on February 16th by authorities in…
Indonesia: Islamists Block Construction of Church
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014
On Friday, hundreds of armed Islamists led by local Muslim leaders forcibly occupied a two-acre plot owned by the Indonesian Christian community of Huria Kristen Batak in the village of Talang Kelapa, South Sumatra, according to Asia News.
Boko Haram Butchers Students
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday the terrorist group Boko Haram attacked a college in the town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state, northern Nigeria, murdering as many students as possible, according to Threat Matrix.
