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Pakistan: Islamic Gunmen Slaughter 14-Year Old Christian Boy Saying “No Christian Should Be Left Alive Here”

Posted on Friday, February 9, 2024

Screaming that no Christian in the area should be left alive, Islamic gunmen in Punjab Province, Pakistan, murdered a 14-year-old Christian boy during an attack in a marketplace on Feb. 5, Morning News (MSN) reports. 

Pakistan: Islamic Man Attacks Two Christian Women With Ax, Attempts Rape

Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2024

A spate of extremely violent attacks on Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab Province was manifest again when a Muslim man attacked two Christian women with an ax and attempted to rape one of them last month, Morning Star News…

North Korea Has Imprisoned Tens Of Thousands Of Christians In Extreme Labor Camps, Global Ministries Say

Posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Two US Christian aid and advocacy organizations have reported that North Korea’s government is so hostile to Christians that it has imprisoned tens of thousands of believers in labor camps described as “comparable to Nazi death camps.”

India: Aid Group Assists 50 Persecuted Christian Farmers Attacked by Hindu Nationalists

Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2024

The International Christian Concern (ICC) advocacy and aid organization reported this week that it has provided aid to 50 Christian farmers suffering intense Hindu nationalist persecution in India’s Chhattisgarh state.

Historic Christian Community Dwindling In Iraq

Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Causing alarm that soon there will soon be nothing left of Iraq’s historic Christian community, more than million Christians have now left the country due to war, persecution, government corruption, and unemployment, the Catholic Register reports. There are…

Pakistan: Christian Brothers Tortured, Forced to Confess Allegiance to Islam or Die

Posted on Monday, February 5, 2024

Two Christian brothers in Punjab Province, Pakistan were abducted last month by Islamic extremists who brutally tortured them and ordered them to confess allegiance to Islam or be killed, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

Islamists Attack DRC Church, Villages, Killing 8; Dozens Kidnapped

Posted on Friday, February 2, 2024

Christians faced major challenges in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday after at least eight people died and thirty were taken hostage in Islamist attacks on a Pentecostal church and other targets.

Nicaraguan Regime Charges US Missionaries/Nicaraguan Pastors With Financial Crimes After Large Gospel Events

Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2024

Nicaragua’s Attorney General has charged three US missionaries and 11 Nicaraguan pastors with money laundering and organized crime, months after the Christians led large Gospel outreaches in the country, CBN News reports.

Pakistan: Govt. Announces Christian Children Can Study The Bible Instead Of Islam In School

Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Christians in Pakistan are cautiously celebrating a major victory for religious freedom as the Pakistani government has decided that non-Muslim children will be exempt from previously required Islamic studies in school and will be able to study the…

Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians Continues, “More Believers Are Killed For Their Faith In Nigeria Than Everywhere Else In The World Combined”

Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2024

As the Islamic jihadist slaughter of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt continues unabated and with impunity, suspected Fulani terrorists murdered five more Christians in Benue state on Jan. 18, just days after 10 Christians were murdered in the…

Comoros: Christians Face Ongoing Persecution Following Reelection Of President Assoumani

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Christians in the Southeast African island country of Comoros are bracing for continued persecution as Sunni Muslim President Azali Assoumani was reelected in a disputed election earlier this month, the International Christian Concern aid and advocacy organization has…

Eritrea Releasing Hundreds Of Christians; 300 Still Detained

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Eritrea’s autocratic government has released hundreds of Christians, but some 300 remain behind bars for activities linked to faith in Christ, according to data seen by Worthy News on Monday.

Iran: New Testament Now Available in 12 New Dialects as Underground Church Grows

Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2024

Thanks to Bible translators who risk their lives for the work, Christians who live under Iran’s hostile Islamic regime are now able to read the New Testament in 12 more of their nation’s 62 languages, Christianity Today reports.

Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Slaughter 31 Christians, “These Are Well-Coordinated Attacks to Exterminate Christians”

Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2024

Following the massacre of 160 mostly Christian civilians in Nigeria’s Plateau state at Christmas, radicalized Fulani herdsmen murdered at least 31 more Plateau Christians in coordinated attacks between Jan. 22-24, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

India: Hindu Activists Climb on Four Churches, Plant Flags With Image of Their god

Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2024

In further evidence of the increasing power and influence of Hindu nationalism in India, a crowd of young Hindutva activists climbed on top of four church buildings in Madhya Pradesh state, planting Hindu flags with an image of…

China: Pastor and Wife Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms for Online Preaching

Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2024

In a further display of China’s crackdown on evangelical Christianity, a court in Liaoning province has sentenced a prominent online Gospel preacher, his wife, and four house church members to lengthy prison terms for allegedly “using superstition to…

Eritrea: Christian Prisoners of Faith Tortured, Held in Inhumane Conditions, “The World Needs to Wake Up”

Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2024

An estimated 400-500 Christian prisoners of faith are being held in horrifying conditions in the East African nation of Eritrea. Eritrea ranks 4th on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where…

“Nigeria at the Epicenter of Targeted Violence Against the Church,” Four Christians Kidnapped in Benue State

Posted on Monday, January 22, 2024

As rights groups now gauge the level of violence against Christians in Nigeria at “100%,” Islamic terrorists in central Nigeria ambushed and kidnapped four Christians in Benue state on Jan. 13, Morning Star News reports. The Open Doors…

Evangelical Christian Murdered by Sudanese Terrorists

Posted on Monday, January 22, 2024

An evangelical Sudanese Christian died in Sudan earlier this month after being attacked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an Islamic paramilitary group which is fighting the Muslim Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) for control of the country, Morning…

Pakistan: Police Refuse To Charge Muslim Who Tried to Rape Heavily Pregnant Christian Woman, Caused Her to Lose the Baby

Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2024

Police in Punjab Province, Pakistan, have refused to file charges against a Muslim man who attempted to rape a heavily pregnant Christian co-worker and caused her to lose her unborn child in the process, Morning Star News (MSN)…

What is Christian Persecution?

Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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Today’s Top Christian Persecution Stories

• Pakistan Christians Fear Future After Killing And Church Attacks (Worthy News In-Depth)
• Former Ugandan Sheikh Beaten, Home Demolished After Converting to Christianity
• LEAD Ministries Demands Justice for Murdered Christian Laborer in Pakistan (Worthy News Investigation)
• Prayer House Shut Down in Indonesia Amid Church Closures, Mob Attacks (Worthy News Focus)
• Eritrea Pressured To Release 7 Church Leaders Jailed For Decades (Worthy News In-Depth)
• Wave of Anti-Christian Attacks Alarms Church Leaders Across Europe

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