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From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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Nigeria: Islamic terrorists kill two Christians, kidnap six in Taraba state
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2023
Islamic terrorists murdered two Christians and kidnapped six others in Nigeria’s Taraba state on Sunday, as the years-long genocidal onslaught on Nigerian Christians by Muslim extremists continues unabated, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. With well over 50,000 Christians…
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Beaten Pakistani Christian Activist Dead At 37
Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2023
Pakistani Christian human rights activist Samuel Inayat, who was in urgent need of a kidney transplant after Muslim extremists beat him, has died, his family told Worthy News on Saturday.
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Nigeria Seminarian Burned To Death; Others Kidnapped
Posted on Sunday, September 10, 2023
A Catholic seminarian in Nigeria was killed after the rectory where he stayed was set on fire in a kidnapping attempt by Islamist Fulani Militants, a day after another seminarian and his father were abducted, Christians confirmed Friday.
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Nepal sees growing violent hostility toward Christians
Posted on Thursday, September 7, 2023
In what appears to be a growing trend of violent hostility toward Christianity in Nepal, seven churches in Lumbini Province were attacked in the last two weeks alone, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The population of Nepal is…
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China: CCP continues crackdown on churches
Posted on Thursday, September 7, 2023
China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues its years-long program of suppressing Christianity in the country: Last month, authorities arrested and detained a Christian leader and shut down two churches, the Bitter Winter rights group reports. 
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Nigeria: More than 1,000 Christians murdered by Islamic militants in 2023
Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023
The International Christian Concern (ICC) international aid advocacy organization reports that over 1,000 Christians have been murdered by Islamic militant extremists in Nigeria so far this year. The killings were carried out by Fulani herdsmen, and the Boko…
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DRC: 48 people killed during anti-UN protest in church
Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed 48 civilians when they opened fire on a peaceful anti-United Nations protest being held at a church in Goma, North Kivu province on Wednesday, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
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Pakistan Pastor Shot After Removing Islamic Graffiti From Church
Posted on Monday, September 4, 2023
A pastor in Muslim-majority Pakistan says he has been shot and injured after Islamic graffiti was removed from his Presbyterian church in an eastern district where last month, angry Muslims destroyed scores of churches and homes.
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Pakistan Churches Face Islamic Graffiti Attacks
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2023
Christians in several parts of Pakistan faced a new dilemma Thursday after their churches were painted with pro-Islam slogans by suspected Muslim militants, according to footage obtained by Worthy News.
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Nigeria: Christians murdered, abducted in Kaduna state
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2023
Christians in Nigeria’s Kaduna state continue to face extremely violent persecution as Islamic terrorists murdered a Christian woman on August 9, shot a Baptist pastor dead on August 23, and kidnapped two Anglican brothers on August 25, Morning…

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