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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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Islamic Terrorists Kill Christians In North Nigeria’
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2022
Islamic “terrorists” have attacked a mainly Christian suburb of Nigeria’s Kaduna city, killing three believers as part of an ongoing deadly anti-Christian terror campaign, Christians said Thursday.
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Egypt Detains Nine For Demanding New Church Building
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2022
Nine Egyptian Christians are detained on “terrorism” charges after peacefully protesting against the refusal of Egyptian authorities to allow the rebuilding of a church, an advocacy group says.
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Myanmar: Military burn prominent church to suppress Christianity
Posted on Monday, April 4, 2022
A historic and symbol church in Myanmar’s Christian-majority Chin state has been looted and set on fire by the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army), in what local believers describe as an ongoing effort by the ruling military regime to suppress…
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Kidnapped Christian Girls Missing In Pakistan
Posted on Friday, April 1, 2022
Two Christian girls who were abducted in early March by suspected Muslim kidnappers in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi remained missing Thursday, rights activists confirmed.
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Eritrea Detains Dozens Of Evangelicals
Posted on Friday, April 1, 2022
Some 29 evangelical Christians have been detained in Eritrea after security forces raided a home prayer meeting in Asmara, the capital, said Christians familiar with the situation.
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Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians continues unabated
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022
As the relentless slaughter and kidnapping of Nigerian Christians continues unchecked, Fulani Muslim militants in Nigeria’s Kaduna state murdered an estimated 50 people and abducted 100 more in attacks on Christian communities on March 24, Christian Today reports.
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Indonesia congregation harassed by Muslim radicals
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022
Churches in Muslim-majority Indonesia face continual opposition and, on March 23, Islamist protestors refused to allow the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant to hold a planned worship service at its shophouse in Bandung, West Java, International Christian Concern (ICC)…
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Myanmar junta destroys dozens of churches to suppress Christianity
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Since conducting its coup of February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military junta has gone on to systematically destroy over 40 churches and other Christian-affiliated buildings in what local believers say is an effort to suppress Christianity in the…
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Nigeria Islamists Kill 50 Christians, Abduct Priest
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2022
Fulani herdsmen and other suspected Islamic attackers killed scores of Christians and abducted a priest and some 100 other people in Nigeria’s troubled Kaduna state, several sources confirmed Monday.
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Myanmar: Military junta continues attacks on Christian communities
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2022
The Buddhist military junta of Myanmar is continuing to attack Christian villages in Chin state among other regions of the country, Myanmar Now reports. After overthrowing the government in a coup on February 1, 2020, the Myanmar army…

What is Christian Persecution?

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