When we think of Iran, scenes of mobs shouting “death to America,” blindfolded hostages, and radical leaders demanding nuclear technology come to mind. But there’s another side of the country: Iranians who love America, Israel, and Jesus Christ.
An Iranian court has again refused a Christian prisoner an extension of her medical leave despite a doctor’s advice that the treatments be continued.
Chinese authorities in Zhejiang province have postponed the trial of five Christians who have been detained for defending their rights.
A convert from Islam who was sentenced to five years in prison for “disturbing the national security of Iran” is praying for an appeal after waiting more than a year for a hearing on his sentence.
In Egypt, so-called reconciliation meetings often intimidate Coptic Christians into surrendering their legal rights while their Muslim assailants avoid any punishment for their violence.
The House of Commons in Canada recently voted against a motion declaring that the atrocities committed by the Islamic State against religious minorities in Syria and Iraq were actually acts of genocide.
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II and other senior leaders of the Syriac Orthodox Church survived an assassination attempt on June 19.
Efforts to repeal Egypt’s blasphemy law are being opposed by its own administration.
A Christian was stabbed in Kaduna state, Nigeria, this month just because he was not participating in the annual Ramadan fast.
Last month in Punjab state, India, a Christian was severely beaten after he protested the desecration of a Christian graveyard by local Hindus.
Last month local police detained three Christians in China’s Guangdong province for possessing religious materials, including a Bible.
A Christian in eastern Uganda who had recently received death threats was murdered on June 4.
Seven Christians were arrested for distributing biblical handbooks to hundreds of students in the Dolakha district of Nepal.
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Christians are considered to be “untouchable” and as such are often relegated to lowly labor employment.
A Christian villager was tortured for his faith last month in Chhattisgarh state.
Last month, Sudanese authorities deported at least 442 Eritrean refugees.
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed three Christian villagers in Nigeria’s Kaduna state last week.
A Christian prisoner remains ill while Iranian officials refuse to transfer her to a hospital to receive the required medical care.
Last month a Christian was killed in Nigeria after his chat on Facebook ended in an accusation of blasphemy against Islam’s controversial prophet.
The arrest of a pastor, his wife and another church member in Satna, India, on May 22 symbolically fell on the two-year anniversary of Narendra Modi’s oppressive Hindu nationalist government.