China’s ‘Anti-Cult’ Campaign
Yet another church has been shut down in China under the Communist regime’s notorious “anti-cult” campaign.
Christian Persecution
CAR: Jihadists kill eight Christians
Armed Seleka militia attacked a camp for displaced people in Ngakobo, Central African Republic on Dec. 3, killing eight Christians and wounding one UN peacekeeper.
Two Christian activists beaten
Two Christian activists who had previously served prison sentences were both beaten and detained in Vietnam’s Central Highlands last month.
Iranian Christian flees country
An Iranian convert to Christianity who was arrested during a raid of a fellowship gathering in the city of Karaj on Aug. 7 has decided to take the ‘advice’ of his Revolutionary Guard interrogators and leave Iran.
Pakistan: Christians Fight Eviction
Thousands of poor Pakistanis face the destruction of their temporary homes in Islamabad after a government agency announced last week that Christian migrant slums threatened the demographics of the city’s Muslim majority.
Nigeria: Muslim Attempts to Seize Ministry Property
A Nigerian Muslim who had previously destroyed part of a ministry facility has now filed suit to seize all of its property.
Uzbekistan: Christian meeting raided by police
A dozen Christians who had met last month in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, were detained after plain-clothed policemen broke up their gathering and confiscated their Christian literature.
Bangladesh: Islamists send death threats
More than 20 Christians in Bangladesh have received death threats during the past two months.
Pakistan: Arson Fire at Christian TV Station
Pakistani police are deliberately downplaying any chance of arson after a suspicious fire damaged a Christian cable TV station in Karachi last week.
Iran: Christian convert sent back to prison
A convert to Christianity was forced to stop her medical treatments and return to an Iranian prison.
Cameroon: Haram jihadists raid village, ransack church
A raid on Tayere in northern Cameroon this month killed eight as Boko Haram’s jihadists ransacked the village church and robbed Christians of what meager belongings they had.
Uzbekistan: Christians fined, Bibles seized
An Uzbek court has fined 10 Christians for meeting without the permission of the Uzbekistan state.
India: Hindus asault Christians
Forty Christians were severely beaten by Hindu nationals in India’s Telangana state last month after holding a prayer meeting in a private home.
Egypt: Judge attempts to destroy church
In the city of Rashid, Egypt, a retired Muslim judge is attempting to destroy a church.
Turkey: Historic Protestant Church reopens
One of the oldest churches in Turkey reopened this month.
According to AINA, a worship service was recently held in the 160-year-old Mardin Protestant Church after extensive restorations as the building had been left in ruins for 60 years.
Iraqi Parliament passes discriminatory law
Late last month, the Iraqi Parliament passed a law mandating that the Christian children of fathers who convert to Islam and those of mothers who marry Muslims will all automatically become Muslims themselves, whether they want to, or not!
Malayasian gov’t targets Christians for Islamisation
Christians in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are struggling against government-funded ploys to entice them to convert to Islam.
Bangladesh: Christians survive arson attacks
In early November, a group of Muslims attempted to burn four Christian families alive by setting their homes in the village of Kamarpara, Bangladesh, on fire, but neighbors helped them to escape the flames.
China tortures legal reps of religious groups
China continues to oppress members of religious groups and often singles out those representing them for torture.
Pakistan’s anti-Christian discrimination in education
Christians leaders have petitioned Pakistan’s supreme court to end its discrimination against minorities in the nation’s educational system.