Iran: Pastor’s Three-Year Anniversary of Imprisonment
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has just marked the three-year anniversary of Iran’s imprisonment of an American pastor.
Christian Persecution
Montagnards escaping persecution to be repatriated?
Last month, Cambodian authorities ordered the United Nations’ commissioner for refugees to repatriate any Vietnamese Montagnards who were escaping from religious and ethnic persecution.
House Resolution to call extermination ‘Genocide’
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan resolution in September that called for the murder of Christians and other religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria to be officially classified as “genocide,” according to Barnabas Aid.
UK discriminates against Syrian Christian refugees
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the U.K. Prime Minister that his government’s policy on refugees discriminates against Christians trying to leave Syria.
Court Rules Sudan Gov’t Interfered with Church
Last month a court ruled that the committees imposed upon a Khartoum church by the Islamist government of Sudan were illegal.
India: Resolution Bans Christianity
Christians in India’s Chhattisgarh state have been assaulted by Hindus after a local resolution banning all non-Hindu religious activities in their village was passed.
Any Asylum for Persecuted Pakistani Christians?
The president of Pakistan’s Christian Congress has urged Western nations to open its doors to persecuted Pakistani Christians.
Syrian Christians leaving the Country
A Syrian Catholic leader has issued an impassioned plea for young people to stay in Syria, according to the Catholic Herald.
Ethiopia: Christians arrested for ‘spreading hatred’
Last month, six church committee members from Kilto, Ethiopia, were found guilty of destroying the public’s trust in government officials and spreading hatred.
India: Police Arrest Pastor
Last month, local police escorted a mob that stormed the home of a 70 year-old man in India’s Odisha state, assaulting all the Christians who were inside.
Nigeria: Clergy Conduct More Funerals than Weddings
A clergyman in Plateau state, Nigeria, told protestors that during the last 15 years he has conducted more funerals than weddings, according to Morning Star News.
Iraq: Committee to ID crimes against Christians
The Prime Minister of Iraq has established a committee that intends to identify and document the homes and properties that have been fraudulently or forcefully seized from his country’s Christians.
Syria: IS gives Christians Ultimatum
Islamic State jihadists have given Christians living in Qaryatain, Syria, just 48 hours to decide whether they will convert to Islam, pay the jizya tax, or be forced to leave town.
Kenya: Attacks Against Churches Thwarted
About 120 miles from its border with Somalia, Kenyan police uncovered a stash of weapons after arresting 14 suspected members of al Shabaab last week.
Nigeria: Pastor decries killings by Boko Haram
A bishop of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria said that Boko Haram has killed thousands of his denomination’s members, destroyed most of his churches and left many of his pastors without a congregation, according to the Christian Post.
UK: Local Muslims Persecute Converts from Islam
Two British converts from Islam have been plagued by the persistent presence of mobs outside of their home in Bradford.
Egypt: Christian Imprisoned for Blasphemy
An Egyptian Christian who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly evangelizing Muslims in Cairo could be held indefinitely on bogus blasphemy charges, according to Morning Star News.
Nigeria: Muslim Herdsmen Helping Jihadists
The killing of Christians by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s middle belt has become part of a jihadist movement to both steal the region’s natural resources and displace its Christian population.
Bombs Target New Mexico Churches
Police are investigating bombs that were placed next to three churches in New Mexico.
Kazakhstan: Children’s Christian Camp Raided
Kazakh authorities recently raided a church-run children’s camp after claiming the children were being taught religion illegally and without their parents’ permission.