Christian Persecution

Uzbek Police Raid Christians’ Homes

A Christian in Uzbekistan has been fined and threatened with further punishment after religious literature was seized from his home during a raid by Uzbek police in August, according to Barnabas Aid.

Deported Messianic Jew to Appeal Supreme Court

A British messianic Jew deported from Israel last year for participating in an evangelistic outreach will appeal his case to the nation’s supreme court, according to Morning Star News.

Iraq: Nothing Done for Displaced Christians

An Iraqi bishop whose community has taken in more than 70,000 displaced Christians is dismayed that the government in Baghdad has failed to offer any assistance, according to Patheos.

Christian Women Raped by ISIS

Barnabas Aid has learned that women and girls being held captive by ISIS at Mosul’s Badush Prison have been given the choice to either convert to Islam, or suffer rape on a daily basis until they change their minds.

Islamic State Destroys Armenian Church

Jihadists from the Islamic State have destroyed a Syrian church that memorialized the Armenian Genocide in which more than a million Armenian and Assyrian Christians died at the hands of Turkish Muslims.

Seven Christians Arrested in Laos

Local officials in Laos have arrested seven Christians for worshiping together on Sunday, according to Morning Star News.

Imprisoned Christian Killed by Police

A Christian pastor accused of blasphemy was shot and killed by a policeman Thursday inside Pakistan’s Adiyala jail in Rawalpindi, according to International Christian Concern.

Anniversary of Bombing of All Saints Church

On Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, two suicide bombers from the Pakistani Taliban detonated their explosives just outside the gates of All Saints Church in the Christian community of Peshawar just as service ended; over one hundred Christians were killed and hundreds more severely wounded.

Lawyers for Meriam Ibrahim Banned from Leaving Sudan

Sudan has banned five lawyers from leaving the country after they were accused of damaging the nation’s reputation by defending Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian mother who was falsely accused of apostasy from Islam, according to Morning Star News.

India: Church Converted to Hindu Temple

Late last month, a church in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was turned into a temple after members of the congregation were forcefully converted to Hinduism, according to Barnabas Aid.

Two Pastors in Bhutan Sentenced

A court in Bhutan Thursday sentenced one pastor to nearly four years in prison for accepting funds for evangelism and another to almost two and a half years for organizing an illegal religious gathering.

Saudi Arabia Arrests Nearly 30 Christians

Last week, Saudi Arabia’s notorious religious police — the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice — had arrested almost 30 Christians worshiping at a private home in the Saudi city of Khafji.

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