Originally published in World Watch Monitor The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release. “Finally my father … has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her […]
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Nigerian church leaders urge Good Friday prayer for release of Leah Sharibu
Originally published in CBN News The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is asking Christians to pray for the release of Leah Sharibu on Good Friday. Leah is believed to be the only schoolgirl still being held by the Muslim terror group Boko Haram after the group released 107 students kidnapped […]
Pressure against Christians is ramping up in Algeria
Originally published in Mission News Network Several events in the last few months indicate that Christians in Algeria are facing growing pressure from the government and society. At the end of last year, a long-term resident of Algeria was denied re-entry into the United States. This Christian worker, a French […]
More than 100 captured Nigerian girls freed with a warning to their parents
Originally published in Fox News African terrorist group Boko Haram has released almost all of the 110 girls abducted from a Nigerian boarding school last month witnesses said, but it came with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in school again.” Democrats must act to stop Islamists from subjugating […]
Algeria government criticised over heavy fines for transporting Bibles
Originally published in World Watch Monitor The Algerian government has once again been criticised for alleged discrimination against the country’s Christian minority, this time by handing large fines to two brothers for carrying over 50 Bibles in their car. Prosecutors claimed the Bibles were to be used for proselytism, though […]
Nigeria Christians want ICC to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national Air Force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon — in the Demsa and Numan […]
Underground Somali churches reach out to persecuted orphans
Originally published in Christian Headlines Orphans in Somalia whose parents were killed for their faith by Islamic extremist, Al Shabaab rebels are becoming more numerous – and hungrier, an underground church leader said. The pastor started a care center for the orphans three years ago in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, […]
Rwandan government closes 700 ‘noisy’ churches
Originally published in Faithwire Approximately 700 Churches have been shut down by the Rwandan government for failing to comply with noise restrictions. Most of those closed by officials were small Pentecostal congregations located in Kigali, but one mosque was also ordered to stop hosting services. There has been an increase […]
12 Christians murdered in Nigeria for trying to protect girls from forced Islamic conversions
Originally published in The Christian Post At least 12 Christians have been killed and another 20 injured in Kasuwan Magani in northern Nigeria in retaliation for believers’ attempts to rescue Christian girls from forced Islamic conversions. Morning Star News reported on Tuesday that radical Muslims hunted down Christians and burned […]
16 000 Christians dead in less than three years in Nigeria
Originally published in The Christian Post US President Donald Trump and his counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, have been told that at least 16 000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since June 2015, many of them victims of radical Islamic violence. The International Society for Civil Liberties and the […]