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Originally published in The Christian Post Pakistan’s Supreme Court has finally set a court date for the final appeal hearing for Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death in 2010 on accusations of blasphemy. According to the Christian persecution watchdog agency International Christian Concern, Bibi, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide has recorded more than 1 600 religious freedom violations in Cuba in the first six months of this year, highlighting the communist government’s crackdown of churches, especially the beginning of a process which involves confiscation of 1 400 Assemblies […]
Competitors help each other to complete race Originally published in Christian Today A pair of athletes have been lauded for embodying true Olympic spirit after helping one another when they fell during the 5 000m qualifier in Rio on Tuesday. New Zealander Nikki Hamblin fell during the race, tripping up […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Chinese authorities closed down a prominent house church in the country’s coastal Zhejiang province for organising “Christian activities without permission” and attempted to replace crosses with the national flag amid an ongoing crackdown on believers. According to China Aid, Chinese authorities have increased pressure […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An evangelical church in the Swedish city of Uppsala plans to drop thousands of small, electronic bibles into areas controlled by the Islamic State terror groups using drones “to pass on the hope and love of the Christian gospel.” The Word of Life Church […]
Originally published in Christian Today Evangelist Franklin Graham has said he is cancelling a summit meeting on persecuted Christians in Russia because of new laws restricting Christian freedom. Instead, the summit will take place in the US next year. Writing on Facebook, Graham said: “Earlier this year I announced that […]
Originally published in The Guardian A prominent Christian church leader has become the latest to be jailed by Chinese courts during a week of activist trials and public confessions that have shocked international observers. Hu Shigen, a leader of an underground church movement, was found guilty of subversion, sentenced to […]
Originally published in God Reports She was born into a strict Muslim family in the Middle East. Because she was born in the Muslim month of Ramzan, her parents named her Ramza. “I was a religious girl from my childhood,” she told Bibles for Mideast. “I was always in front […]
Originally published in Fox News The murder Tuesday of an elderly priest inside a church in France during Mass shocked and sickened the West, but Christians in Africa have long known there is no sanctuary from radical Islamic terrorism. In 2015, more than 2 000 Christian churches in Africa were […]
Originally published in Christian Concern In a victory for both freedom and the family, the widely-criticised Named Person scheme has been ruled unlawful by the Scottish Supreme Court. Judges today said that the plans breach the right to privacy and a family life, under the European Convention of Human Rights. […]