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Originally published in The Christian Post Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday, as violence continued to terrorise the country’s northeast, sources said. The Rev Bala Galadima of the Evangelical Church Winning All was shot to death […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily A Christian convert from Islam in Somalia has lost his speech after his Muslim wife hit him with a heavy metallic object for practicing his faith, sources said. In a town in Somalia’s Lower Juba Region, undisclosed for security reasons, 35-year-old Abdulai Ramadan suffered […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily A Christian couple in India has been sentenced to five years in prison for ‘attempting to convert’, breaking an anti-conversion law in the process. A special court in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India has convicted a Christian couple of attempting to convert under the […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said. The displaced Christians in Shendi, River Nile state, who had been tortured by Military Intelligence agents after they were arrested on January14, are […]
Originally published in Worthy News Missionaries and local Christians in Mozambique are being targeted by Islamic terror groups amid ongoing political protests and upheaval over October’s highly disputed general election results, Mission Network News (MNN) reports. Among many Christian workers facing dangerous conditions in Mozambique, is Johan Grobler of MegaVoice, […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Boko Haram is escalating attacks on Christian communities in Chibok, Borno state, displacing more than 4 000 Christians in recent days. In a series of coordinated raids, Boko Haram targeted the Christian villages of Njila, Banziir, Shikarkir, and Yirmirmug, burning homes, torching churches, and […]
Originally published in Faithwire By all accounts, Christian persecution is worsening across the globe. Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at Christian Solidarity International, is among those who know the full extent of the issue, often observing its evils firsthand. And these diabolical infractions — from killings to land seizure […]
Alarming rise in Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa More than 380 million Christians around the world now face high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith (up by 15 million from last year’s figure of 365 million) – a record number, representing one in seven Christians worldwide (up from […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A mother of two young children in Somalia had to leave them this week after her husband seriously injured her upon learning that she had left Islam for Christianity, she said. Fatuma (surname withheld for security reasons), 30, put her trust in Christ on […]
Originally published in Mission Network News Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs USA says there are between 300 and 350 Christians currently jailed in Eritrea, a small country on the Horn of Africa. “None of them – not a single one of them – has had a trial. Not a single […]