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Originally published in Worthy News Churches in Burkina Faso have been increasingly harassed by Muslim extremists who have disrupted their services, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The population of Burkina Faso is 60.5% Islamic and 23.2% Christian, with 15.3% of indigenous beliefs, according to Wikipedia. In recent weeks Islamic militants have entered church services […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians in Nigeria are paying the ultimate price for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, reports Kenneth Harrod of Release International. Reverend Ibrahim Isa had won many people for Christ. It had earned him death threats. Despite that, he was determined to continue preaching. Ibrahim […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Suspected Islamic extremists on Monday night kidnapped 36 people from a predominantly Christian village outside the city of Kaduna, in northern Nigeria. The house-to-house abductions came after the kidnapping of 16 people from a nearby area in Kaduna state’s Chikun County on June 28. […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian man in eastern Uganda died on July 10 from head injuries sustained in an attack by Muslim extremists the previous week, sources said. Morning Star News reports the man, identified as Robert Bwenje, 28, had accompanied Assistant Pastor Ambrose Mugisha of the Elim Pentecostal […]
Originally published in International Christian Concern As Mozambique continues the “war on terror” that it has been fighting since 2017 against Islamic militants belonging to the ISIS-affiliated group al-Shabaab, women and children are often caught in the crossfire. The conflict, while complicated, seems to stem from both rising extremism and violence […]
Originally published by Open Doors Almost every day, Open Doors receives a report of an attack or kidnapping in Nigeria. The violence against Christians has become so frequent, so widespread, that on average, every two hours a Nigerian is murdered for their faith. That’s nearly 13 Christians a day, 372 […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Police in Darfur Region, Sudan have arrested four Christians under a law against apostasy that was annulled two years ago, according to local reports. Police on June 28 arrested the Christians from the Sudanese Baptist Church in Zalingei, in western Sudan’s Central Darfur state, on […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A persecution watchdog has said the threat of digital persecution is rapidly spreading across the world and is concerned that governments and tech companies aren’t taking notice. A new report by Open Doors UK, Digital Persecution — The New Frontier for Freedom of Religion or […]
Originally published in Church Times THE persecution of Christians around the world has reached “genocidal” proportions, and needs a response on the scale of the abolitionist or climate-change movements to raise awareness, a conference of politicians, bishops, and charities concluded. One in every seven Christians is facing discrimination and persecution daily — much of […]
Originally published in Persecution.org More than 10 Christians were killed on Tuesday, June 21, when an Islamist extremist group ambushed their three vehicles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The attack occurred near the village of Makisabo, Beni. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist extremist group, allegedly […]