Originally published in Premier Christian News Christian relief charities and other humanitarian organisations have written a joint letter to Secretary General of United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, urging international assistance for Eritrean refugees in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. A violent conflict in the northern Ethiopian region has been ongoing […]
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Iranian Christian convert gets 80 lashes for drinking communion wine
Originally published in The Christian Post An Iranian Christian convert, who is serving a six-year prison sentence, has received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine. He is the second convert to receive such a punishment in just over a month. Article 18, a London-based nonprofit that exposes abuses against Christians […]
Ugandan pastor killed by Muslim extremists after radio broadcast
Originally published in CBN News Islamic extremists in northern Uganda killed a Christian pastor after he compared Christianity and Islam in a radio broadcast on October 31. Morning Star News (MSN), a nonprofit persecution watchdog, reports David Omara, 64, the pastor of the Christian Church Center and a well-known radio preacher […]
Radical Muslims pledge bounty to kill Pakistani Christian over alleged blasphemy
By Andrea Morris — Originally published in CBN News Islamic extremists issued a bounty for the death of a Pakistani Christian who fled to Thailand following accusations of blasphemy against Islam. Faraz Pervaiz, a human rights advocate who opposes the persecution of Christians, received death threats after he spoke out […]
US SEAL team takes back American missionary in Nigeria
By Janenne Irene Pung — Originally published in Charisma News Missionary Philipe Walton thought he was on his own, kidnapped in Niger with his family left behind. The 27-year-old US citizen discovered the grit and reach of a team of Navy SEALs when they rescued him on Saturday October 31. […]
Trump asked Nigeria’s Buhari — ‘Why are you killing Christians?’
By George Conger — Eternity News President Donald Trump asked the President of Nigeria to explain his nation’s indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians, Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari told reporters last week. Speaking in Abuja on September 8 at the First Year Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his second […]
Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan for ‘blasphemy’ after he refused to convert to Islam
By Steve Warren — Originally published in CBN News A Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly sending “blasphemous” text messages to his Muslim supervisor. Morning Star News (MSN) reports Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been incarcerated for the past seven years since he was charged with […]
500 Ethiopian Christians killed by Muslim extremists in targeted attacks since June
By Steve Warren — Originally published in CBN News An Ethiopian Christian leader says it’s time to launch an international inquiry after hundreds of Christians were murdered – including pregnant women, children, and whole families – by Muslim extremists in parts of the Oromia regional state since the end of […]
Nigerian diaspora protest Kaduna killings outside London High Commission
Originally published by CSW Members of the Nigerian diaspora demonstrated outside the Nigerian High Commission in London today and will hand in a letter protesting the relentless attacks on communities in southern Kaduna by armed men of Fulani ethnicity. Protestors gathered under the umbrella of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Diaspora […]
China fines Christian man nearly R50 000 for holding online Bible study
By Michael Foust — Originally published in Christian Headlines A Chinese government agency last week fined a Christian man R49 400 ($2,870) for holding an online Bible study it says violated a new anti-religion law. The man, Zhang Wenli, lives in Yunnan province and was contacted August 11 by the […]