Originally published in Worthy News Islamist militants allied with ISIS attacked Christian villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday January 28, killing 36 people as part of their declared intention to create a caliphate in North and South Kivu provinces. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that began in […]
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Algerian Christian released after serving prison sentence for insulting Islam
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 […]
Egypt Mosque attack sheds light on targets of Islamist extremism
Originally published in Mission Network News Over 300 Muslims died after their mosque in northern Sinai was bombed and they were gunned down during prayer. Authorities have blamed the ISIS-linked terror group, Sinai Province. Up to this point, Christians were largely thought to be the main target of extremist violence […]
Coptic girl, 16, rescued 92 days after Islamists kidnapped her
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl kidnapped on 28 June to be “converted to Islam, then married off or sold”, was released and returned to her family on 30 September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo. Marilyn […]
Muslim protesters march against Jakarta’s Christian governor
Originally published in WTOP Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the jailing of the city’s minority Christian governor. Following Friday prayers, the protesters marched from Istiqlal Mosque in central Jakarta to the nearby presidential palace, which was […]
Missionary kidnapped in Niger
Originally published in World Watch Monitor The kidnap of a pioneering American missionary in Niger is a “terrible tragedy” for the communities he served for 24 years, according to the local mayor. It has also raised security concerns among the country’s missionary community. Jeff Woodke, 55, who worked for Jeunesse […]
DR Congo death toll nears 50 after second attack
Originally published in World Watch Monitor At least a further nine people have been killed in another attack by suspected Islamist militants in the eastern extremes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the total killed in the past week to nearly 50. World Watch Monitor reported last week […]
Daughter of Muslim ruler jailed for following Jesus after miraculous encounter
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The daughter of a Muslim ruler in the Middle East who embraced Christianity after a miraculous encounter with Jesus Christ has been imprisoned for her faith, according to a local ministry. Evangelist Paul Siniraj, founder of Bibles For Mideast, an undercover Bible smuggling ministry […]
74 dead, hundreds injured after Easter attack on Christians in Pakistan
Originally published in Christian Concern At least 74 people have been killed and 341 others have been injured in an Easter Sunday bombing in Lahore, Pakistan. The suicide attacks were carried out by a splinter-group of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-Ul-Ahrar, who said they had deliberately targeted Christians. More bad news […]
Nigerian girl suicide bomber aborts mission to prevent deaths
58 killed in refugee camp suicide bomb blasts Originally published in Christian Today A young Nigerian girl, packed with explosives around her body and sent on a mission to suicide-bomb a refugee camp, tore off her vest and ran away from her handlers to avoid taking part in the attacks, […]