Originally published in CBN The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favour of long-embattled Christian baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop on Tuesday. The state’s high court dismissed the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v Scardina because the attorney who was targeting Phillips did not follow the correct process in suing him, according […]
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China intensifies crackdown, removing Christian symbols
Originally published in Charisma News The Chinese Communist Party has made efforts to exercise control of the churches in China, replacing Christian images with pictures of President Xi Jinping. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom released a report on the matter, saying the Chinese government has “implemented the coercive ‘sinicisation of […]
School district pays R10m settlement to teacher fired for not using trans pronouns
Originally published in The Christian Post A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay R10 million ($575,000) to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified student. The West Point School Board reached a settlement with […]
‘The Lord is number 1’, says judo Olympian suspended for making sign of Cross
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Serbian judo champion has been suspended from the sport for five months for making the sign of the cross during the Paris Olympics. 28 year old Nemanja Majdov made the sign just before his round 16 match on July 31. Writing this week […]
Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
Originally published in The Roys Report On a recent Sunday morning, a dozen people congregated in a home in the Nyabisindu neighborhood of Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali to ponder their next steps after the government shuttered numerous churches for noncompliance with health and safety regulations. “We are appalled by […]
Why are several African countries attacking freedom of religion?
By Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė — Originally published in Zenit In April 2023, media all around the world carried the news that a Kenyan religious movement they called a “cult”, led by a local pastor called Paul Mackenzie, was responsible for the death of hundreds of followers, who had starved […]
Australian government under fire over religious protections climbdown
Originally published in Christian Today Australia’s Labor government has come under fire from both sides of the ideological divide after comments earlier this month that indicated it was abandoning its controversial proposal for a Religious Discrimination Act. While addressing a press conference in Western Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was […]
Fulani slaughter 50 Christians in Benue state, Nigeria
At least 50 Christians were murdered in Nigeria’s Benue state last week during an attack on their villages by Fulani jihadist herdsmen and a criminal gang, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. On Thursday August 8, Fulani terrorists and affiliated bandits raided the predominantly Christian village of Ayati village in Ukum […]
UK Church leaders urge Keir Starmer not to criminalise ‘normal Christian teaching’ in conversion therapy ban
Originally published in Premier Christian News A group of church leaders have said that the Prime Minister’s proposed conversion therapy laws could threaten to criminalise some Christian practices. In a letter representing more than 1 300 churches, the group warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for a “full trans-inclusive ban” on conversion […]
Religious communities under attack in devastating Sudan civil way, says US relgious freedom body
Originally published in Worthy News The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned last week that the year-long war between the Islamic Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival, the Islamic Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, has reached devastating levels and is severely impacting religious communities including […]