Religious Freedom

Open Doors report reveals Churches decimated and believers killed as new 'Arise Africa' solidarity initiative is announced

Africa Religious Freedom

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A new report released by Open Doors International paints a grim picture of escalating persecution against Christians in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan regions, with millions facing violence, discrimination, and displacement. Speaking at the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) General Assembly held in Nairobi from May 20-23, George Williams, Open Doors International Director, Africa, said the situation “is becoming unbearable.”

Forcibly converted/married Christian girl in Pakistan returned to parents

Asia Religious Freedom

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Bill to curb child marriages passes parliament in Pakistan

Asia Religious Freedom

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Islamist youth gang in France threatens Catholic priest

Europe Religious Freedom

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Christians among Rohingya refugees cast into sea

Asia Religious Freedom

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Muslims torture Christian to death in Pakistan, brother says

Asia Religious Freedom

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Christian father in Pakistan acquitted of blasphemy charges

Asia Religious Freedom

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Christians driven from homes in India threatened with death

Asia Religious Freedom

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Opinion

The end of persecution is a realistic hope but in the meantime we lament

Asia Religious Freedom

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In a perfect world, where legal systems hold political power to account and protect minorities against human rights abuses we might expect an end to persecution. But we do not live in a perfect world. People with power continue to act with impunity against those who think and live differently to them. Christians have a way to cope with this reality and a real and living hope for a future free of persecution.
We need to understand the political winds and remain aware of persecution trends

US & Canada Religious Freedom

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New political winds are blowing with increasing force as the push-back against globalization grows with increasing nationalisms. The demand to pledge allegiance to something other than God in Christ will put renewed pressure on the Church and we need to be prepared to hold true to our faith. Here is a stern warning that Christians must take to heart.
When holy places are spat upon: a cry from a Christian pastor and leader in Jerusalem

Middle East Religious Freedom Church & Missions

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Peace studies students witness locals spitting on a Christian holy site in Jerusalem prompting this response from a respected Christian leader whose family has lived in the city for millennia.
A young Nigerian eye witness recalls the day extremists attacked

Africa Religious Freedom

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African farmers work hard to grow whatever the land agrees to yield, while in the Nigerian Plateau Christian farmers face increasing threats from Fulani militias. It is rare that we read from the perspective of a victim of terrorism. This account is both an exception and exceptional. Uren, in her final year of high school, writes with terrifying yet beautiful prose of the death of her siblings and father at the hands of a band of brutal Fulani militias. Read on for a reality check.

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Europe Religious Freedom

Belarusian secret police ban Christian rights group’s online presence

By Jack Bethel

Belarus has banned rights group Christian Vision and labeled it “extremist” for documenting religious freedom abuses by the Belarusian secret police, according to Forum 18.
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Africa Religious Freedom

Attacks on Christians continue in central Nigeria

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria on Wednesday (May 7) after killing 10 others in the same area the previous month, sources said.
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Africa Religious Freedom

Herdsmen kill six Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Fulani herdsmen on Saturday and Sunday (May 3-4) killed six Christians and injured dozens of others in raids on two Christian villages in Plateau state, Nigeria.
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Africa Religious Freedom Church & Missions

New committee seeking to 'preserve dignity and maintain order' renews debate on religious regulation in South Africa

By Ken Kagicha

South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) announced the establishment of an independent committee that aims to ensure the country's religious sector preserves its dignity and maintains order.
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US & Canada Middle East Religious Freedom Society & Culture

Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation

By The Christian Post

More than a dozen Christian leaders have written a letter to President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem calling for protections for Afghan Christian refugees amid concerns about their deportation.
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Middle East Religious Freedom

Iran sends wife of re-arrested pastor into solitary confinement

By Edward Ross

Besides questioning and threatening friends of an Iranian-Armenian pastor re-arrested for practicing his faith, authorities in Iran have detained his wife and put her in solitary confinement, according to an advocacy group.