Missing Christian girl in Nigeria held by Islamic police, sources say
A Muslim police force in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian girl missing since Dec. 1 amid fears that she may be forcefully converted to Islam, sources said.
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Will Nepal’s Christians gain protection under new Gen Z-backed government?
Following the GenZ protests of 2025, the test of a new Nepali government is whether it will resist the growing influence of Hindu nationalism, which has increasingly targeted the country’s small (2%) Christian minority.
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The death of an 84-year-old Catholic priest marked the end of India's secularism
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s culture wars have morphed from rhetoric into policy and an emboldened ecosystem of vigilantes and ideological enforcers has emerged alongside the state, advancing a vision of an uncompromisingly Hindu India. This presents a growing threat to democracy, religious liberty, and especially a minority Christian population.
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Devastating attack in northeastern Nigeria despite the presence of U.S. troops
Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria, is reeling after a series of attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds displaced in spite of U.S. military presence nearby. The U.S. intervention appears to have had little immediate impact in preventing the massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in central and northeastern Nigeria.
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Three pastoral perspectives from within Iran
Do Iranian Christians welcome the bombing campaign? Are they praying for an end to the regime? Do they think things will worsen for the exercise of their faith? Three local Iranian pastors share their perspectives.
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UK Christian and Hindu leaders lament proposed redefinition of ‘Islamophobia’
By Chris EyteChristian and Hindu leaders in the United Kingdom have voiced disquiet about the government’s proposed definition of anti-Muslim hatred, warning that it threatens religious liberty and free speech.
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Pastor assassinated during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Colombia
A 54-year-old Protestant pastor was shot and killed by armed men on New Year’s Eve in northern Colombia as he gathered with his family. The killing took place in the Santa Elena neighborhood of Fundación Municipality in the Magdalena Department.
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Church building vandalized in Pakistan
Police in Pakistan have arrested a Muslim who broke into a church building and desecrated a cross and Bibles after an altercation with Christians, the church’s pastor and police said.
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Pastor wounded in attack at church site in Uganda
Five Muslims wielding sharp objects attacked a pastor in eastern Uganda on Dec. 21, seriously injuring him, sources said.
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Drone strike on Christmas Day kills Christians in Sudan
A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, sources said.
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Hindu nationalists unleash wave of Christmas violence across India
A district vice president of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood over a visually impaired woman at a Christmas lunch for blind children, grabbed her face and accused her of converting to Christianity on Dec. 20 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
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Police action lacking in abduction of Christian girl in Pakistan
Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father.
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