Iran Christians Urge Prayers Amid Massive Arrests
Iranian Christians requested prayers Sunday, January 16, amid a new wave of arrests of Christian converts, many of them former Muslims.
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Over 70 Christians Detained In Iran Christmas Raid, group says
Up to 70 Christians have been detained in Iran as part of a government crackdown on evangelical believers, Worthy News established Saturday, January 8. Most of those behind bare are thought to be former Muslims.
...continue reading this storyIraq Churches Cancel Christmas Services After Violence, Death Threats
“Many” church services have been canceled in Iraq over the Christmas period following deadly attacks and new terror threats, several church groups said Friday December 24.
...continue reading this storyDetained Iranian Christians Preparing For Christmas Behind Bars
Several Christians in Iran prepared Wednesday, December 22, to spend Christmas behind bars, including at least two Iranian pastors who face the death penalty on charges of ‘apostasy’, or abandoning Islam.
...continue reading this storyEgypt Urged To Free Kidnapped African Refugees
Rights activists urged Egypt’s government Friday, December 10, to free hundreds of Eritrean and other African refugees, including Christians, who they said have been held as hostages by human traffickers in the Sinai Desert for over a month, and probably sold to other dealers.
...continue reading this storyIraqi Christians Murdered, Hundreds More Flee
Hundreds of Iraqi Christian families are fleeing Iraq’s capital Baghdad and the town of Mosul as murderers target families in their own homes and workplaces, a well-informed advocacy group said Wednesday, December 8.
...continue reading this storyDeath of Elderly Christian Couple Highlights Religious Persecution in Iraq
An elderly Christian couple was gunned down in their Baghdad home Sunday night in what is the latest incident in a string of religious-rooted attacks against Christians in Iraq.
...continue reading this storyEurope Urged to Halt Death Sentence of Iranian Pastor
A Christian member of the European Parliament urged the European Union’s executive body, the European Commission, on Wednesday, December 1, to prevent the death sentence of Iranian house church leader Yousef Nadarkhani.
...continue reading this storyIraq Detains Militants Over Deadly Church Siege
Iraq said Saturday, November 27, that its security forces have detained a dozen militants suspected of helping take Christians hostage in a church siege that killed scores of worshipers and two priests last month.
...continue reading this storyIran Court: ‘Pastor To Be Executed By Hanging’
A detained pastor of a major network of Christian house churches in Iran will be executed by hanging for “apostasy”, or abandoning Islam, according to translated court documents seen by Worthy News Wednesday, November 24.
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