Algeria: Church told to stop worship services
A church in Algeria's northern Kabylie region where St. Augustine had preached during the fifth century was ordered to stop all religious activities last month.
...continue reading this storyNigeria to criminalize 'street evangelism'?
Street evangelists could be fined and pastors sent to jail under new legislation proposed by the Muslim governor of Kaduna state, Nigeria.
...continue reading this storyChurch's cross too high for Communist China
Authorities in China's Zhejiang province demolished a three-story church building in April after declaring that the elevation of its cross was too high.
...continue reading this storyMosul: IS destroys iconic clock church
Last week, Islamic State jihadists employed explosives to destroy Iraq's iconic Clock Church.
...continue reading this storyMuslim herders expand into Southern Nigeria
Last week Muslim Fulani herdsmen murdered 45 Nigerians after destroying Christian properties in Enugu State.
...continue reading this storyPakistan: Christians protest proposed sewage station
Christians in Lahore, Pakistan are objecting to the proposed construction of a sewage pumping station on land owned by a cathedral's congregation.
...continue reading this storyUganda: Muslims Destroy Church
Muslims in Uganda last week killed pigs owned by Christians and then destroyed their church.
...continue reading this storyChina: Pastor and Wife Bulldozed Alive
The wife of a church leader in China's Henan province was buried alive with her husband under the rubble of their demolished church where she suffocated and died on April 14.
...continue reading this storyTurkey: Gov't seizes six church buildings
The Turkish government has seized control of six church buildings in the country's Diyarbakir region.
...continue reading this storyIndonesia: Authorities attack prayer gathering
Authorities in Indonesia opened fire on a peaceful meeting in Timika, West Papua, as thousands of protesters gathered to pray for an independence referendum on April 5.
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