The violent Islamist group Boko Haram and its splinter cell, Ansaru, have finally been designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the United States.
...continue reading this storyThe president of the Pakistan Christian Congress expressed concerns about the delays in processing hundreds of Pakistani Christian refugees in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong who have been waiting years for decisions on their asylum applications while living under deplorable conditions, according to the Pakistan Christian Post.
...continue reading this storyTraditionalist Catholics assaulted a congregation of evangelical Christians with rods and stones in Oaxaca, Mexico last week, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyInternational Christian Concern has just learned of the abrupt transfer of American Pastor Saeed Abedini from Iran's Evin Prison to a single cell with five death row inmates in Rajai Shahr Prison.
...continue reading this storyChristian clerics of the Central African Republic have asked for help to disarm a murderous Muslim insurgency and prevent a genocidal sectarian civil war, according to the Christian Post.
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A 50-member committee tasked with revamping Egypt's current constitution has removed the document's repressive restrictions on church construction, according to Barnabas Aid.
Eritrean security forces recently raided yet another prayer meeting, arresting about 150 Christians in a suburb of Asmara, the African nation's capital, according to Religion Today.
...continue reading this storyAlthough nine of Nigeria's 37 states are now under Islamic law, its penalties are enforced to different degrees of strictness, according to BarnabasAid.
...continue reading this storyThis month an Iranian court in Rasht sentenced four members from the Church of Iran to 80 lashes each.
...continue reading this storyThe Sultan of Brunei has announced the implementation of severe corporeal punishments as his sultanate shifts towards a stricter interpretation of Sharia law, according to The Standard.
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