The chief lawyer defending Christian women who were reportedly sexually abused by activists of Pakistan's ruling party said Monday, June 24, that Muslim militants have threatened to kill him if he and his legal team continue with this case or others, including attacks on a Christian neighborhood and rape.
...continue reading this storyIn the latest of a series of attacks this year in the Wase area of Plateau state, Nigeria, Fulani Muslims killed one Christian and destroyed church buildings in four villages Tuesday.
...continue reading this storyThis month, members of the militant al-Shabaab sect publicly executed a young man to death in southern Somalia simply because he was a Christian.
...continue reading this storyWhile the world's attention was focused on Iran's presidential election, four converts to Christianity were found guilty by an Iranian court of no longer being Muslims.
...continue reading this storySuspected members of Boko Haram attacked four settlements in Nigeria's Borno State, killing a pastor and torching four churches, according to AllAfrica Global Media.
...continue reading this storyHuman Rights Watch described it as "a giant prison" and Reporters without Borders called it "the most repressive nation on earth".
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International Christian Concern recently reported that two Christian men were arrested in separate incidents in Ethiopia.
Religious persecution in Eritrea is at its highest ever and getting even worse, according to World Watch Monitor, the news outlet of Open Doors, a Christian charity that ranked Eritrea 10th on its World Watch List.
...continue reading this storyIranian Pastor Behnam Irani, who may face the death penalty for "apostasy", is facing serious health problems after two years imprisonment, a close friend has told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyA 16-year-old Christian convert from Islam remained missing, some two weeks after he was kidnapped by Islamic militants in Pakistan's volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Christians said.
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