Seven Christians in India’s Uttar Pradesh state were jailed last month after a mob of Hindu extremists violently attacked their church and accused them of forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. India ranks 10 on the 2021 US Open Doors Watch List of top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
...continue reading this storyThree Iranian men who abandoned Islam to embrace faith in Christ were summoned by Iranian authorities to serve three-year jail sentences, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyChristian leaders held emergency talks with authorities in central India where police detained scores of Christians instead of the Hindu nationalists who attacked them.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian court sentenced two Muslim brothers to life imprisonment for killing Egyptian Christian shopkeeper Ramsis Hermina, an advocacy group announced Tuesday.
...continue reading this storyConcerns were mounting Tuesday about the situation of 15 devoted Christians who were reportedly rearrested by Eritrea’s authorities for their faith.
...continue reading this storyA Somali Christian who was falsely charged in 2019 with selling hard drugs, and whose bail was paid by International Christian Concern (ICC), had his case dismissed by a court in Kenya last month, ICC reports.
...continue reading this storyAn Algerian Christian who abandoned Islam will soon hear whether he will face a lengthy prison for charges related to what authorities call “suspicious evangelistic activities.”
...continue reading this storyTwo jailed Iranian Christians have asked Iran’s Islamic authorities to allow them to worship Christ in freedom.
...continue reading this storyGlobal Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) launches a radio station “of hope” in the capital of Ivory Coast in response to mounting Islamic extremism and deadly diseases.
...continue reading this storyUnited Nations human rights experts have urged Pakistan to release a mentally ill Christian man who was detained two years ago for “insulting” Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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