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UK court: Franklin Graham festival was discriminated against by local authorities

April 6, 2021

A British court has ruled that the 2018 UK Lancashire Festival of Hope featuring Franklin Graham was subject to discrimination by local authorities which removed festival bus advertisements reading only “Time for Hope,” Assist News reports. The Blackpool Borough Council and Blackpool Transport Services were found to have violated the UK’s Equality Act 2010 by discriminating against the Festival specifically because of Graham’s religious views on homosexuality.

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Algerian Christian becomes suicidal following persecution and imprisonment

April 6, 2021

Algerian Christian Slimane Bouhafs has struggled with suicidal thoughts after being imprisoned for violating Algeria’s blasphemy laws and then being further persecuted for his faith upon seeking refuge in Tunisia, Morning Star News reports. Algeria ranked 24th and Tunisia ranked 26th on the Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.

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Increased persecution in India; Christians attacked by Tribal Animists

April 6, 2021

Rights groups report that Christian persecution in India has worsened since Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. Whereas in 2013 India ranked 31st on the Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List of countries where Christians are persecuted, it now ranks 10th.

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Abducted Church Worker Rescued From India Brothel

April 6, 2021

The wife of an evangelical pastor in eastern India has been freed after she was abducted, sold, and locked up in a brothel for nearly a month, Worthy News learned Monday.

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Floods Hit Indonesia’s Christian-Majority Island; Dozens Killed

April 4, 2021

Easter celebrations on Indonesia’s only Christian-majority island were overshadowed by flash floods that killed scores of people and displaced thousands, officials and Christians said.

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Nigeria Bandits Kidnap Evangelists

April 1, 2021

Bandits have reportedly abducted eight Christian evangelists in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State amid an Islamic campaign of targeted kidnappings.

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Agency Seeks Prayers As Hundreds Die In Myanmar Coup

March 31, 2021

One of Asia's leading humanitarian agencies urged Christians Thursday to pray for Myanmar's “suffering people” after hundreds died in the South Asia nation's military coup.

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‘Abducted Christian Schoolgirl Has Second Child In Nigeria’

March 31, 2021

An abducted Christian schoolgirl, who refused to convert to Islam, has given birth to a second child while held captive by Islamist militants, several sources confirmed.

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Armenia Condemns Azerbaijan For Demolishing Church

March 30, 2021

Armenia's leading cultural authority accuses neighboring Azerbaijan of demolishing an Armenian Church in a disputed area.

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Christians Killed As Islamist Militants Attack Mozambique Town

March 30, 2021

Dozens of people, including Christians, were killed and thousands forced to flee after hundreds of Islamist militants attacked the northern Mozambique town of Palma, aid workers say.

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