The Chinese government has continued its campaign of removing crosses from churches in recent months, citing bizarre reasons in support of the "sinicization" of religion begun by President Xi Jinping.
...continue reading this storyThe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is calling for the establishment of an "anti-conversion" law he claims will "save this country" from the phenomenon of people converting from Buddhism to other religions, Christians say as a pretext for persecution.
...continue reading this storyPolice, state governments, and radical Hindu nationalist groups are joining together against Christians in India, marshaling the accusation that Christians are forcing people to convert to faith in Jesus.
...continue reading this storyA Christian watchdog group in the UK published a new report this week on the erosion of religious freedom in China under President Xi Jinping, whose 'sinicization' campaign has set out to absorb faith into the Chinese socialist system.
...continue reading this storyA pastor in Nepal was thrown into prison for exercising his God-given authority over coronavirus after police disguised themselves as Christians in need of healing prayer.
...continue reading this storyThe Indonesian Baptist Church of Tlogosari has resorted to legal action in fighting local opposition to the construction of its church house. Referring to pressure being placed on the government to block his church’s legitimate building work, Pastor Wahyudi told Beritasatu.com: “We will continue to fight for this, because if left unchecked it will set a bad precedent for freedom of religion and worship in Semarang.”
...continue reading this storyIn a tragic misunderstanding, the leader of a Hindu nationalist organization in India is vowing to prevent the spread of Christian faith across his country because of alleged child trafficking activities of the charity founded by Mother Theresa and purported forced conversions and marriages of Hindu girls by Muslim men.
...continue reading this storyThe married-father-of-three has come a long way since he nearly blew up a Protestant church in Jakarta. Author Ahmad Quraisy, which isn’t his family name, was a commander of the feared Islamic State of Indonesia (NII), an Indonesian militant group. But the former Islamic terrorist now leads an underground movement in Indonesia converting Muslims to Christianity or, in his words, 'personal faith in Christ.'
...continue reading this storyAn Iranian Christian convert from Islam has been denied asylum in the UK after a judge concluded he would not face a 'real act of persecution' by staying in his home country.
...continue reading this storyMuslim converts to Christianity in Iran have been exposed to government scrutiny in a new way following changes to a government-mandated ID card that all Iranians need to perform bank transactions and access basic services.
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