The massacres nobody’s talking about
by Andrew Halloway Door to door killings of 500 Ethiopian Christians At least 500 Christians were killed by Muslim extremists this summer in Ethiopia. Christian aid agency Barnabas Fund reports…
Crackdown fails to stop China’s Church growth
Chinese Christians may be experiencing the worst persecution they have faced since the cultural revolution in the 1960s, yet they are now ten per cent of the population. Parents were…
Asia Bibi’s lawyer pleads for another death row Christian
Christian who has already been in jail for seven years for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages has been given the death sentence. Asif Pervaiz, a 37-year-old father of four, was…
Five Christians killed in India
Intolerance of Christians in India has been increasing in recent years, and in the latest incidents five Christians have died. A Christian father of two was murdered in Jharkhand State…
Petition to save Pakistanis on death row
Campaigning group CitizenGO has raised a petition in support of two Christians sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. Shagufta Kauser and disabled husband Shafqat Masih are among over 150…
Nigeria: Media ignore Muslim extremists’ attacks
Mervyn Thomas challenged the media’s apathy over murdered Nigerian Christians Most attacks on Christians in Nigeria go unreported by local and international media, according to ASSIST News. The Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa…
Mosque incites attack on Christians
Picture from Azri Alhaq/Morning Star News One Sudanese Christian has died and others were injured after mosque leaders in east Khartoum called for Christians to be expelled from the “Muslim…
Photographer sues state to protect his business
A Christian photographer has filed a lawsuit to protect his business from state persecution. Chris Herring, pictured above, believes the US state of Virginia’s new Values Act may force him…
China renews attack on churches after lockdown
After a brief period of respite during the Covid-19 lockdown, churches are suffering state persecution again in China. There are many reports of church raids, cross removals and violence against…
French church scapegoated for coronavirus crisis
An evangelical church has received death threats after being blamed for spreading Covid-19 in France. La Porte Ouverte (Open Door) Church in Mulhouse, eastern France, held a conference three weeks…
Nigerian children slaughtered during lockdown
Fulani militants have continued to attack Christians in northern Nigeria, with gruesome murders continuing despite the government-enforced lockdown. There are almost daily reports of herdsmen bursting into homes, killing families…
Isis murders 52 Christians in Mozambique
Islamic State (Isis) has claimed responsibility for an attack in Mozambique in which churches were burned and 52 young people killed. Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa told Catholic charity Aid to…
Three families in India beaten up
Three Christian families who refused to take part in animist worship in India have been assaulted and threatened with death. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that the attack happened in the…
Asia Bibi forgives her persecutors
“I knew it was going to happen,” says the mother held on death row for over eight years In France for the launch of her new biography, persecution survivor Asia…
Murdered for using water from a well
In an echo of Asia Bibi’s case, a 22-year-old farm worker has been murdered after washing with water from a Muslim’s well. Pakistani Christian Saleem Masih died on 28 February,…