(The Sun) — Videos of women being brutally gang-raped are being sold in parts of India for as little as 12p. An investigation by Al Jazeera found that sickening clips depicting rape and the sexual abuse of children are being bought in Uttar Pradesh and transmitted to customer’s phones in seconds. The films, known locally […]
(Metro) — A father-of-six has been forced to flee his home under police guard after he said he suffered ‘years of persecution’ for converting to Christianity. Nissar Hussain, who converted from Islam 20 years ago, was hospitalized after one attack when two men, armed with a pick-axe, left him with a smashed kneecap. Last week, […]
Nigeria (Mission Network News) — It’s no secret that Nigerian Christians are a major target of Boko Haram’s terrorism. But the militant Muslim group’s attacks and murders leave more than physical scars. We recently spoke with Ray and Denice with Voice of the Martyrs, Canada. They serve as field officers and developers in the ministry’s […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (New York Times) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians marched in Jakarta on Friday, demanding that the city’s first Christian governor in decades be jailed for blasphemy. The rally was a show of strength by conservative Islamic groups, who were offended by his earlier remarks about the Quran and want to weaken him […]
(VOA News) — Christian groups are denouncing the jailing of an American pastor who has been detained for nearly a month in isolation in Turkey, accused of posing what officials call a “national security threat.” Authorities and the representatives of Protestant Christian community in Turkey say that Andrew Brunson, who has been a Protestant missionary […]
(The Christian Institute) — Republic of Ireland Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said that “porn is an issue that clearly needs to be addressed.” Kenny said a national conversation on tackling the issue is needed as children are being “corrupted” by an “avalanche” of pornographic material. He made the comments at the launch of a […]
(The Christian Institute) — Parents and MPs have fiercely criticized a CBBC program about a boy living as a girl, calling it “completely inappropriate.” “Just A Girl” features “Amy”—played by an actress—who is starting out at secondary school, and does not want anyone to find out he was “born in the wrong body.” It is […]
(CNN) — Sweden has opened its first neutral cemetery, free of any religious symbols, to cater to the country’s large number of atheists. The founder of the site in Borlänge, in central Sweden, said it is open to believers and non-believers alike as long as they don’t have any religious symbols or markings on their […]
(Christian Concern) — A heterosexual couple has launched the next stage of their court challenge to enter into a civil partnership. Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, from London, have said that they want to be “partners in law,” but do not want to get married. Currently, the law only allows same-sex couples to enter into […]
(Morning Star News) – Muslims in a village in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Oct. 30) gutted the home of a Christian family for housing two boys threatened with violence for leaving Islam, sources said. Stephen Muganzi, 41, told Morning Star News that the two teenaged boys sought refuge with him on Oct. 16 in Kobolwa […]