Algerian Christians Face Trial After Wife Accuses Husband of Seeking to Convert Her From Islam

Algerian Christians Face Trial After Wife Accuses Husband of Seeking to Convert Her From Islam

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Two Christians in Algeria are facing trial after the Muslim wife of one accused them of suggesting she leave Islam, her husband said. Rachid Ouali and his 67-year-old friend, Ali Larchi, went before a judge in Bouira, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Algiers, on Tuesday (Oct. 9), after Ouali’s […]

Leah Sharibu’s Mother Pleads With Nigerian President as Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Daughter

Leah Sharibu’s Mother Pleads With Nigerian President as Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Daughter

(World Watch Monitor) — The mother of the Christian girl detained by Boko Haram for over seven months has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to secure her daughter’s release. Leah Sharibu, 15, was one of 110 girls kidnapped on Feb. 19, 2018 from a school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Dapchi, in Yobe state. […]

Chinese Pastor Investigated for Supporting Persecuted Christians

Chinese Pastor Investigated for Supporting Persecuted Christians

WENZHOU, Zhejiang (China Aid) — National security agents in China’s coastal Zhejiang confronted a local pastor for supporting Christians in Henan province, who are undergoing intense persecution. Faced with the continual deterioration of Henan churches’ freedoms, Pastor Yan Xiaojie of Shangjiang Church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, decided to sign a statement decrying the persecution. So far, the […]

Three Indonesian Churches Closed in Permits Dispute

Three Indonesian Churches Closed in Permits Dispute

(World Watch Monitor) — Three churches were closed in an Indonesian village last week amidst rumors Muslims were planning to protest against the churches’ presence because they did not have the required permits. But a pastor from one of the affected churches in West Kenali village, Alam Barajo district, in Sumatra’s central Jambi province, told […]

Iran’s Judiciary Sentences Two Believers for Affirming Basic Christian Doctrines

Iran’s Judiciary Sentences Two Believers for Affirming Basic Christian Doctrines

(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 22, 2018, Iran’s judiciary affirmed the jail sentences of two Christians. The verdict wrote that believing in the Bible’s authority and Jesus as Lord are attacks against Islam. Saheb Fadaie was sentenced to 18 months and Fatemeh Bakhteri to 12 months in […]

Pakistani Christian Pharmacist Dies Following Acid Attack

Pakistani Christian Pharmacist Dies Following Acid Attack

Lahore (AsiaNews) – Disfigured with acid because of the jealousy of colleagues and because of his Christian faith: This is the story of Faraz Ahmed Badar from a small village in Punjab, Pakistan. The 26-year-old Christian, who had recently graduated in pharmacy, had been working for about two years as a manager at the DHQ […]

Chinese Church Posts Request for Help as Police Block Stairwell

Chinese Church Posts Request for Help as Police Block Stairwell

ZHENGZHOU, Henan (China Aid) — Officials in Zhengzhou, capital of China’s Henan province, sent people to blockade off the church during a service on Sunday, Sept. 16. In response, the church posted an SOS notice online, calling on all Christians in the area to support them. The message appeared at 9:00 a.m., calling on other adherents […]

More Than 20 Nigerian Christians Drown in River Attempting to Escape Fulani Attackers

More Than 20 Nigerian Christians Drown in River Attempting to Escape Fulani Attackers

(World Watch Monitor) — A pastor was one of at least 27 people who lost their lives following fresh attacks carried out by Fulani militants on five predominantly Christian communities in northeast Nigeria in recent days. Many of them drowned as they attempted to escape via the local river. Various sources contacted by World Watch […]

271 Indian Christians Facing ‘Unfounded’ Criminal Charges, Including Converting Hindus Through ‘Spreading Lies’ About Hinduism

271 Indian Christians Facing ‘Unfounded’ Criminal Charges, Including Converting Hindus Through ‘Spreading Lies’ About Hinduism

(World Watch Monitor) — Two hundred and seventy-one Christians in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have been charged with a range of crimes including attempting to convert Hindus through the use of drugs and by spreading lies about Hinduism. Of the 271, just three were named – pastors Durga Prasad Yadav, Kirit Rai […]