ICC has learned that on August 22, the heavily persecuted house church, Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), was once again violently raided by the local authorities in Chengdu, China.
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Pastor’s wife Raj Rani underwent two surgeries for a broken leg sustained in attack in Punjab state, India. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A pastor’s wife is still bed-ridden after hard-line Sikhs and Hindus broke her leg in an attack on their church last month in northern India, sources said. Carrying […]
In a video released and being circulated online following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, an unidentified Afghan Christian can be heard through tears speaking the following in his native language: “Hello dear brothers and sisters, I hope you are healthy. Today in Afghanistan is the first day of Taliban rule. I don’t know what the […]
Mourners at the home of the slain Tabiruka Tefiiro in Bupalama village, eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim father of a 20-year-old convert to Christianity in Uganda on Sunday (Aug. 15) killed him for refusing to recant his faith, sources said. Kasimu Kawona of Bupalama village, Buseta Sub-County in […]
ICC has learned that since Kabul’s fall on August 15, Turkey has increased military expansionist activities across the Middle East in a way that is severely impacting religious minorities.
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International Christian Concern has learned that the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021, has sparked a wave of new religious freedom concerns across the Middle East.
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Harriet Nanzala rests alongside her daughter in eastern Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim brother of a woman in eastern Uganda attacked her with a knife and spear on Aug. 8 after discovering she was a Christian, the mother of two said. In a village near Kasasira, Kibuku District undisclosed […]
Police take three Christians to jail from court in Uttar Pradesh, India earlier this month. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three Christians are in jail after hard-line Hindus in northern India last week beat two of them, both pastors, and a Hindu they were comforting in the loss of his family to […]
ICC has learned that a Christian woman in Pakistan has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s notorious blasphemy laws after she received a text message on WhatsApp.
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(Christian Post) — After facing arrest and detention for preaching that homosexuality is a sin, an American evangelist is warning that “things are getting very bad” in the United Kingdom and other Western countries, suggesting that the situation has deteriorated to the point where they are “becoming communist.” Ryan Schiavo, who describes himself as an […]