(Barnabas Fund) — Haruna Kuye, the community leader of a predominantly Christian village in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, and his teenage son, Destiny Kuye, both Christians, were killed when armed men entered their home in the early hours of Nov. 17. Fulani militants are suspected of carrying out the brutal attack in Mazaki village, Zangon […]
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – A young Christian teacher in northeastern Egypt is facing charges of insulting Islam after he posted comments on Facebook, according to local reports. Youssef Hany of Ismailia, a city on the Suez Canal 78 miles northeast of Cairo, posted the comments earlier this month in reply to a Muslim who had […]
South Korea (Mission Network News) — A believer awaits charges for launching Bible balloons from South Korea into North Korea. Last week, South Korean police recommended that prosecutors charge Eric Foley with Voice of the Martyrs Korea on three counts. “One of them is related to the violation of an inter-Korean exchange law. [This] is […]
China (International Christian Concern) – The leader of a house church in China’s Yunnan province was detained for five days as his “administrative punishment,” since he held worship at his residence and “disturbed public order.” According to China Aid, on November 15, Li Chunze, the leader of a house church in Panlong District in the […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Community leaders in a village in Hidalgo state are threatening to expel two Protestant families if they do not fully pay a fine levied against them because of their religious beliefs. The two families belong to a group of Protestant families in La Mesa Limantitla, located in the Huasteca region of […]
North Korea (International Christian Concern) – When she was 17 years old, the North Korean Christian Sookyung Kang fled from her repressive country because she wanted to be able to worship God with freedom. She shared her 3,000 mile journey to South Korea with Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) in a video interview, according to Christian […]
(Article18) — The UN’s General Assembly has passed a resolution expressing “serious concerns” about the situation of human rights in Iran, including “severe limitations” and “increasing restrictions” on religious freedom. The resolution, passed yesterday by 79 votes to 32, with 64 abstentions, calls on Iran to “eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of […]
(The Christian Institute) — Churches in Northern Ireland are set to close following the announcement of a two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown. The Stormont executive announced yesterday that strict new measures will be introduced from Nov. 27, including the closure of non-essential retail, close-contact services, leisure and entertainment services, and places of worship. Garden centers […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Their pleas for government help falling on deaf ears, Christian leaders issued calls for prayer this month as Islamic extremist groups continued terrorizing northeast Nigeria. In the wake of attacks and kidnappings by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), leaders of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) […]
(The Christian Institute) — Abortion giant Marie Stopes International (MSI) has been renamed in an attempt to distance itself from its founder’s openly racist and eugenicist beliefs and practices. The organization, which operates in 37 countries around the world, will rebrand as MSI Reproductive Choices, claiming it no longer has any “meaningful connection” to its […]