Pastor’s Name on ISIS Hit List – April 17th
Voice of the Martyrs, 11th April 2024 On Sunday, January 28, two masked gunmen entered a Catholic church in Istanbul during a service and randomly shot and killed a 52-year-old man. The self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility. Turkish police quickly arrested two suspects with ties to ISIS and later arrested 25 more after raiding […]
Young Christian Woman Killed by Her Muslim Brother – April 17th
Morning Star News, April 12, 2024 The Muslim brother of a 19-year-old woman in eastern Uganda on March 29 killed her for putting her faith in Christ, a relative said. Namukuve Sawuya had come to faith through a Christian Union Fellowship at her high school, a relative said. When her father, Alhaji Muzamiru, noticed she […]
Christian couple given two years in prison – April 17th
Church in Chains, April 10th, 2024 Pastor Ramesh Ahirwar and his wife Sakshi Ahirwar from Viveknagar Bhansa village near Sagar in Madhya Pradesh state have each been sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 25,000 rupees (€280) after Hindu extremists accused them of “forcible conversion” under the state’s anti-conversion laws. They denied […]
The Northern Hmu in China – April 17th
Joshua Project, April 15th, 2024 Chinese people have despised the Hmu people for centuries and called them “men-dogs.” When a Hmu person dies, a shaman “opens the road” by giving directions to enable the soul of the deceased to reach heaven after a long journey. In 1898, missionary W. S. Fleming and the first Hmu […]
Coptic Priest Threatened with Death in Sudan – April 3rd
Christian Solidarity Worldwide, March 28, 2024 ‘He threatened to shoot me if I did not accept Islam. I refused and said if God wants me to die by your bullet, His will is above us.’ These are the words of Father Arsenius, priest of the Al-Masalma Coptic Church in Omdurman, Sudan, which was attacked by […]
Deprived of an education because of her faith – April 3rd
Open Doors, 26th March 2024 (excerpts) Deki is one of the estimated 19,500 Christians in Bhutan, a country where all citizens are expected to be Buddhist. Because of her faith, she couldn’t go to school, but her greatest dream has now been fulfilled – to read and write. She finds it difficult to recall her […]
Persecution of Christians Escalates in India – April 3rd
Morning Star News, March 27th, 2024 India’s Christians suffered an alarming escalation of violence, hatred, and systematic oppression last year, according to the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI-RLC). The 601 cases of persecution against Christians in India in 2023 marked a 45 percent increase over the 413 instances recorded the […]
Laos house church reopens – April 3rd
Barnabas Aid, 27th March 2024 (excerpts) A small house church in southern Laos attacked by residents and village leaders in February is now reopening under the protection of district authorities. On Sunday 4 February a mob of residents and village authorities tore down the house where Christians were gathered and interrupted the worship service. The […]
The Bagirmi Fulani in Central African Republic – April 3rd
Joshua Project, April 1st, 2024 The Bagirmi Fulani are semi-nomadic, mixing farming with shepherding. Although some Fulani tribes travel seasonally with their flocks, the Bagirmi have a permanent home they live in for half of the year. They only travel during the dry season, when grazing lands and water are scarce. Many of the men […]
200-strong mob attacks church in India – March 20th
Open Doors, March 13th, 2024 At least 22 Christians in India, injured after a 200-strong mob attacked a church, are still in shock after their ordeal. Two children were among those injured in the mob violence in the southern state of Telangana over a land dispute, in which attackers shouted, “Jai Shri Ram”, meaning ‘Hail […]