After a widespread public outcry, including a lawsuit filed with the European Court of Human Rights by the Alliance Defense Fund and Professionals for Ethics, Spain has decided to abandon a compulsory, anti-Christian education course for the country’s public and private school students.Thousands of lawsuits had been filed opposing the agenda of the “Education in [...]
~li~ Ugandan Girl Tortured for Christ Regaining Use of Legs Muslim Extremists in Uganda Throw Acid on Bishop Pastor Has Acid Thrown In Face on Christmas Eve for Converting From Islam Hassan Sharif Lubenga, 54, was a sheikh and member of the Buk Haram, a violent group of Islamists whose name suggests the Bible is [...]
The SPLC categorizes “hate groups” as any organization in the nation that has “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.”The group of religious leaders believes the SPLC has wrongly applied that label to themselves and other members of the faith community.Dr. Patrick Wooden, pastor at [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) – After the sweeping political victories Islamists made in the early round of elections in Egypt, the Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Yohanna Qulta was interviewed on Arab television concerning the looming threat that Egypt’s Christian communities will face in an Islamist society. The interview gives us unusual insight [...]
The head of Nigeria’s Christians said Saturday the killing of dozens of faithful in attacks blamed on Islamists suggested “ethnic and religious cleansing” reminiscent of the start of the 1960s civil war.Christians would “do whatever it takes” to defend themselves, Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said after a meeting of church [...]
USA (MNN/Open Doors) ― While the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church falls on the second Sunday of November every year, another important Sunday is approaching for both persecuted and free Christians.According to Assist News, Religious Freedom Sunday is a day for churches to talk to their congregations about their freedom of religious [...]
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria ” Like many other Christian outposts in the spiritual homeland of Nigeria’s “Taliban,” the Victory Baptist Church in the northern desert city of Maiduguri no longer relies solely on God for protection.A modest whitewashed spire in a skyline dominated by mosques, for the last month it has had a military guard to defend [...]
…says menace worse than 1967 civil war…as Adeboye, Okoh challenge Christians, MuslimsBY DANIEL IDONOR OLAYINKA LATONAABUJA – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, painted a gloomy picture of the membership and activities of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the group has successfully infiltrated the three arms of government at the federal level.This is just as [...]
~li~ Pioneers USA Closing the Gap in the World of Christian Missions 3 Ways to Make Evangelism a Growing Priority in Your Life Christians in Kashmir, India Increasingly Fearful, Report Says Ex-Prisoner of North Korea Speaks Out Against Christian Genocide Suspected Gunman Arrested for Killing Italian Missionary The Fides News Agency, created by order of [...]
India is one of the regions closely monitored by human rights groups, due to many cases of religious persecution taking place in its recent history. The biggest act of violence against Christians took place in 2008, in a remote eastern region of India, during an event referred to as the “Orissa massacre ,” in which [...]
