Category Archives: Persecution

“The Hindu persecution of Christians has intensified since 2021 after India’s updated ‘anti-conversion laws’ helped drive what the New York Times, has called ‘anti-Christian hysteria.'”

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“Christians in the West need to wake up. You’ve got to understand what’s going on, and what’s happening. This is an absolute strategy designed to take away rights, and the outlawing of Christians would be the end product.”

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“A two-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison in North Korea after officials found a Bible belonging to the infant’s parents.”

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The seven believers were arrested in June and convicted of “forming an operating illegal organisations [house churches] with the aim of disrupting the security of the country.”

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“The customer demanded free service on the grounds of his Muslim faith. Masih, who is a married man with a young daughter, insisted on payment and reportedly informed Irfan that he was a Christian and not interested in the man’s religious status.”

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“Surely, the mass killing of Christians in a Nigerian church by extremists is deserving of the same solidarity, support and sympathy, as the mass killing of Kiwi Muslims in a Christchurch Mosque?”

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“Westerners being muted on the matter is a stark contrast to 2020’s black squares, black power fists, BLM protests, and the blank cheque pandering to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ narrative.”

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More than 600 Nigerian Christians were killed in the first four months of 2020, according to a report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety). In a report released May 15, the Nigerian-based non-profit organisation said 620 Christians in Nigeria have been murdered between January and April this year by Islamic militants. “Nigeria’s main Islamic Jihadists: Militant Fulani Herdsmen and Boko Haram/ISWAP have intensified their anti-Christian violence in the old Middle Belt and Northern regions,” the report said. “The atrocities against Christians have gone unchecked, with the country’s security forces and concerned political actors…

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WE are continually warned that doctors who believe in traditional marriage might deny medical treatment to gay patients. Amazingly, the New York City Council has turned this on its head and decided to deny gay patients to doctors who believe in traditional marriage. That’ll teach the bigots! New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced at the weekend that it was “time for Samaritan’s Purse to leave NYC”. He tweeted: “Their continued presence here is an affront to our values of inclusion, and is painful for all New Yorkers who care deeply about the LGBTQ community.” Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian…

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Islamic militants have beheaded a pastor in Nigeria just days after releasing a ransom video of his pleas for help. Rev. Lawan Andimi, head of the Christian Association in Nigeria’s chapter in his home region, was abducted by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram last month during a raid in the Adamawa state of Nigeria. Days after he was kidnapped, his captors released a video in which Andimi asked his colleagues to call on Gov. Ahmandu Umaru Fintiri to secure his release. “I have never been discouraged because of all conditions that one finds himself in is in the hand…

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Islamic militants have killed at least 30 people and abducted a number of women and children during an attack carried out in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday night. The attackers targetted motorists as they slept in their vehicles at a stop-off in the town of Auno. A witness said militants set alight 30 vehicles, including trucks that had stopped overnight on their way to Maiduguri. “Many of the drivers and their assistants who were sleeping in the vehicles were burnt alive,” said Babakura Kolo, a member of a state-backed anti-jihadist militia. Borno State governor Babagana Zulum visited the scene the morning…

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Jihadi militants have killed three Christian teachers in Kenya during an attack on a primary school, according to Kenya’s National Police Service. In a post on Twitter, authorities confirmed the three teachers were killed when suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a primary school, a police post, and a telecommunications mast in the region of Kamuthe on Monday at about 2 a.m. “This morning around 02.00 hrs, suspected armed AS Militia attacked Kamuthe Primary school, Kamuthe Police Post, a telecommunications mast and murdered 3 teachers,” police said. “The telecommunications mast is particularly damaged but operational. Security agencies are pursuing the attackers.” The…

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Islamic militants have carried out yet another attack on a predominantly Christian village in Nigeria, killing up to 13 Christians and leaving another three wounded. The assault was carried out on Wednesday evening by about 20 armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen. “They were shooting with guns in all directions, forcing the villagers to scamper into surrounding bushes,” an eyewitness told Morning Star News in a text message. “Corpses of those killed have been evacuated by soldiers and police to mortuary of Mangu Cottage Hospital; and all victims are members of [Church of Christ in Nations] COCIN,” he added. Just hours after…

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A pastor in China has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being accused of ‘inciting subversion of state power’ and ‘illegally operating a business.’ Pastor Wang Yi was arrested in December 2018 along with dozens of churchgoers and leaders of the Early Rain Covenant Church, one of China’s largest unregistered protestant “house” churches. China’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, but since President Xi Jinping took office six years ago, the government has tightened restrictions on religions seen as a challenge to the authority of the ruling Communist Party, Reuter’s reports. According to a statement from the church, which was…

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At least 10 Christian hostages in Nigeria were murdered by Islamic State terrorists on Christmas Day. The slaughter was reportedly carried out by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), who claimed the killings were to avenge the deaths of their leaders Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria. Video released on Wednesday shows 13 hostages in total, 10 are believed to be Christian and three, Muslim. It was reported that one of the hostages was shot in the head while the rest were beheaded. In an earlier video, the hostages pleaded with the Christian Association of…

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Boris Johnson has used his first Christmas message as Prime Minister to promise to defend persecuted Christians around the world. The message began with Mr Johnson’s acknowledgment that Christmas is primarily a Christian celebration that focuses on the birth of Jesus Christ. “Christmas Day is, first and foremost, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a day of inestimable importance to billions of Christians the world over,” he said. Mr Johnson went on to say: “Today of all days, I want us to remember those Christians around the world who are facing persecution. For them, Christmas Day…

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More than 1,000 Christians in Nigeria have been slaughtered by Islamic militants since January, a report by the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) revealed. The report, Your Land or Your Blood, was presented at the International Organisation for Peace and Social Justice crisis conference in London last month and found more than 6,000 believers have been murdered in the region in the last four years. According to the Church Times, “Since January, there have been five serious attacks in Kaduna State, in the center of the country, resulting in an estimated 500 deaths. There were at least another five attacks…

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Islamic militants have shot dead 14 Christians during a Sunday morning church service in Komondjari Province, south-east Burkina Faso. According to the Barnabas Fund, the December 1 attack left 14 members of the Ouba family dead, including five boys, 16-years and younger. The pastor of the church, Tchitchiéba Ouoba, was also killed. It was reported that the jihadist attackers slaughtered all but one male member of the congregation, while several women, and possibly young children, were said to have been left wounded. The Barnabas Fund said the leader of the church’s denomination, Tambougou Adjima, cried uncontrollably for ten minutes while…

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A 48-year-old Bible translator has been murdered at his home in Cameroon, the second translator to be butchered to death in the region in just two months. Benjamin Tem, who helped to complete the New Testament translation into the Aghem language in 2016, was murdered at his home in the Wum region on Sunday night, according to reports from Efi Tembon of Oasis Network for Community Transformation. While the attackers have not yet been located, locals have blamed Muslim Fulani radicals. In a post on Facebook, Tembon said: “He was attacked last night by people suspected to be pro-government Fulani herdsmen.…

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A 25-year-old lead actress in the UK has been fired from a stage production after being accused of posting “homophobic” remarks on Facebook five years ago. Seyi Omooba was sacked by a theatre company in Leicester after she was cast as the lead role in the stage version of The Color Purple. The sacking came after Hamilton actor Aaron Lee Lambert called out Ms Omooba on Twitter for “homophobic” comments she posted on Facebook back in September 2014. Lambert took offence to Ms Omooba being cast as Celie, a central character in the story because some like to view the character as being…

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