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March 22, 2022
Note that “the increase in violence and abductions in the state had continued for so long that it now appeared normal.” The Nigerian...
March 21, 2022
This decision from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is correct. Coupled with the policy of pillage, destruction and desecration of the...
March 20, 2022
Many Hindus believe that conversion to Christianity is an attack on their culture and way of life, and an imminent threat to both, despite the fact...
March 20, 2022
Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population of Myanmar. The overwhelming majority of these are Protestants, with Roman Catholics...
March 18, 2022
Christians make up around 85% of Uganda’s population. There is a tiny minority of around 35,000 Orthodox Christians in that nation. Converts to...
March 17, 2022
This incident at Surp Takavor Church in Istanbul and the acquittal of the perpetrators demonstrates the same contempt for the Christian history and...
March 16, 2022
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 15, 2022
Here at ChristianPersecution.com, we have covered many stories of the closing and even the destruction of churches in Sudan. During the regime of...
March 14, 2022
There are around 300,000 Greek Orthodox Christians in Egypt; like our Coptic Christian brothers and sisters, they suffer sporadic persecution,...
March 13, 2022
In Myanmar as elsewhere in Asia, Christianity is generally considered to be an alien faith. Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population of...
March 12, 2022
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 11, 2022
According to International Christian Concern, “The assassination of Iman Sami, who was known as Maria, is suspected to have been retaliation by...
March 10, 2022
For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China, see here. “Chinese Woman Detained for Attempting to...
March 9, 2022
The Iranian government targets converts to Christianity because it considers them to be apostate and threats to the state.  The U.S. State Department...
March 8, 2022
Some may find Kace’s words overly harsh, in poor taste, and contrary to the spirit of love that characterizes Christianity. The harsh sentence...
March 7, 2022
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
March 6, 2022
There are thousands of applications for permits to build churches that have not yet been approved. Christians encounter opposition from government...
March 5, 2022
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
March 4, 2022
This story illustrates the insecurity and fear with which many non-Christian governing authorities the world over regard Christianity. They are aware...
March 3, 2022
The disturbing treatment of Sadi Bwanga by his relatives illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for...