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September 29, 2021
This attack and previous attacks on Armenian churches and schools suggest that the Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict, in which Christians have been...
September 28, 2021
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
September 28, 2021
The goal of those who are killing Christians in Nigeria is to terrorize them into fleeing the area, freeing up their land for use by the attackers...
September 27, 2021
The kidnapping and forced conversion of young Christian and other girls from religious minority groups is all too common in Pakistan. Kidnapping,...
September 26, 2021
Christians make up around 85% of Uganda’s population (there is a tiny minority of around 35,000 Orthodox Christians in that nation). In Uganda,...
September 25, 2021
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, as we see here yet again, are frequently used to threaten and intimidate vulnerable religious minority communities. ...
September 24, 2021
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox...
September 23, 2021
On August 26, ChristianPersecution.com reported the arrest of Muhammad Kace. His brutal mistreatment in prison, reported below, is consistent with...
September 22, 2021
Most of the Christians in Afghanistan keep their faith secret, as conversion from Islam to Christianity is illegal. In the entire country, there is...
September 21, 2021
As we have documented many times here at ChristianPersecution.com, the kidnapping and forced conversion of young Christian and other girls from...
September 20, 2021
In Myanmar, as elsewhere in Asia, Christianity is viewed as a foreign religion that threatens the integrity of the culture. Christians make up about...
September 19, 2021
Attacks upon Christians in Nigeria have continued with astonishing regularity for years now, with little or no effective response from the Nigerian...
September 18, 2021
The persecution of Christians in Pakistan is frequently justified by that nation’s draconian blasphemy laws, and here we see how those laws can be...
September 17, 2021
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
September 16, 2021
Since 1974, the occupation regime has been pursuing a policy of pillage, destruction and desecration of the cultural heritage of Cyprus; this has led...
September 15, 2021
This raid highlights the impunity of the Chinese government in its efforts to transform Christianity into a tool of the state. The Christians of...
September 13, 2021
The Iranian government targets converts to Christianity because it considers them to be apostate and threats to the state. That is why some converts...
September 13, 2021
Many saw the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia as a revival of the dark days of the Armenian Genocide of the early twentieth century,...
September 12, 2021
Pakistan is home to over two million Christians, and none of them is exempt from the daily risk of persecution and harassment. A small number of...
September 11, 2021
This disturbing incident illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is often the occasion for persecution of Christians — not just of the...