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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...
September 10, 2021
The Chinese government continues its efforts to transform Christianity into a tool of the state. This directive on prayers for the fallen soldiers of...
September 9, 2021
As Hindu extremist mobs continue to target Christians, all too frequently, police are more sympathetic to the attackers than to the victims, as we...
September 8, 2021
This story once again indicates how deeply threatened many governments that persecute Christians are by converts to Christianity. In their...
September 7, 2021
The Fulani herdsmen’s goal is to terrorize Christians into fleeing the area, freeing up their land for use by the attackers and their associates....
September 6, 2021
The occupation regime in northern Cyprus has been following a policy of pillage, destruction and desecration of the cultural heritage of Cyprus since...
September 5, 2021
Iman Ghaznavian Haghighi recounts that after his release, he “was forced to attend ‘re-education’ classes with an Islamic cleric....
September 3, 2021
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...
September 3, 2021
Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population of Myanmar. Most of these Christians are Protestants, with Roman Catholics comprising most of...
September 2, 2021
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has taken official notice of this Turkish military activity that threatens...