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August 12, 2021
The disturbing treatment of Hajira Namusobya by her father illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for...
August 11, 2021
The persecution of Christians in Pakistan is frequently justified by that nation’s draconian blasphemy laws, and here we see those laws again applied...
August 10, 2021
The persecution of Christians in Syria is ongoing; not only have many Christians left, but those who remain are in a dire situation. The ISIS...
August 9, 2021
The kidnapping and forced conversion of 14-year-old Chashman is, unfortunately, yet another example of a phenomenon that is all too common in...
August 8, 2021
According to International Christian Concern, the Democratic Republic of Congo is “a predominately Christian nation….While a large...
August 7, 2021
Christians have all too often become the victims of Turkish military actions in Syria and Iraq. These actions displaced 2,000 Christian families and...
August 7, 2021
USCIRF is to be commended for calling attention to and condemning these raids. The raids on these churches have ominous implications for all the...
August 5, 2021
This report makes it clear that attacks upon Christians in Nigeria have continued with astonishing regularity for years now, with little or no...
August 4, 2021
The pitiless murders of Thomas Wollo and seven-year-old Nggwe Thomas are two more examples of the gratuitous violence to which Christians in that...
August 3, 2021
Everywhere Christians are persecuted, there are largely unknown and unsung martyrs like Abbas Amiri and Sakineh Rahnama. There are laws in Iran that...
August 2, 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...
August 1, 2021
The Chinese government has been removing crosses on churches as well as these fishing vessels. The goal is to remove any visible sign of allegiance...
July 31, 2021
Muslims make up 90% of the population of Bangladesh; Hindus comprise 8.5%, Buddhists 0.6%, and Christians only 0.4%. Yet in this case, Buddhists...
July 30, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party is working actively and on numerous fronts to destroy Christianity and replace it in the hearts, minds, and souls of the...
July 29, 2021
The murder of Christians in Nigeria has become grimly routine, as it takes place now practically a daily basis. This crisis continues to grow in the...
July 28, 2021
ChristianPersecution.com has documented numerous incidents in which Hindu extremist mobs in India target Christians, and police are more sympathetic...
July 27, 2021
The targeting of Taghavard’s St. Astvatsatsin Church and other churches as well is consistent with Azerbiajan’s erasure of its Christian past, and...
July 26, 2021
This inquiry by the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea breaks through the near-total news blackout that prevails about...
July 25, 2021
This charge is based solely upon the fact that these people converted to Christianity. Such conversion is seen as a threat to the state. This is one...
July 24, 2021
Here at ChristianPersecution.com, we have covered many stories of the destruction of churches in Sudan. During the regime of Omar Al Bashir,...