A controversial cyber security law that allows Pakistan’s government to widen police online activity may cut off one of the last openings for evangelism left in the Muslim-majority nation. Catholic communication experts claim that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill,
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Their “weapons” are their prayers. Their biggest ally and protector? God Himself. These are the Christians in the Middle East who are fighting the war against the ISIL on their knees, praying for God to bless and restore the land
Read moreFighting resumed in rebel-held east Aleppo on Saturday, 22nd October, following the end of a three-day ceasefire announced by Russia. Western media outlets, with their focus on the rebel-held areas, continue to present a largely one-sided picture of events, so
Read morePakistani officials have banned 11 Christian television channels, leaving the country’s 2.8 million Christians with no public media presence for the first time in nearly two decades. According to India Today, the Pakistani Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) this week banned
Read more“Almost 90 percent of the leaders of Kazakhstan youth consider themselves believers, with 86 percent of them professing Islam,” according to a survey conducted by sociologist Madina Nurgaliyeva, and leading her to warn that “religiosity among young Kazakhs is at
Read moreIncreasing numbers of Christians in Uzbekistan are being punished simply for the “crime” of having religious literature at home, and Open Doors is asking Christians worldwide to pray for Christians living under the harsh Central Asian dictatorship. One Christian, Stanislav
Read moreAfter a 20-year fight, the recent registration of a Bible Society in Azerbaijan has brought fresh optimism to the country’s minority Christians. There does, however, remain some confusion over the types of books it will be allowed to print, with
Read moreThe Chinese government has released a set of proposed amendments to its rules regulating religious affairs, as President Xi Jinping attempts to exert even greater control over how religion is practised. The new set of amendments, released to the public
Read moreSlimane Bouhafs, a 49-year-old Algerian Christian convert from Islam, has been sentenced to three years in prison for “offending the Prophet [Muhammad]” and “denigrating the creed and precepts of Islam”. The charges stem for a face book post in July, when
Read moreThe moving last words of a prisoner executed in Iran a few days ago were of his profound faith in Jesus Christ. Alireza Asadi was one of 12 people executed near Tehran at the end of August, and his brother,
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