Earlier this week, various reports surfaced saying that a Senate committee in Pakistan wanted to examine the blasphemy law and look at any changes needed so that the law would be less abused. However, since word got out about re-examining
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Earlier this week, various reports surfaced saying that a Senate committee in Pakistan wanted to examine the blasphemy law and look at any changes needed so that the law would be less abused. However, since word got out about re-examining
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Churches are facing and increase in serious threats in Turkey, where hate speech against Christians in social and conventional media has increased and Church leaders are being deported, according to the country’s Association of Protestant Churches. https://pray.interserve.org/growing-pressure-against-turkish-christians/ The findings come
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Christians and non-Sunni Muslims from Mosul, northern Iraq, waiting to return after their city’s liberation from Islamic State is completed, may have many years to wait, and their chances of doing so depend on the actions of the Iraqi Government,
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Christians in Sudan, along with Middle East Concern, are requesting further prayer for three imprisoned Christians who were sentenced at a court hearing on yesterday, Sunday 29th January. https://pray.interserve.org/pray-for-sudanese-christians-facing-trial/. The court sentenced Petr Jasek to life in prison for espionage,
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Youssef Lamei, a 45-year-old Christian, was sitting outside his shop in Alexandria in the early hours of 3rd January, when a man crept up behind him and slit his throat whilst reportedly shouting “Allahu Akbar” [God is great]. The murder
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Catholic and Protestant churches need to unite if Christians are to resist a rise in intolerance and radicalism in Indonesia, according to church leaders in that country. Growing incidents of hate speech and opposition to the building of places of
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Nissar and his wife were brought up as Muslims, but 20 years ago came to faith in Christ. Since then they and their children have been regularly abused and attacked, told to move out of the predominantly Muslim area of
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An Algerian Christian has been sentenced to a year in jail for a post he allegedly made on Facebook in December 2015. Samir Chamek, 34, was found guilty of insulting Islam on the social media platform, Facebook, and was sentenced
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The Egyptian President has made a promise to build the largest church in Egypt. He made the announcement during a Christmas liturgy held at Cairo’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, celebrated by Patriarch Tawadros II, telling those gathered there that he has
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The Government of Sindh Province, southeastern Pakistan, has rejected a law that would punish forced conversions with a prison sentence of up to life imprisonment. The bill was originally adopted unanimously by the provincial assembly last November, and welcomed by
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