Christian woman in Pakistan accused of blasphemy wins bail
A high court in Pakistan has granted bail to a Christian woman imprisoned for more than a year over false accusations of blasphemy, her attorney said.
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The Church in post Christian Europe is not being persecuted but it is losing respect
A wave of crime against UK and French churches does not indicate persecution, but is still revealing. It indicates that the declining moral standing of Christianity in Western European life matters, not as a theological problem but as an increasingly serious sociological one.
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The conflict affecting Christians in Nigeria has deep roots
Nigeria's socio-religious conflicts have a long and complex history, with numerous factors influencing the current violence. Whatever the cause, it cannot be denied that Christians are being disproportionately affected by the brutal violence that continues to result.
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Asked about India's Christians the RSS response was awkward silence
Accused of orchestrating or tolerating attacks on Christians, top representatives of India's RSS went mute. A video of the scene went viral. For India to fulfill its promise in this century, its most influential non-governmental organization must lead by example in transparency, accountability and permitting space for freedom of religion.
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Remembering the forgetten followers in a forgotten war
Sudan's civil war continues to rage after three years of devastating conflict and Sudan's two million Christians face particular peril. Yet this conflict is largely overlooked compared to other conflict zones. It seems to be a crisis too complex, too distant, and too African to hold the Western gaze. God sees, however, so let us pray for peace in Sudan and protection especially for Jesus' followers among the Sudanese.
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Women are 'easy targets' for persecution in Christian-minority countries
Women and girls are easy targets for religious persecution, and their plight is often compounded when shunned by their own church communities after escaping their captors, say experts on gender-based persecution.
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Police in India arrest Pastor after Hindu extremist attack
When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said.
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Nigeria responds to Trump’s call to end Christian persecution as the US threatens to 'strike at the heart of Islamic militants'
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinibu, has responded to Trump’s call to end Christian’s killing in the North of the country, stating the country is taking steps to safeguard religious freedoms.
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Bid for probe of anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala, Pakistan rejected
Hopes for justice for victims of 2023 attacks on Christians in Jaranwala town, Pakistan ostensibly ended when a high court on Oct. 22 rejected all petitions filed by individuals and Christian groups seeking a judicial investigation, sources said.
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Christians in India cleared of false forcible conversion charges
India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.”
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Prayer, advocacy heat up for persecuted Nigerian Christians – amid pushback
By Edward RossAs prayer is focused on the persecuted church this Sunday (Nov. 2) for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP), Christians in Nigeria are being killed daily while pushback grows against assertions that they are suffering genocide.
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Korean Christians’ use of fortune-telling raises concern among church leaders
A recent survey showing that one in five churchgoing Protestants in South Korea used shamanistic services within the past three years has prompted concern among Korean Christian scholars and pastors.
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