Religious Freedom

Nigerian musician challenges blasphemy law that put him in prison

Africa Religious Freedom

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A Nigerian musician sentenced to death in 2020 for sharing alleged blasphemous messages on WhatsApp has challenged blasphemy laws in Nigeria’s highest court. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, in jail awaiting a retrial, has petitioned Nigeria’s Supreme Court to declare the Kano state law on blasphemy unconstitutional. Through his lawyer, Kola Alapinni, Aminu has also challenged his conviction, when he was tried and sentenced without legal representation.

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New regulations in China target online religious content

Asia Religious Freedom

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Officials, Muslims halt church construction in Indonesia

Asia Religious Freedom

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Alarm sounded over Dutch bill to ban ‘gay conversion’ practices

Europe Religious Freedom

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Iraqi Christian slain while livestreaming in France

Europe Religious Freedom

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Five of seven Christians killed in Nigeria were children

Africa Religious Freedom

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Opinion

Christians should uphold freedom of belief for all including homosexuals

Africa Religious Freedom

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South Africa celebrates Pride Month during October even as persecution of homosexuals is rising in other African states. This should be of concern for Christians as freedom of belief has long been a commitment of Protestant Christians. It doesn’t mean Christians must agree with differing beliefs, but it does mean that we must support the human right of others to hold, practice, and celebrate their beliefs as we have the right to hold, practice, and celebrate ours.
I was forced from home for my faith in Christ

Asia Religious Freedom Family & Children

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After a miraculous healing and turning to Jesus, an Indian family has faced persistent persecution. Recently it became so fierce they were forced to flee. Nevertheless, a powerful witness to faith in Christ remains in their village that we pray will one day bear much fruit. Here is their first-hand story.
Christians in Lebanon still hold fast to God in the midst of great troubles

Middle East Religious Freedom

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Five years ago, on August 4, 2020 one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history rocked Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Today the entire nation is still struggling to recover from the tragedy on top of many other pressures, external and internal, bearing down on the population of Lebanon. Here, we receive an insider's perspective.
A cry for peacemakers in a time of violence

US & Canada Religious Freedom Society & Culture

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The United States is a nation gripped afresh by violence. Many of its people are struggling to feel, to understand, to see a way forward. US peace and reconciliation advocate, Jim Eaton, calls Christians to a better way, the way of Jesus; a way that is not partisan but peaceful, not livid but loving.

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Africa Religious Freedom

Herdsmen kill eight Christians in northwest Nigeria

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Fulani herdsmen attacked two villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state early on Sunday (Sept. 7), killing eight Christians and wounding nine others.
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Asia Religious Freedom

Christian charged with blasphemy in Pakistan wins rare bail

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

A Christian in Pakistan won a rare grant of bail on Monday (Sept. 8), a day after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy, sources said.
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Asia Religious Freedom

Christians agonize under false charges in India

By Morning Star News

Police in India left two young children of a pastor and his wife unattended when they arrested the couple on fabricated charges, and other officers later beat the children’s mother in custody, sources said.
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Oceania Religious Freedom

Prayer ban reaffirmed in New South Wales (NSW), Australia

By Chris Eyte

The attorney general of New South Wales (NSW), Australia last week reaffirmed a ban on praying for sexually struggling people even if they request it.
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Europe Religious Freedom

Russian court imprisons pastor for statement on Ukraine war

By Jack Bethel

A Russian court last week jailed a church pastor for four years after he spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine in a sermon.
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Asia Religious Freedom

Catholic slain in Muslim attack on pilgrims in Pakistan

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Muslims on Sunday (Sept. 7) shot to death one Catholic and wounded another as they traveled to a pilgrimage site in Punjab Province, Pakistan, sources said.