Religious Freedom

Report: Rwanda's religious regulation laws that closed thousands of churches 'do not meet international human rights standards'

Africa Religious Freedom

5 min read

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has determined that Rwanda's current regulations and restrictions do not meet international human rights standards. In its submission to the Universal Periodic Review on July 16, 2025, WEA has urged the Government of Rwanda to review the 2018 law on Faith-based Organisations and its 2015 amendment and related guidelines, suggesting that the law is in contravention of Rwanda's constitution.

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India’s anti-conversion laws selectively deny freedom of religion for Indians

Asia Religious Freedom Church & Missions

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India’s famed Emperor Ashoka was an ancient convert from Hinduism to Buddhism. He demonstrated that a person is NOT forced by others to convert from one religion to another. Today, “religious conversions are forced,” is the flawed premise of all anti-conversion laws of India. Who could have forced mighty Emperor Ashoka to change his religion? The Emperor’s famous religious conversion was his choice.
Iran cracks down on any hint of dissent after 12-day war

Middle East Religious Freedom

4 min read

The situation for Iranian people is more dangerous now than before the recent war with Israel and the United States of America. Even more so for Christians who represent a growing minority religion in the staunchly Shia theocracy. Under threat, the ruling regime has increased its morality terror with brutal force.
The end of persecution is a realistic hope but in the meantime we lament

Asia Religious Freedom

6 min read

In a perfect world, where legal systems hold political power to account and protect minorities against human rights abuses we might expect an end to persecution. But we do not live in a perfect world. People with power continue to act with impunity against those who think and live differently to them. Christians have a way to cope with this reality and a real and living hope for a future free of persecution.
We need to understand the political winds and remain aware of persecution trends

US & Canada Religious Freedom

10 min read

New political winds are blowing with increasing force as the push-back against globalization grows with increasing nationalisms. The demand to pledge allegiance to something other than God in Christ will put renewed pressure on the Church and we need to be prepared to hold true to our faith. Here is a stern warning that Christians must take to heart.

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Asia Religious Freedom

Protests erupt over church construction in Indonesia despite permits

By Morning Star News

Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia on July 5 protested the construction of a church building in West Java Province, local media reported.
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Africa Religious Freedom

Sudan destroys church building in Khartoum North

By Morning Star News

Authorities in Sudan on July 8 demolished a church complex in Khartoum North, sources said. With no prior warning, bulldozers and trucked accompanied by police and armed forces personnel arrived at the compound of the Pentecostal Church in the El-Haj Yousif area of East Nile District at noon and began demolishing the church building, sources told local media.
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Oceania Church & Missions Religious Freedom

Baptist World Alliance launches global Acts 2 Movement in the lead up to 2033

By CDI Staff

As the global church looks ahead to the 2,000th anniversary of Pentecost and the birth of the Christian church in 2033, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) has launched the Acts 2 Movement, a sweeping initiative calling for unprecedented collaboration among Baptists worldwide to advance global mission, evangelism, and justice.
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Asia Religious Freedom

Raped Christian mother in Pakistan says police block justice

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Police in Pakistan delayed registering a complaint by a Catholic woman gang-raped by three Muslims in front of her 3-year-old daughter and are pressuring her to withdraw the case, she said.
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Africa Religious Freedom

Fulanis kill five Christians, kidnap 110 others in northwest Nigeria

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 11) killed five Christians and wounded three others an area of northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state where at least 110 others have been kidnapped in the past six months, sources said.
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Asia Religious Freedom

Muslim in Pakistan who raped Christian girl receives life sentence

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

A judge on Wednesday (July 9) handed a life sentence to a Muslim found guilty of abducting and raping a Christian girl but ignored accusations of forcible conversion and fraudulent marriage, the victim’s attorney said.

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Erika Kirk vows to carry on Charlie’s mission: ‘The movement my husband built will not die’

US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture

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In an impassioned speech two days after her husband was assassinated on a college campus in Utah, Erika Kirk vowed to carry on her husband’s mission at Turning Point USA and to spread the Gospel and “make Heaven crowded.”
From Punjab to the World: Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh’s legacy continues to shape global Christianity

Asia Church & Missions Bible & Theology

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A call to debate your enemies, not shoot them

US & Canada Society & Culture Church & Missions

about 5 min
Five of seven Christians killed in Nigeria were children

Africa Religious Freedom

about 5 min
Gen Z men face greatest identity crisis, latest chapter of State of the Bible report finds

US & Canada Data Society & Culture

about 2 min
Center for Christianity and Public Life appoints Alex Arnold to newly created role of director of research

US & Canada Society & Culture Education

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Religious Freedom

Report: Rwanda's religious regulation laws that closed thousands of churches 'do not meet international human rights standards'

Muslim relatives of new Christian break into home to kill him

Christianity faces being ‘wiped out,’ UK’s FoRB envoy warns amid intensifying persecution

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Christian accused of blasphemy in retaliation for row, lawyer says

Devastated Christians in Nigeria pray for relief and help

Proposed mega church in Kenya's State House splits church leaders as President Ruto says 'no apologies'

Israeli tank strikes only Catholic church in Gaza strip

Panel ordered for investigating blasphemy law abuse in Pakistan

Opinion

India’s anti-conversion laws selectively deny freedom of religion for Indians

Iran cracks down on any hint of dissent after 12-day war

The end of persecution is a realistic hope but in the meantime we lament

We need to understand the political winds and remain aware of persecution trends

Latest

Protests erupt over church construction in Indonesia despite permits

Sudan destroys church building in Khartoum North

Baptist World Alliance launches global Acts 2 Movement in the lead up to 2033

Raped Christian mother in Pakistan says police block justice

Fulanis kill five Christians, kidnap 110 others in northwest Nigeria

Muslim in Pakistan who raped Christian girl receives life sentence

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Erika Kirk vows to carry on Charlie’s mission: ‘The movement my husband built will not die’

From Punjab to the World: Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh’s legacy continues to shape global Christianity

A call to debate your enemies, not shoot them

Five of seven Christians killed in Nigeria were children

Gen Z men face greatest identity crisis, latest chapter of State of the Bible report finds

Center for Christianity and Public Life appoints Alex Arnold to newly created role of director of research

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