
Catholic slain in Muslim attack on pilgrims in Pakistan
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.

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.
Christian, Islamic, and secular/atheistic perspectives and politics have shaped recent world history more than any other international movement. All three have produced widespread forms of antisemitism that have repeatedly intermingled, threatening the human rights of Jewish people. It is important that Christians understand the roots of antisemitism and resist it as an evil and an affront to God.
Years after she lived through unspeakable violence, young Ruth’s smile emerges free from trauma but she still bears some physical effects of a people facing continuous threats from tribal, economic, and religious opposition to their presence on the land. Yet hope remains as the people trust in Jesus as their deliverer.
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.
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 Türkiye suffered an upsurge in hate crimes in 2024 compared with the previous year, according to a human rights report.

Police in North Khartoum, Sudan on Saturday (Aug. 23) disrupted a funeral prayer meeting to arrest five South Sudanese Christians, church leaders said.

A prominent Islamic scholar who has opposed misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws against Christians and other minorities was arrested on Monday night (Aug. 25) and later charged under a section of the statutes calling for the death penalty.

Uttarakhand state last week passed an amendment to its controversial anti-conversion law expanding punishment to life imprisonment.

A Christian girl rescued from a Muslim in Pakistan who abducted her said he forcibly converted her, sexually assaulted her as part of a sham Islamic marriage and forced her into prostitution.

The Embassy of the State of Eritrea refused to accept a letter advocating for the release of Christian leaders imprisoned in what is often called "the North Korea of Africa" for more than 20 years without charges, as demonstrators worldwide are calling attention to one of the world's worst violators of religious freedom.