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Asia Bibi is finally free, almost one decade after she was first imprisoned. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Pakistan, Salmaan Taseer, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Ten years after fake blasphemy charge, Pakistani Asia Bibi reunited with family

Asia Bibi’s daughter Eicham was 9 when she saw her mum badly beaten and in front of a mob charged with “blasphemy” against the Prophet Muhammad. . . . Read More

An outdoor church outside a home western Burkina Faso.(Photo: CIF Action via Flickr; CC 2.0)

Assemblies of God, Burkina Faso, Djibo, IDPs, Islamic extremism, Islamic State West Africa Province, Ken Elliott, Sahel, Sirgadji, Soum, West Africa

Burkina Faso church leader killed by Islamists: ‘I’d rather die than leave my community’

Gunmen who attacked a Protestant church in Burkina Faso on 28 April asked the pastor and five others to convert to Islam before they killed them, . . . Read More

Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Women

“I was last to come out alive”- Kenyan student on her life-changing injuries from Garissa

Four years ago, on the eve of Good Friday – the day on which Christians remember Jesus Christ’s crucifixion – 143 Kenyan university students were killed, . . . Read More

Chibok girls, Children, Kidnapping, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Women

5 years on, 112 Chibok girls missing – but they are just ‘tip of the iceberg’

Five years ago, April 14th, 2014, about 230 girls from Chibok Girls’ Secondary School in NE Nigeria were rounded up at night by men in army . . . Read More

Converts, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Minorities, Religious freedom, Women

‘In context of gender justice, women’s right to freedom of religion pretty much ignored’

She is a woman who can be identified only as “Z”, for her security. She is a Christian in India, a country that is overwhelmingly Hindu. . . . Read More

Christians face uncertain future as Syria enters possible last year of civil war

As the Syrian civil war enters what might be its last year, Christians are trying to rebuild in the face of an uncertain future. The conflict, . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

Ethiopia: Pressure on churches building with evangelical church told to vacate after ten years

Iraq: Five years after IS occupied Mosul, returnees live in fear

India: Supreme Court orders Kandhamal Christian freed on bail after 10 years in prison

Burkina Faso: 5 leaders killed in 3 months as Islamists continue to target churches

Sri Lankan Christians grapple with aftermath of Easter bombings amid fears of fresh attacks

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Ten years after fake blasphemy charge, Pakistani Asia Bibi reunited with family

Burkina Faso church leader killed by Islamists: ‘I’d rather die than leave my community’

“I was last to come out alive”- Kenyan student on her life-changing injuries from Garissa

5 years on, 112 Chibok girls missing – but they are just ‘tip of the iceberg’

‘In context of gender justice, women’s right to freedom of religion pretty much ignored’

Christians face uncertain future as Syria enters possible last year of civil war

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