August 9, 2018 Churches, Evin Prison, House churches, Human rights, Iran, Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh

‘How can reading the Bible be acting against national security?’ asks Iranian Christian from prison

An Iranian convert to Christianity serving ten years in prison for “missionary activities” has written an open letter to the Iranian authorities, asking how his Christian . . . Read More

August 8, 2018 Andhra Pradesh, Anti-Conversion Law, Children, Converts, Gurdaspur, Hindu nationalism, India, Ludhiana, Punjab, Rape, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Women

Nine-year-old Indian girl from Christian convert family gang-raped and murdered

A nine-year-old girl from an Indian family that had recently converted to Christianity was gang-raped and murdered on Sunday, 5 August, in Punjab state. Anjali Masih . . . Read More

August 7, 2018 Andrew Brunson, Fethullah Gülen, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sanctions, Turkey, USA

Could Brunson’s release ease Turkey’s diplomatic standoff with the US?

After the slipping Turkish lira nosedived dramatically yesterday, losing a record 5 per cent of its value in one day, unnamed Turkish diplomatic sources confirmed to . . . Read More

August 6, 2018 Churches, Converts, India, Maharashtra, Proselytism

We’ll close one church every week, Indian Christians told

Christian villagers in a rural district of India’s Maharashtra state have been told that one church will be closed down every week because they have been . . . Read More

August 6, 2018 Arab Spring, Arabs, Cairo, Canada, Churches, Egypt, Europe, Islamic extremism, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrants, Minorities, North Africa, Palestinian Territories, Refugees, Syria, USA

‘Only jihadists want to see Christians leave the Middle East’

“The only people that want to see all Christians leave are some of the violent jihadists,” concludes a new book. “Everyone else, including some we might . . . Read More

August 3, 2018 Comoros, Constitution, Sharia, Shia, Sunni

Religious minorities fear backlash as Sunni Islam declared state religion of Comoros

On Monday 30 July, the “Yes” vote recorded an overwhelming victory in the referendum on constitutional reforms in the southeast African island nation of Comoros, declaring . . . Read More