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Two killed, four kidnapped in attacks on Nigerian Christians

August 25, 2021

TAWARI, Nigeria — In ongoing targeting of Christians, Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor July 24 whom they had kidnapped two weeks earlier. Morning Star

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Billy Graham, Spurgeon books banned in Luhansk, called ‘propaganda’ by authorities

August 25, 2021

DOVZHANSK, Ukraine — Two books by prominent Protestant preachers were added in July to a list of extremist materials in Luhansk People’s Republic (a territory

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Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could signal darker days for nation’s persecuted believers

August 17, 2021

As Taliban insurgents take control in Afghanistan, Christians around the world and believers in the beleaguered nation are pleading for prayer. American forces and U.S.

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Chinese minister, family under house arrest by communist party officials

August 16, 2021

CHENGDU, China — Chinese Communist Party officials placed a Chinese minister and his family under house arrest June 4, reportedly because of their faith, according

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Ethiopian Christians experience significant rise in persecution

August 12, 2021

Three groups have increased their persecution of Christians in Ethiopia. Those groups are radicalized Oromo Muslims in the south; Ethiopian Orthodox Church (or “traditional Christians”)

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Pegasus malware signals more surveillance, watchdog group says

August 5, 2021

Christians meeting secretly, watching online services or chatting about faith issues are in increasing danger from the threat of spyware, according to persecution watchdog group

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Ugandan Christian, Islamic boss killed in conversion dispute

August 1, 2021

KAGUMU, Uganda — A Muslim supervisor sent hit men May 22 to kill a Christian employee for not converting to Islam and was killed himself

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Indonesian police foil Islamist terrorist plot to bomb churches

July 28, 2021

PAPUA, Indonesia — Police in late May thwarted an Islamic terrorist plot to attack several churches and assassinate a leading church minister in Indonesia’s Christian-majority

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Algerian Christians receive lighter sentences on media-related charges

July 19, 2021

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria — A pastor and employee sentenced in absentia for offering Christian materials in a church bookstore saw their punishment reduced June 6 on

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Nigerian pastor receives death threat amid ongoing violence in area

July 17, 2021

Nigerian pastor and humanitarian Gideon Agwom Mutum received a handwritten death threat July 12 amid ongoing violence in the country’s southern Kaduna State. Daily armed

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