Persecuted Church Archives - Page 44 of 44

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

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

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

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

Christian pastor in India dragged from home, forced into Hindu ritual

June 29, 2021

BELGAUM, India — Hindu extremists dragged a Christian pastor from a home on April 5, beat and kicked him as he was marched a mile

Attack in Myanmar leaves several civilians dead, thousands displaced

June 24, 2021

MINDAT, Myanmar — Myanmar’s army recently attacked two Christian-majority states, killing several and displacing thousands of others. Myanmar is predominately Buddhist. The army seized power

Algerian judge upholds blasphemy charges against Christian father

June 1, 2021

ORAN, Algeria — A judge has upheld the five-year prison sentence of a Christian man convicted of reposting on Facebook a cartoon of Islam’s prophet.

Nurses charged with blasphemy after removing wall decorations

May 23, 2021

FAISALABAD, Pakistan — Two Christian nurses have been charged under Pakistan’s blasphemy statutes after they followed a supervisor’s orders April 9 to remove old wall