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7 Christians Punished Under Draconian Blasphemy Laws

30/09/2016 0 Comment

Today marks International Blasphemy Day – designed to encourage people to speak out against repressive laws that forbid the criticism of religion.

Around a quarter of the world's countries have blasphemy laws, and more than a tenth penalise apostasy – the renunciation of religious belief. Breaking these laws can result in harsh punishments, and even death in some cases.

An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department in August said that one of its main concerns w..

Iranian Woman Stabbed To Death In Australia After Converting To Christianity

30/09/2016 0 Comment

Nasrin Abek and Amir Darbanou.

A young woman from Iran who converted to Christianity has been stabbed to death.

Nasrin Abek, aged 35, was found in her apartment in Sydney, Australia with multiple stab wounds. Her husband Amir Darbanou, aged 42, has been charged with murder. The couple lived in the wealthy Potts Point suburb Sydney.

Darbanou was charged yesterday after police force an entry into the home, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

The dead woman's father had allege..

Two Dozen Christians Deported From Saudi Arabia For Praying

26/09/2016 0 Comment

Muslim pilgrims walk on roads as they head to cast stones at pillars symbolizing Satan during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mina earlier this month. Churches are banned in Saudi Arabial.

Saudi Arabia has deported 27 Christians for having a service in their home to mark the festival of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, according to news reports.

The deportation was carried out because the Christians' prayers were “unIslamic”, according to EWTN.

The women, some of whom ..

Ugandan Woman Beaten Unconscious by Muslim Husband for Attending Church Service

26/09/2016 0 Comment

(Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Uganda beat his wife unconscious for attending a church service on Sept. 18, sources said.

Hussein Kasolo had recently married Fatuma Baluka, 21-year-old daughter of an Islamic leader in a predominantly Muslim village, undisclosed for security reasons, in Eastern Uganda’s Budaka District.

“When I arrived home, my husband shouted at me as an ‘infidel,’ and then and there started hitting me with a metallic object,” Baluka told Morning Star News. “I fell down, on..

Three Christians attacked in India for distributing Christian literature

20/09/2016 0 Comment

A protester holds a placard during a rally by hundreds of Christians against attacks on churches nationwide.

Three Christians have been attacked by a mob who believed they were trying to convert Hindus, according to reports coming out of India.

Pastor Prashant Bhatnagar, aged 45, and two others from his church were distributing Christian literature in Khargar and Taloja in the city of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra, India when they were verbally and physically abused.

One of those attacke..

Christians Massacred by Muslim Rebels in Central African Republic

20/09/2016 0 Comment

NDOMETE, C.A.R. (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants slaughtered 26 civilians in a predominantly Christian village in the Central African Republic on Friday (Sept. 16), the worst violence in the embattled country in months, sources said.

Rebels from the former Seleka group attacked the village of Ndomete, about 220 miles north of the capital city of Bangui, at 8 p.m. and went door-to-door killing Christians, a source in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo told Morning Star News.

Fightin..

Christians massacred in Central African Republic

20/09/2016 0 Comment

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Christians massacred in Central African Republic

NAIROBI, Kenya, (BP) — Muslim militants slaughtered 26 civilians in a predominantly Christian village in the Central African Republic on Friday (Sept. 16), the worst violen..

Christian girls ‘systematically’ being abducted, abused in Pakistan — with police covering up crimes, rights activists say

19/09/2016 0 Comment

A pastor holds a large crucifix as he and fellow Christians stage a street protest in Pakistan over the persecution of minority Christians in the Muslim-dominated country.

Christian girls are being “systematically” kidnapped and abuse in Pakistan, according to human rights activists, prompting a Supreme Court justice to express alarm.

But as far as the Pakistani police and government are concerned, this is not happening. They are claiming that the more than 1,000 children reported missi..

Catholic Bishop: Aborting a Baby is a Sin “Which Cries to Heaven for Divine Justice”

16/09/2016 0 Comment

Amid a rash of violence in the Philippines, the country’s Catholic bishops issued a statement on Thursday crying for mercy toward every human life.

The bishops reminded Catholics that abortion, terrorism, murder and other attacks on human life are all acts of violence. They described them as sins that “cry to heaven for divine justice,” according to the Malaysia Herald.

The island nation has faced massive violence in the past few months, with approximately 3,500 people being killed in 10 weeks..

Churches burned and members threatened with violence: The reality of being a Christian in Cuba

16/09/2016 0 Comment

Amid an escalating crackdown on churches in Cuba, a prominent pastor and religious freedom activist has warned that “the threat of physical violence… comes with the territory of being a Christian” in the Caribbean island.

Between January and July 2016, CSW recorded 1,606 violations of religious freedom including the demolition and confiscation of church buildings.

Rev Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso, who has left Cuba after being targeted by authorities, told International Christian Concern ..