Indonesia’s Christian Minority Region Resists Halal Tourism
10/19/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – Lake Toba region of Sumatra in Indonesia is home to a large Christian minority, the Batak people....
Megachurch in China demolished, pastors detained
Authorities destroyed a church in China and detained its pastors over the weekend.
No legal papers ordering the church's...
Nine Iranian Christians Sentenced to Five Year Imprisonment
10/20/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this week, nine Iranian Christians were sentenced to five years in prison for “acting against national...
Pakistani Christian Children Given Islamic Name to Avoid Abuse
10/19/2019 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad, Pakistan, religious minorities are giving their children Islamic names to...
Christian Woman Killed in Kidnapping of Four Baptists in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in...
Cuba CSW supports call for travel ban on Cuban officials
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for a ban on certain Cuban officials travelling to the United...
Christian leaders to challenge closure of Protestant church in Russia in bid to halt...
Christian leaders say they are prepared to challenge the closure of a Protestant church in Russia at the European Court of Human Rights...
Young Mother in Somalia Loses Children – and Everything Else – to Follow Christ
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Sa’aada Hussein’s husband didn’t seem to be a very devoted Muslim by Somalia’s strict standards, so she hoped...
Five Christian men from same family killed in one of four murderous Islamist attacks...
Five Christian men from the same family were killed on 23 September in one of four murderous attacks that took place in...
Pastor’s wife killed by abductors in Kaduna State
Details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the death of a pastor’s wife who was abducted by armed assailants from her home...