CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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1 Corinthians 12:26a
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending February 8, 2025
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Please pray for Pastor Nguyen Manh Hung in Vietnam Nguyen Manh Hung is a 71-year-old Protestant pastor in Vietnam. |
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Two Christians Released in Egypt after 3 Years in Prison On Jan. 31, two Christian men, Abdulbaqi Said Abdo and Nour Gerges, were released from prison in Egypt after spending more than three years behind bars.
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Christian in Laos: "Thank God that I got arrested" A glow spread across Kham La’s face as he recalled the day in 2011 when he placed his faith in Christ. |
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Court cases and assassination over Quran burnings show Europe is under pressure As Europe’s Muslim population grows, a clash of worldviews is testing its courts of law. |
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Church planter takes Indonesia’s Aceh province as his mission field As the month of Ramadan draws near, one place where it will be strictly observed is the province of Aceh (pronounced AH-chay) in northern Sumatra. |
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Pakistan: 12-Year-Old Christian Girl Abducted From Her Home A 12-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan’s Punjab Province was abducted from her home last month by three Islamists who threatened to sell her into slavery, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. |
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Thousands Hear Gospel In Indonesia Despite Protests (Worthy News Focus) Despite reported protests from radical Muslims, thousands have heard the Gospel during Palu’s Friendship Festival and related evangelistic events in Indonesia, Worthy News learned Thursday. |
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Christian in India Unable to Return Home after Assault, Charges Dalit father tonsured, paraded and made to worship idol at Hindu temple. |
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Christian Girl, 12, Forcibly Converted/Married in Pakistan Muslim neighbor, 35, takes her to another province, father says. |
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Ukrainian church offers hope and assistance during foreign aid freeze Eric Mock was in Ukraine last week during the first days of the USAID funding freeze. |
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Somali Christians using media to reach and disciple fellow Somalis Somalia is considered one of the hardest places to follow Christ in the world, second only to North Korea. |
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Indonesia: Authorities Reorganize Interfaith Festival After Muslims Protest Christian Evangelists Indonesian authorities in Palu felt compelled to cancel a planned interfaith festival and reorganize it into a Christian-only event after hundreds of Muslims protested the announcement that two evangelists would speak at the festival last month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. |
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Christians in Syria Concerned for Their Future Christians in Syria have reported they are worried for their futures as the country gets used to a new Islamic government following the ousting of dictator Bashar al-Assad on December 8 last year. |
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Christians in Kyrgyzstan brace for increased oversight, religious freedom restrictions New religion laws in Kyrgyzstan are taking effect this month, signed into law by President Sadyr Japarov in January. |
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Nigeria: Church Elder Shot Dead During Sunday Service A respected elder of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot dead when three gunmen invaded the Sunday service on January 19, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. |
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Christians Suffer Deadly Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria Senator calls for military intervention. |
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Muslims Kidnap 12-Year-Old Christian Girl in Pakistan Parents fear she could be forcibly converted/married or sold into sexual slavery. |
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Two Christians in Egypt Released after Three Years in Jail Converts held without trial finally freed. |
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ICC Global Digest: Christian Prayer App Banned, and Other Stories from China, India, and Nigeria |
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Iranian pastor faces deportation from Turkiye An Iranian pastor who fled his own country is now facing threats of deportation from Turkiye, where he has lived and ministered for the past decade. |
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New president, new rules for Syria, yet the Good News remains It’s been nearly a week since Syria’s de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa assumed the role of interim president. |
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China: Preacher Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment for Distributing Gospel Literature A house-church preacher in Guandong, China, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for conducting “illegal business operations” by distributing his church’s Christian literature, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. |
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Egypt: Christian Refugee Released After 3 Years in Prison, “I Thank Everyone Who Prayed for Me” A Christian refugee who was imprisoned in Egypt for belonging to a Facebook group about leaving Islam for Christ has been released after three years of incarceration, ADF International reports. |
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Burkina Faso exits regional bloc to form new alliance Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. |
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Over 30 killed in Indian religious festival stampede On Wednesday, more than 30 people were killed and 60-plus injured in a religious festival stampede in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. |
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Pakistan Christians Fear Mob Violence After Arrest Mentally Challenged Believer Tensions remained high Friday in Pakistan’s Punjab Province after local police detained a mentally challenged Christian on charges of blasphemy against Islam, Christians told Worthy News. |
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Muslims in Indonesia Protest Evangelists at Gospel Event Islamists object to campaign as threat to ‘security and harmony.’ |
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Christian in Somalia Loses Voice in Attack by Wife In-laws demand divorce from father of four. |
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