Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have killed almost 500 farmers in Nigeria --- most of them Christians --- in the last month, and the villagers are still too afraid to come out and bury their dead.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has finally declared that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians in the Middle East.
Mar. 15 marks the fifth anniversary of Syria's civil war, and Christians commemorated the event by launching the #PrayForRefugees campaign.
Christians and other religious minorities will be the groups most affected in the event that the Syrian peace talks in Geneva fail, according to groups urging global leaders to do more to protect the groups facing severe persecution in the Middle East region.
Easter, Holi, and Diwali have been officially declared as national holidays in Pakistan after Parliament adopted a new resolution.
A terrorist attack at an Ivory Coast beach on Sunday has left 16 people dead, including a five-year-old boy who stood up for his Christian faith.
A human rights group has urged Egypt to drop the blasphemy charges filed against four Christian teenagers and their teacher after they mocked ISIS in a private video.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution declaring that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians and religious minorities in the Middle East.
A security officer at a five-star hotel in Dubai has been tried for alleged blasphemy and acting indecently in public when he reportedly insulted Christianity last year.
The U.S. State Department reportedly admitted only two Syrian Christians out of 281 refugees from January to February 2016.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has released a new video purportedly showing its religious police burning hundreds of Christian books in Mosul in a bid to wipe out Christianity.
Algerian special forces raided a Christian worship gathering at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, detaining all 12 people present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized non-Muslim religious service. Police entered the site and transferred the 12 detained Christians to the Bethioua police station.
Nearly 100 students have been baptized during five periodic worship gatherings held at a Christian high school in Colorado after athletic competitions. Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch launched the 5th Quarter gatherings in fall 2024 and holds the student-focused worship and testimony events twice each academic year.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.