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BY : Obianuju Mbah Christian Today A 79-year-old Protestant missionary has been missing for more than six weeks in southern Mexico after reportedly being abducted by armed men while carrying out evangelistic work in Guerrero State. Human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has […]
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BY : Obianuju Mbah Christian Today A court in Iraq has delivered a favourable ruling for a young Christian woman seeking to change her officially registered religion from Islam to Christianity. The decision has been hailed by religious freedom advocates as a potentially significant […]
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BY : Samuel Ben-Ur, Op-ed contributor The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible. As part of Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of Christianity” campaign, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) plans to ensure Christianity in China is instilled with “core socialist values.” Pursuant to that effort, the […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today Authorities in Pakistani capital Islamabad have temporarily halted plans to evict around 25,000 people, most of whom are Christians, from settlements currently occupying government land. Last week the interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi said the government had “launched an […]
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BY : Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Chinese authorities are intensifying pressure on lawyers defending jailed leaders of Beijing’s Zion Church, a prominent Protestant house church whose founder, Pastor Ezra Jin, was detained five months ago in a crackdown that drew calls from Washington for […]
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BY : Obianuju Mbah Christian Today A Christian watchdog has reported a rise in anti-Christian hate crimes against churches and other Christian sites across Europe, with arson, vandalism and desecration among the incidents recorded during February. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today A group of Christian activists have called upon the international community to do more to protect political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Iran, maintaining that many are the victims of severe human rights violations. Christian Activists for […]
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BY : Neil Rees Christian Today With wars constantly in the news, it is good to reflect on the biblical ethics of conflict. Old Testament In the Old Testament, one of the Ten Commandments was, “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13). The conundrum is […]
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BY : Michael Gryboski, Editor The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that a Mississippi street preacher’s lawsuit challenging restrictions on speech near a city amphitheater can proceed, holding that prior convictions do not bar claims seeking only prospective relief. The high court released […]
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BY : Surinder Kaur Christian Today Bangladesh’s new government has prompted cautious optimism among Christian leaders, who say recent political changes offer a potential opening for greater religious freedom even as concerns remain over security, justice and political pressure. Following the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s […]
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BY : Staff Writer Christian Today A Protestant pastor in Cuba has been arrested for allegedly posting a Bible lesson on to YouTube. Pastor Rolando Pérez Lora was accosted by police mere moments after uploading the video in a park in Peñas Altas, Matanzas. […]
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BY : Staff writer Christian Today A global network of Iranian Christians has welcomed targeted strikes against Iran’s leadership by the US and Israel. The group said that they “rejoice” in the news that Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, died in Saturday’s strikes, saying that he had […]
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BY : Shireen Bhatia Christian Today More than 30 civil society organisations, church groups, and legal advocates came together at the Mumbai Press Club on 11 March to oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion legislation, even as the bill awaits introduction in the state assembly’s ongoing […]
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