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ISIS burns Christian books

March 14, 2016 Iraq Education, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Sharia

ISIS has released a video purporting to show its religious police burning hundreds of Christian books, according to . The video footage shows a militant throwing pamphlets, bearing a cross on the front cover, onto a bonfire. It was posted on 13 March by its news agency, Amaq, with the . . . Read More

Boko Haram still holds territory

March 11, 2016 Nigeria Africa, African Union, Boko Haram, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, UN

Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory claims, Boko Haram is still holding territory in northern Nigeria, said the head of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Gen. David Rodriguez’s assertion comes almost two months after Buhari told the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, that the terrorist group was no longer . . . Read More

India denies access to USCIRF – again

March 8, 2016 India India, Religious freedom

For the seventh straight year, India has refused to let US observers into its country to report on religious freedom. India denied visas to the delegation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on 3 March, . USCIRF is an advisory body to the US president and the Congress. . . . Read More

DRC: calls for inquiry into massacres in Beni

March 3, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Militants of the radical Islamist group ADF-Nalu group enjoy complicity in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the part of “uncontrolled elements of Ugandan army and security forces”. This was affirmed in a statement following a meeting of “Social Dialogue on the persisting presence of ADF and allies in the . . . Read More

China: TV ‘confession’ of Christian lawyer

March 2, 2016 China China, Crosses, Wenzhou, Zhang Kai, Zhejiang

A well-known Christian rights lawyer who tried to help prevent a wave of by Chinese authorities has appeared on state television confessing to crimes after a months-long disappearance – the latest case in China’s widening crackdown on Christians. On a news programme on state-controlled Wenzhou TV on 25 Feb., Zhang . . . Read More

China is world’s largest producer of Bibles

March 2, 2016 China Bibles, China, Nanjing

China continues to be the largest producer of Bibles in the world, thanks to the Amity Printing Company in Nanjing. Twelve million copies came off Amity’s presses in 2015, the majority for export. The company stated in a press release that it has the capacity to print 20 million Bibles each . . . Read More

India: jobs for Jat caste ‘sidelines’ Christians

March 1, 2016 India Caste, Haryana, India, Jat, Madhya Pradesh

Church leaders in India have condemned as a the government’s decision to offer job quotas, usually reserved for more disadvantaged castes, to the relatively wealthy Jat community. The federal government agreed on 21 Feb. to introduce a Jat quota bill at their March assembly, after violent demonstrations across Haryana state . . . Read More

N Korea detains US man ‘stealing’ for his church

February 29, 2016 North Korea China, Hyeon Soo Lim, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang, USA

A US student held in North Korea since early January was detained for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan from his Pyongyang hotel and has confessed to “severe crimes” against the state, . Otto Warmbier, 21, a student at the University of Virginia, was detained before boarding . . . Read More

China: Zhejiang pastor jailed for 14 years

February 26, 2016 China China, Crosses, Jinhua, Joseph Gu, Zhejiang

A Chinese pastor has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, and his wife to 12 years, after they were found guilty of corruption, financial crimes and gathering people to disturb social order, an official provincial newspaper reported today (26 Feb.). Both Bao Guohua, the pastor of a state-sanctioned church, . . . Read More

Egypt suspends charges against ‘proselytisers’

February 25, 2016 Egypt Alexandria, Egypt, Proselytism, Ramadan

Charges related to “evangelising” – an act often considered a “defamation of Islam” – have been suspended against three young Christian men in Alexandria. a zealous Muslim bystander, as he handed out dates and Christian words of encouragement to Muslims at the break of their Ramadan fast. Osama and two . . . Read More

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ISIS burns Christian books

Boko Haram still holds territory

India denies access to USCIRF – again

DRC: calls for inquiry into massacres in Beni

China: TV ‘confession’ of Christian lawyer

China is world’s largest producer of Bibles

India: jobs for Jat caste ‘sidelines’ Christians

N Korea detains US man ‘stealing’ for his church

China: Zhejiang pastor jailed for 14 years

Egypt suspends charges against ‘proselytisers’

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