Death Toll Climbs in Attack by Islamic Sect in Nigeria

With 12 Christians, including three pastors, confirmed killed in rioting ignited by an Islamic sect opposed to Western education, the Christian community in northern Nigeria’s Borno state is still counting its losses. The rioting instigated by an Islamic...

Laos: Officials Announce Ban On Christianity In Village

Chief warns Christians to worship only local spirits or lose homes. Following the confiscation of livestock from Christian families earlier this month, officials in a village in Laos on Saturday (July 11) called a special meeting for all residents and announced that...

Sons of Christian Beheaded in Somalia

Islamic extremists have beheaded two boys in Somalia because their Christian father, 55 year-old Musa Mohammed Yusuf, refused to give them information about an underground church leader, according to Compass Direct News. The extremists from the group al shabaab killed...

Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Christian Aid Worker Murder

Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch on Thursday said it killed an American aid worker in Mauritania this week for allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, according to the Associated Press (AP). By Adrienne Gaines, Charisma magazine In an audio statement...

Christian Group Barred at Arab Festival

DETROIT, MI – A federal judge has denied an evangelical group’s request for permission to hand out Christian literature on sidewalks at an Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds denied Anaheim, Calif.-based Arabic Christian...