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Egypt granted licences to 141 churches and church-affiliated buildings on 4 January – the largest number approved in a single sitting of the Cabinet committee overseeing the process for almost three years.
This is the 22nd batch of approvals and brings the...
The Chinese government has introduced new measures to restrict online religious activities.
On 20 December the State Administration of Religious Affairs, along with the Ministries of Industry and Information Technology, Public Security and State Security, announced the restrictions that will take...
A major Christian educational institution in Pakistan has been returned to church control in a reversal of an earlier decision to nationalise the college.
Following intense discussions, the agreement was announced on 4 January to restore the running of Edwardes College, Peshawar...
At least 28 people were killed and 57 houses burned down in an attack by Islamist extremists against the Christian community of Yith Pabol, Aweil East county, South Sudan, in early January.
Bishop Joseph Mamer Manot said on 6 January...
Zafar Bhatti, a Pakistani Christian who was convicted of “blasphemy” in May 2017, was sentenced to death by Rawalpindi District Court on 3 January.
Bhatti, who has been fighting to clear his name since his arrest in 2012, appeared in...
The 64-year-old has been ordered to appear before a prosecutor in her home town of Karaj by 19 January for what Roksari previously described as “the crime of believing in Jesus Christ”.
Roksari Kanbari, an Iranian Christian convert from Islam,...
Kidnappers in Nigeria have released two more students from Bethel Baptist High School, leaving one student still being held after almost six months in captivity.
Pastor John Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State, said one...
Indonesia has deployed almost 180,000 police officers to guard churches and public places against terrorist attack over the Christmas period – a heightened time of risk from Islamist extremist attacks.
It follows the arrest this month of dozens of suspected members of...
An Iranian court in the south-western city of Dezful has acquitted eight Christian converts accused of “propaganda activities in favour of anti-regime groups”.
Iman Soleimani, a lawyer who has defended several Christian converts in Dezful, confirmed that Esmaeil Narimanpour, Mohammad Ali Torabi...
An estimated 2.38 billion people are facing food insecurity as we approach the beginning of 2022, owing to a lack of reliable access to food in many parts of the world.
Among the worst-affected areas of the world, according to economist Dr...
