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UK Christian Woman Denied Rights Given To A Muslim Over Work Days? ICC Note "This is another case where we see intolerance towards the Christian faith and a lack of willingness to make accommodation for it." By Eryn Sun 02/21/2012 UK (The Christian Post)-A Christian care worker from the U.K. claims that she was discriminated [...]

Two Churches Targeted In Bomb Attack In Nigeria Five injured; in Christmas Day blast in nearby Madalla, seven left blind. 02/21/2012 Nigeria (CDN)-Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (Feb. 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven in a church bombing in nearby [...]

Check out the new post in our blog, Crossing the Bridge. This week's post is a very interesting look into the state of persecution in Iran. It explores different cases of persecution in the country towards pastors and other believers. Many of the people discussed in the blog are facing prosecution and imprisonment under Iranian [...]

Pray for our brothers and sisters in Nepal, a struggling but growing community. Nepal is predominately Hindu with small minorities of Buddhists and Muslims; Christians are estimated to total between 800,000 to one million. The community is growing and has at least 300 churches in its capital of Kathmandu. The Interim Constitution also allows for [...]

02/19/2012 China (Christian Post) - Jeremy Lin's rise to fame has gotten the attention of many Chinese Christians, and inspire those who face religious persecution in their Communist homeland. Jeremy Lin isn't Chinese, yet he has captured the heart of many people in China, including Christians who are often times persecuted. According to a Wall [...]

02/19/2012 Indonesia (AHRC) - The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has noted with concern the ongoing violence against religious minorities in Indonesia. Many cases of such violence are characterized by a lack of protective action by the police and institutional discrimination against minority groups. The ALRC urges the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on [...]

ICC Note: “We have just received word from our contacts on the ground in Iran of an extremely dangerous turn of events for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. There is an increased likelihood that the Iranian regime will execute Pastor Youcef for his faith,” the American Center for Law and Justice reports. By Jordan Sekulow 2/20/2012 Iran [...]

ICC Note: “On Monday, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I and representatives of Turkey's Arameans submitted their proposals to a sub-commission of the inter-party Constitutional Reconciliation Commission. Their utmost concern was equal citizenship rights,” Today’s Zaman reports. 2/21/2012 Turkey (Today’s Zaman) – Two groups from Turkey's non-Muslim community have presented their packages of proposals to the [...]

Increasing crimes against Christians in Syria reveal the difficult road to 'democracy' that lies ahead in the Middle East By Jamie Dean 2/11/2012 Syria (World Magazine) – As Syria descends into full-scale civil war, the emerging picture for its Christian population – next to Egypt one of the largest in the Middle East – is [...]