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In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from Islam to Christianity.
Iranian Pastor Ara Torosian traveled to the nation's capital to fast and pray for three days outside the White House for the asylum seekers in his congregation who were detained by federal immigration officials and could face severe persecution if returned to their native country.
India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1 million rupees) for violent attacks on Christian leaders.
A Christian father who was among a group of pastors ambushed in eastern India last month was soaked in blood from the attack when he told his son, “I don’t think I will make it. I just want you to know that I will be with my Maker, and you should not worry for me.”
The Muslim employer of a Christian boy forcibly converted him to Islam and is holding him captive, the family’s attorney said.
Islamic State-backed rebels killed 38 worshippers at a Catholic prayer vigil in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo at about 1 a.m. on Sunday (June 27) and five other people at a nearby village, according to reports.
A U.S.-based Christian aid organization has launched an effort to free more than 100 bonded Christian laborers trapped in Pakistan’s brick kiln industry. The initiative continues a campaign to address the systemic exploitation of religious minorities working under conditions that persist despite a national ban on bonded labor.
