“Do we deserve to live and die like this in our own country?”, a relative of a killed Christian student asks. Nigeria led the world in number of kidnapped Christians last year with 990.
The local transport company removed Festival of Hope ads from its buses in 2018. A court has now ruled that it was “a wholesale disregard for the right to freedom of expression”.
A large number of Islamist lawyers swarmed the courtroom during a hearing, an intimidation tactic designed to obtain convictions and harsh sentences.
Citizens supported the initiative despite the opposition of the parliament majority. Swiss Christians disagreed over how to protect both women and religious freedom.
The so-called “anti-separatism law” is a response to radical Islamism, but evangelicals denounce it restricts freedom of worship and increases surveillance on all faith groups.
The father of four young children had been sentenced to five years in prison and fined 100,000 dinars. “That this story goes back three years and only now it’s resurfacing – it’s hard to digest”, says the church that supports his family.
Evangelical churches increasingly worried about unfair attacks of the government. “They should not throw suspicion on faith groups and believers”.
Some say a ban would restrict religious freedom, others believe the equality of women and certain security issues are at stake.
A new law aims to control the teaching of radical Islamic groups but evangelicals say it “will have negative consequences for many religious groups”.
“Philosophical and religious convictions” will be described in records of thousands of people who are seen as a threat to the state. Evangelicals worried about the “fragility” of fundamental rights.
The CNEF suggests to “include a reaffirmation of the right to the peaceful exercise of religious freedom” and “hopes that the freedom of education will not be violated”.
The perpetrator repeatedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest). One woman was decapitated. In Avignon, another suspected terrorist was shot down by the police. French President admits the country faces a crisis.
The brutal decapitation of a teacher near Paris for showing caricatures of Muhammad fuels the debate about radical Islamism in France.
“She was apparently killed by the Islamist terrorist organization JNIM", Swiss authorities said in a statement. Beatrice Stöckli had already been abducted and released in 2012.
Muslim mobs attacked a Christian area of Lahore, Pakistan after false the blasphemy allegation in March 2013.
President Macron announces tougher laws against radical Muslims who build a “counter-society”. Evangelicals reiterate their willingness to work for social unity, and warn against unjustified restrictions of religious freedom.
The Lahore High Court’s refusal to take into account the documented age of Maira Shahbaz and the falsification of documents, including a fake marriage certificate, is unprecedented and could lead to more such cases.
Unable to return to her home in western Uganda due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, Rehema Kyomuhendo was in the eastern part of the country when she first heard about Christ.
It is important for Christians to face the fact that terrorism cannot be explained through the singular lens of persecution of Christians. An article by Wanjiru M. Gitau.
The Christian Association of Nigeria organised a march to end a three-day fast. In January alone, 100 people died due to terrorism and clashes between Muslims and Christians.
Rev. Lawan Andimi had stated in a video that he trusted in God should he lose his life to Islamic terrorists.
The attackers arrived at the primary boarding school in Kamuthe, Garissa County, as the teachers were sleeping. “One of the attackers said, ‘We cannot allow infidels to teach our children,’ and there and then fired at three teachers”.
The leader of the German Evangelical Alliance says the lack of humanity in returning Christian converts to Islamist countries harms Germany’s own value system.
A leader of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria pleaded for help on a video released on Sunday. “I have never been discouraged, because all conditions that one finds himself are in the hands of God”.
Some fear Islamic groups could win seats in regional parliaments. Evangelicals do not plan to create faith-based parties but warn against the attempts to limit religious expressions in the public square.
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