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Police Refuse to Arrest Islamist Who Raped Their 18-Year-Old Girl at Gunpoint, Her Christian Family Says
Police Refuse to Arrest Islamist Who Raped Their 18-Year-Old Girl at Gunpoint, Her Christian Family Says

Police in Punjab Province, Pakistan, have refused to arrest an Islamic man who is accused of raping a young Christian woman at gunpoint earlier this month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

Brazilian Bible Society Celebrates Printing 200 Million Bibles
Brazilian Bible Society Celebrates Printing 200 Million Bibles

The Bible Society of Brazil (SBB) announced earlier this month that it celebrated printing 200 million Bibles and New Testaments, Christian Daily reports.

More than 2,400 Anti-Christian Hate Crimes Reported Across Europe in 2023
More than 2,400 Anti-Christian Hate Crimes Reported Across Europe in 2023

A newly published study by the Austria-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) shows there were over 2,400 reported hate crimes targeting Christians in Europe last year.

Myanmar Christians Face Further Acts of Repression by Military
Myanmar Christians Face Further Acts of Repression by Military

Christians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face continued persecution by the country’s Buddhist military junta (Tatmadaw), which has proved itself violently hostile to believers and recently imposed new restrictions on church services, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Canada: Evangelicals Call on Parliament to Protect Children From Exploitation by Pornography Platforms
Canada: Evangelicals Call on Parliament to Protect Children From Exploitation by Pornography Platforms

With pornography increasingly and freely available to minors on the internet, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has called on the Canadian parliament to support a bill that would hold pornography platforms accountable to “ensure child sexual abuse materials and intimate images shared without consent are not uploaded to their sites,” Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

Mexico: New Law Makes Christians Increasingly Vulnerable to Persecution
Mexico: New Law Makes Christians Increasingly Vulnerable to Persecution

A new law intended to protect Indigenous Mexican communities may force Christians in Mexico to participate in traditional pagan practices on pain of legal repercussions, Christian Today (CT) reports.

Egypt: Terrorism Circuit Court Considers Death Penalty for Two Men Who Bombed Protestant Church
Egypt: Terrorism Circuit Court Considers Death Penalty for Two Men Who Bombed Protestant Church

Amid efforts by Egypt’s Islamic government to improve its relations with Egyptian Christians, the Cairo Criminal Court’s terrorism circuit has referred the case of two men convicted of a church bombing to the Grand Mufti for his opinion on whether the death penalty should be applied, Watani International (WI) reports.

Pakistan: Christian Father Jailed on Alleged Blasphemy Charge
Pakistan: Christian Father Jailed on Alleged Blasphemy Charge

As Christians in Punjab Province, Pakistan, continue to face intense violent persecution from Islamic extremists, a Christian father of three was arrested on November 3 and jailed pending trial for blasphemy, Morning Star News reports. 

Nigeria: Christians Plead for Help Amid Ongoing Islamic Slaughter, “We Are Dying, Please Hear Our Cry”
Nigeria: Christians Plead for Help Amid Ongoing Islamic Slaughter, “We Are Dying, Please Hear Our Cry”

Nigerian Christians are pleading for help as Fulani jihadist herdsmen recently murdered 21 more Christians in Nigeria’s Benue State, one of several Nigerian states that have seen ongoing relentless Islamic violence against believers, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Ireland: 12,000 people participate in first-ever “March for Jesus” in Dublin
Ireland: 12,000 people participate in first-ever “March for Jesus” in Dublin

Around 12,000 people of all ages last month took part in the first “March for Jesus” ever held in Ireland’s capital city of Dublin, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

India: Police Stand by as Hindu Nationalists Attack Christian Farmers
India: Police Stand by as Hindu Nationalists Attack Christian Farmers

Amid intensifying persecution of Christians in India, police in Chhattisgarh state stood by as a large mob of Hindu nationalists attacked a group of Christian agricultural workers who refused to denounce Christ and leave their communal farm last month, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Egypt: Three Christians Hospitalized in Stabbing Attack by Islamic Extremists
Egypt: Three Christians Hospitalized in Stabbing Attack by Islamic Extremists

While Egypt’s Islamic government has recently taken steps toward improving relations with the Egyptian Christian community, three Christian men were hospitalized last week following an attack by Islamic extremists armed with knives and machetes in Minya province, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports.

Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Murder Christians in Plateau State
Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Murder Christians in Plateau State

Continuing the relentless murder of Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state, Fulani jihadist herdsmen have murdered four Christians in less than three weeks, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Pakistan: Second Christian Charged With Blasphemy is Released on Bail
Pakistan: Second Christian Charged With Blasphemy is Released on Bail

A second Christian charged with blasphemy in Pakistan was released on bail pending trial last week after a court found there was no direct evidence in the three cases brought against him, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

Africa Missions Association Aims to Establish Missions in Every African Nation
Africa Missions Association Aims to Establish Missions in Every African Nation

With headquarters in the US, the Africa Mission Association (AMA) works to unite churches in establishing new Africa-led and funded missions in all 54 African countries, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

Egypt Approves Legal Status for Nearly 300 Churches and Christian Centers
Egypt Approves Legal Status for Nearly 300 Churches and Christian Centers

In an apparent effort to improve its relations with Egypt’s Christian community, the Islamic Egyptian government last month approved the legalization of 293 previously unlicensed churches and service buildings, All Arab News (AAN) reports.

Sudan: Internally Displaced Christians Forcibly Expelled From Place of Refuge
Sudan: Internally Displaced Christians Forcibly Expelled From Place of Refuge

More than 30 Sudanese Christian refugees were last month forced out of their temporary homes in Sudan’s River Nile state by Islamic residents who said they did not want Christians or black people in their neighborhood, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

China: Officials Raid Beijing Church, Arrest Congregants
China: Officials Raid Beijing Church, Arrest Congregants

Authorities in China once again raided the Zion Church in Beijing last month, arresting 12 people and taking down the details of everyone in attendance as part of a crackdown on Christianity in the country, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Persecution Watchdog Reports Christians in South-East Asia Suffer Severe Persecution
Persecution Watchdog Reports Christians in South-East Asia Suffer Severe Persecution

The International Christian Concern (ICC) persecution watchdog warns in a new report that believers in Jesus are being persecuted in seven of the 11 southeast Asia countries. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam “condone or actively participate in Christian persecution,” ICC states in a report published on November 1.

Native American Choctaw Nation Has Bible Translated Into Their Language, “We’re Closer Than Ever Before to God”
Native American Choctaw Nation Has Bible Translated Into Their Language, “We’re Closer Than Ever Before to God”

The Choctaw Native American tribe in Oklahoma is exploring its Christian heritage and experiencing revival through a translation of the Bible into its own language, CBN News reports. One of 39 Native American nations in Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation lives on 11,000 square miles in the southeastern part of the state and has been led by Chief Gary Batton since 2014.