‘Islamists Kill Dozen Christians In DRC’
At least a dozen Christians were killed by Islamist militants in a northeastern village of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Christian aid workers told Worthy News.
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Iranian Americans, senators, security experts urge Biden to keep Iran’s IRGC on terror list
More than 500 Iranian American scholars, scientists, and professionals are urging President Biden not to lift the terrorist designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in order to close a new nuclear deal with Iran, warning such a move would fuel the Iranian regime’s aggression abroad and oppression at home.
Indonesia: Christian sentenced to 10 years for posting videos critical of Islam
A Christian in Indonesia has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for uploading Youtube videos that were critical of Islam, his former faith, Christian Today (CT) reports.
Egypt Priest Killing Raises Questions
A Coptic Orthodox priest has been killed in the coastal city of Alexandria in northern Egypt amid ongoing concerns about Islamic extremism in the country, rights activists confirmed Monday.
Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians headed toward Genocide if nothing is done say NGOs
A new report by major Christian advocacy and international human rights organizations warns that the ongoing slaughter of many thousands of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at the hands of Fulani Muslim terrorists could increase to the level of genocide if it continues to be unchecked, International Christian Concern (ICC) report.
Pakistan Christians To Australia After Massacre
A Pakistani Christian family whose relatives were killed by angry Muslims will soon travel to Australia after receiving asylum following a decade of waiting, activists say.
French President Macron Faces Far-Right Le Pen In Second Election Round
French President Emmanuel Macron narrowly won the first round of the French election, but he faced a rocky road ahead as far-right rival Marine Le Pen will fight him for the presidency for a second time.
Islamic Terrorists Kill Christians In North Nigeria’
Islamic “terrorists” have attacked a mainly Christian suburb of Nigeria’s Kaduna city, killing three believers as part of an ongoing deadly anti-Christian terror campaign, Christians said Thursday.
Slaughter of Nigerian Christians: “The inaction cannot continue” says Christian group
A major Christian advocacy group has told the Nigerian government and the international community that they can no longer do anything as Christians continue to be slaughtered in their thousands by Islamic militants in Nigeria, Christian Today (CT) reports.
Riots break out near Old City of Jerusalem
Rioting broke out near the Old City of Jerusalem Sunday night, centered around the Damascus Gate.
Kidnapped Christian Girls Missing In Pakistan
Two Christian girls who were abducted in early March by suspected Muslim kidnappers in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi remained missing Thursday, rights activists confirmed.
IDF chief says raids to continue ‘as long as it takes’ as Operation Breakwater continues
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi held on Thursday a special meeting to discuss the ongoing heightened tensions in Judea and Samaria in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks, as Israeli forces arrested more than 30 Palestinians in various counterterrorism operations.
Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians continues unabated
As the relentless slaughter and kidnapping of Nigerian Christians continues unchecked, Fulani Muslim militants in Nigeria’s Kaduna state murdered an estimated 50 people and abducted 100 more in attacks on Christian communities on March 24, Christian Today reports.
Indonesia congregation harassed by Muslim radicals
Churches in Muslim-majority Indonesia face continual opposition and, on March 23, Islamist protestors refused to allow the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant to hold a planned worship service at its shophouse in Bandung, West Java, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Israeli security services struggle to stop deadliest terror wave since 2nd Intifada
Eleven people have been killed in Israel in three separate terror attacks over the past week, the largest weekly toll since 2006 at the tail end of the Second Intifada. The shooting spree on Tuesday night outside Tel Aviv, which claimed the lives of five people, was the single deadliest terror attack since the 2014 Har Nof synagogue massacre.
5 Killed In Shootings In Tel Aviv Suburb
Israeli paramedics say at least five people died in a shooting attack in a Tel Aviv suburb, stirring fears that the Islamic State group is launching a campaign of terror ahead of the Muslim month of Ramadan.
Nigeria Islamists Kill 50 Christians, Abduct Priest
Fulani herdsmen and other suspected Islamic attackers killed scores of Christians and abducted a priest and some 100 other people in Nigeria’s troubled Kaduna state, several sources confirmed Monday.
Uganda: Christian family sprayed with acid for refusal to recant faith
A newly Christian couple and their 13-year old daughter who refused to recant their faith were sprayed with acid by Muslim extremist relatives in eastern Uganda earlier this month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda but former Muslim believers have come under increasing violent attack by Islamic extremists enraged at the spread of the Gospel.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad call to increase attacks in West Bank, Jerusalem
In Beirut, Lebanon, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PJI) and Hamas officials met to discuss how the groups should engage and increase their actions against Israel.
34 Christians Killed In Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Funeral services have been held in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State after gunmen killed 34 Christians, local residents told Worthy News late Wednesday.