Persecution Stories

Below are stories involving the persecution of Christians around the world. The most recent stories are listed on top:

May 07, 2013: FoxNews, “The mass exodus of Christians from the Muslim world”
April 18, 2013: GATESTONE INSTITUTE, “Muslim Persecution of Christians: February, 2013. Half of the Victims Were under the Age of Six”
April 16, 2013: FRONTPAGE MAG, “Silence as the Christians Die”
April 13, 2013: Catholic News Agency, “At DC event, Christian converts recount captivity in Iran”
April 4, 2013: FOX NEWS, “Kidnappers target Christians in Egypt”
April 3, 2013: CNN Belief Blog, “My Take: What real persecution looks like”
April 1, 2013: New York Post, “A Christian Catastrophe”
February 8, 2013: Catholic News Agency, “Report finds Chinese persecution of Christians rising”
January 24, 2013: Catholic News Agency, “Imprisoned Christian pastor banned from trial”
January 8, 2013: NEWSMAX, “About 100 Million Christians Persecuted around the World”
November 25, 2012: NEWSMAXWORLD, “Twin Blasts Hit Military Church in North Nigeria”
September 23, 2012: Reuters, “Suicide bomber kills two, wounds 46, at Nigerian church”
August 22, 2012: Los Angeles Times, “Syria Christian refugees in Lebanon fear Islamist rebels”
August 7, 2012: The Washington Post, “Gunmen attack central Nigeria church preparing for Bible study, killing 19 and wounding others”
August 7, 2012: THE JERUSALEM POST, “Riyadh deports 35 Ethiopian Christians for praying”
July 26, 2012: GATESTONE Institute, “Muslim Persecution of Christians: June, 2012”
July 10, 2012: CNN, “State Dept: Release pastor jailed for 1,000 days, sentenced to death in Iran”
July 8, 2012: The Washington Post, “58 killed in raids on Christian villages in deeply divided central Nigeria region, reprisals”
July 1, 2012: The New York Times, “At Least 15 Die in Kenya Church Attacks”
June 17, 2012: The New York Times, “Syria Expels Jesuit Priest Who Spoke for Change”
June 17, 2012: The Washington Post, “21 killed in more attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria, worsening religious tensions“
June 12, 2012: THE JERUSALEM POST, “Iran steps up crackdown on Christians”
May 10, 2012: THE DAILY CALLER, “Iranian intelligence agents target, arrest Christian converts”
April 29, 2012: Los Angeles Times, “Nigerian extremists open fire on Christians, killing as many as 20”
April 22, 2012: Associated Press, “Muslim mob burns Catholic church in Sudan capital”
April 17, 2012: examiner.com, “Is there a global genocide of Christians underway?”
March 23, 2012: Los Angeles Times, “Church fears ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Christians in Homs, Syria”
March 14, 2012: HUFFPOST RELIGION, “Youcef Nadarkhani, Imprisoned Pastor, Won’t Be Executed, Iran Claims”
March 12, 2012: BBC NEWS, “Nigeria attack targets Catholic church in Jos”
March 11, 2012: Jihad Watch, “Sudan: South Sudanese Christians face deadline to leave”
March 06, 2012: PERSECUTION.org, ”Nigeria’s Boko Haram Wants To Kidnap Christian Women, Says Spokesman”
March 05, 2012: PERSECUTION.org, “Boko Haram Declares War on Christians”
March 02, 2012: Fox News.com, “Family, students mourns man’s death in Iraq school”
February 26, 2012: New York Times, “Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Nigeria”
February 17, 2012: CBSNEWS WORLD, “Activists: Nuns, priests arrested in Congo protest”
February 3, 2012: NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, “Christians Expelled in Kashmir”
February 3, 2012: SunSentinal.com, “Sudan bombs US-funded Bible school, forcing students, teachers to flee; US condemns attack”
January 31, 2012: HUFFPOST RELIGION, “The Plight of Christians in the Middle East”
January 26, 2012: Catholic News Agency, “Panicked Catholics flee violence in northern Nigeria”
January 23, 2012: Catholic News Service, “Nigerian bishops deplore fatal attacks in North by Islamic group”
January 17, 2012: Catholic Online, “Coptic Christian Priest Prefers Martyrdom to Slave Tax in Egypt”
January 16, 2012: NEWS.VA, “More than 160 indicted and 9 killed for “blasphemy” in 2011; 1,800 Christian and Hindu girls converted to Islam by force”
January 13, 2012: NEWS.VA, “The Islamic court in Kashmir incriminates a Catholic missionary and a Protestant Pastor: alarm for Christians”
January 9, 2012: REAL CLEAR RELIGION, “Christians are Real Victims of Persecution”
January 9, 2012: Catholic News Service: “In speech to diplomats, pope condemns ‘religiously motivated terrorism’”
January 8, 2012: Associated Press, “Nigerian sect kills 15; Christians vow defense”
January 2, 2012: CNN.com, “Islamist Militants in Nigeria Warn Christians to Leave North Within 3 Days”
December 25, 2011: DAILY NEWS, ”As Americans celebrate Christmas in security and safety, Christians around the world have become most persecuted followers of any religion”
December 27, 2011: INVESTORS.com”Islamofascism And The War on Nigeria’s Christians”
December 25, 2011: New York Times, “Nigerian Group Escalates Violence With Church Attacks”
December 22, 2011: Catholic News Service, “Midnight Masses canceled in Iraq because of growing security concerns”
December 21, 2011:  Hudson New York, “Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2011”
December 20, 2011: NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, “India Tribunal Indicts Local Government for Anti-Christian Violence”
December 13, 2011: Compass Direct News, “Somali Muslims in Kenya Attack Another Christian”
December 12, 2011: Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, “Under Threat: The Worsening Plight of Egypt’s Coptic Christians”
December 9, 2011: THE MALAYASIAN Insider, “‘Tis the season to be jolly, with a police permit”
December 15, 2011: NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER, “Egypt’s Christians Wary as Voting Continues”
December 7, 2011: Catholic News Agency, “Vatican’s idea for day against Christian persecution draws praise”
December 2, 2011: beliefnet, “Iran official says illegal churches harm youth”
November 21, 2011: Catholic News Service, “Retired Pakistani archbishop: Fear has silenced Christians”
November 17, 2011:  Hudson New York, “Muslim Persecution of Christians: October, 2011″
November 19, 2011: New York Times, “After Egypt’s Revolution, Christians Are Living in Fear”
November 9, 2011: The Washington Post, “Cairo’s Christians worry about Egypt’s next chapter”
November 4, 2011: The Christian Post, “Islamic Gunmen Opened Fire at Church Vigil in Nigeria”
November 4, 2011: THE NEW AMERICAN, “Was Christian Student in Egypt Killed for Wearing a Cross?”
October 24, 2011: NEWSMAX.COM, “Christians Under Threat as Radical Islam Spreads in ‘New Middle East”
October 19, 2011: The Washington Post, “Coptic Christians Protest outside White House”
October 12, 2011:  National Catholic Register, “Pope Prays for Egyptian Christians After Cairo Violence”
October 10, 2011: Reuters, “Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25”
September 30, 2011: Philly.com, “The Very Real Persecution of Christians in the Arab World”
September 29, 2011: Catholic Online, “Muslim Intolerance Against Egypt’s Coptic Christians”
September 27, 2011: Newsmax, “Execution Looms for Christian Pastor in Iran Who Refuses to Renounce Faith”
September 15, 2011: Catholic Online, “Muslims and Christians Violently Clash in Indonesia”
September 2, 2011: Beliefnet.com, “100 Million Christians Persecuted, Says British Group”
August 2, 2011: Fox News, “23 Wounded in Church Attack in North Iraq”
July 12, 2011: ACLJ.org, http://aclj.org/iran/a-pastor-facing-impending-execution-for-being-a-christian-in-iran
June 16, 2011: Catholic News Agency, “Vatican Diplomat: Farah Hatim Case Deserves UN Intervention”
June 10, 2011: Zenit.com, “Iraqi Christians Searching for Signs of Hope”
June 10, 2011: Zenit.com, “Bible Ban Sought by Islamists in Pakistan”
May 25, 2011: Catholic Online, “Catholic Priest Set on Fire: A Reflection on Human Suffering” 
May 23, 2011: Los Angeles Times, “Egypt: Coptic Christian Sit-In Officially Ends”
May 23, 2011: ABC News, “Copts Speak Out About Egypt Violence”
May 20, 2011: The Weekly Standard, “The Crackdown Continues: The Ongoing Persecution of Christians in China”
May 18, 2011: The Christian Post, “Post-Election Violence in Nigeria Killed 800, Says Rights Group”
May 16, 2011: Asia News, “Young Christian Abducted, Tortured and Beheaded”
May 9, 2011: CNN.com, “Egyptian Copts, Reeling from Violence, Want Protection”
April 29, 2011: CNN.com, “Religious Freedom Watchdog Group Adds Egypt to Violator List”
April 25, 2011: The Washington Post, “Easter Attacks Near Churches Rattle Christians As Spike in Iraq Violence Continues”
April 25, 2011: Associated Press, “Fear in Pakistani Village Dominated by Christians”
April 25, 2011: Associated Press, “Militants Wanted to Film Indonesian Church Bomb”
April 25, 2011: Associated Press, “Beijing Detains Illegal Church Members on Easter”
April 25, 2011: CBS News, “In Easter Message, Pope Urges Diplomacy in Lybia”
April 21, 2011: Reuters, “Christian Governor Must Go, South Egypt Protesters Say”
April 21, 2011: Associated Press, “Charred Corpses Line Road After Nigeria Vote Riots”
April 21, 2011: Catholic Online, “Honoring the Martyr Shahbaz Bhatti: A Lesson of Holiness from Remote Pakistan”
April 21, 2011: Associated Press, “Muslim Candidate Condemns Deadly Nigerian Riots”
April 21, 2011: Associated Press, “Big Bomb Found Near Indonesia Church; 19 Arrested”
April 18, 2011: The Washington Post, “Abducted Italian Activist Slain in Gaza”
April 18, 2011: Associated Press, “Libya’s Civil War Shrinks Christian Communities”
April 14, 2011: Catholic Online, “Pakistan: Christian Girls Forced to Convert to Islam; Rapes, Coersion, Abuse”
April 1, 2011: ZENIT.com, “Priest Attacked in India”
April 1, 2011: New York Times, “Vietnam Persecutes Christian Minority, Report Says”
March 31, 2011: Voice of the Martyrs, “Turkey: Christians Despised”
March 31, 2011: Voice of the Martyrs, “Uzbekistan: Christians Detained”
March 30, 2011: ZENIT.com, “3 Pakistani Churches Attacked This Week”
March 30, 2011: Yahoo!News, “Christians Shun Malaysian Gov’t Offer in Bible Row”
March 29, 2011: Assyrian International News Agency, “Muslims Attack Christian in Egypt, Cut Off His Ear”
March 25, 2011: Voice of the Martyrs, “Pakistan: Christians Killed”
March 25, 2011: Voice of the Martyrs, “Churches: Bomb Targets”
March 25, 2011: Fox News, “Thousands of Christians Displaced in Ethiopia After Muslim Extremists Torch Churches, Homes”
March 23, 2011: Investor’s Business Daily, “New Egypt but Same Old Shariah”
March 23, 2011: Associated Press, “Malaysia’s Gov’t Softens Stance on Seized Bibles”
March 21, 2011: Catholic News Agency, “Catholic Man Imprisoned Under Pakistan Blashphemy Law Might Have Been Murdered”
March 21, 2011: Catholic Online, “European Court Holds Crucifix Can Stay on Walls of Italian Public Schools”
March 18, 2011: Scottish Catholic Observer, “Christian Persecution is Rising”
March 16, 2011: Associated Press, “Indonesian Mail Bombs Target ‘Sins Against Islam’”
March 16, 2011: The Washington Post, “Islamic Extremist Sentenced to Death for Killing American Teacher in Mauritania”
March 15, 2011: FoxNews.com, “Malaysia Agrees to Release 35,000 Seized Bibles”
March 15, 2011: TheTrumpet.com, “Iranian-Backed Insurgents Call for an Islamic Revolution in Etheopia”
March 15, 2011: National Review Online, “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Doesn’t Want a Female or Non-Muslim President”
March 10, 2011: AINA.com, “9 Christians Killed, 150 Injured in Attack by 15,000 Muslims and Egyptian Army”
March 10, 2011: Compass Direct News, “Islamic Mob Burns Down Church in Egypt”
March 9, 2011: Associated Press, “Christian-Muslim Clashes in Egypt Kill 13”
March 8, 2011: The Washington Post, “A Blow to Religious Freedom in Pakistan”
March 7, 2011: ZENIT.com, “Opposing Anti-Blasphemy Laws is Dangerous, Says Aide”
March 7, 2011: CatholicExchange.com, “Eyes Wide Open: A New Martyr for the Faith”
March 2, 2011: The Washington Times, “Pakistan Minister Murdered for Criticism of Islam Blasphemy Law”
March 2, 2011: New York Times, “Vatican Condemns Killing of Christian Official in Pakistan”
March 2, 2011: Yahoo!News, “Gunmen Kill Christian Pakistan Government Minister”
March 1, 2011: Catholic Online, “Catholic Flee Libya, Church Responds with Prayer, Charitable Works”
February 25, 2011: CNSNEWS.com, “Plight of Christian Converts Highlights Absence of Religious Freedom in Afghanistan”
February 25, 2011: breitbart.com, “Italy Arrest 6 for Stirring Hate vs. Pope”
February 25, 2011: Yahoo!News, “Al-Qaida No. 2 Alleges Incitement by Egypt’s Copts”
February 24, 2011: Catholic News Agency, “Muslims Set Fire to Christian Town in Bangladesh”