Open Doors: China ‘nearly single-handedly responsible’ for all church closures in 2019
Attacks on churches exploded in China in 2019, according to a new Open Doors USA report, increasing from 171 in 2018 to 5,576 in 2019, as the Chinese government attempts to ‘Sinicize’ faith.
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Christian persecution skyrockets in 2019 according to new Open Doors report
Christian persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA released its 2020 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, reporting a staggering increase of persecution around the world.
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Dozens of Christians killed in ‘systematic’ Muslim Fulani raids in Nigeria
A mother and six-month-old baby were among those kidnapped in Nigeria in raids by Muslim Fulani herders that began Jan. 6 and saw 35 casualties.
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Jordan’s king warns of Israeli annexation, ‘untold chaos’ of possible U.S.-Iran war
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned Wednesday that if Israel succeeds in imposing ‘an unthinkable solution’ by annexing parts of the West Bank, hopes for a two-state solution and Palestinian state would quickly come to an end.
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French President seeks to address African terrorism
French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting several African leaders this week to discuss Islamic extremism that is spreading across the continent, seeming to give heed to a recent warning from a French philosopher that a Rwanda-style genocide is developing there.
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Iran announces arrests in downing of Ukrainian jet
Iran announced that it would arrest several individuals involved with the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet last week after widespread public discontent forced the regime to acknowledge that it had killed the 176 people on board by mistake.
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