LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) Two Christian nurses complying with a supervisor’s orders to remove stickers at a government hospital were arrested in Faisalabad, Pakistan on Friday (April 9) after a Muslim employee attacked one of them with a knife for the removal of a sticker bearing Koranic verses, sources said. Nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Navish Arooj were … [Read more...] about Christian Nurses Arrested Under Blasphemy Law in Pakistan
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World Vision Faces Pandemic’s ‘Perfect Storm,’ Seeks to Meet Us, Global Needs
by Adelle M. Banks (RNS) In Senegal, Christian relief staffers worked with Sunday school and Quran teachers to reduce stigmas about COVID-19 as they distributed masks. In Oklahoma City, residents picked up free food boxes at a church that later became a vaccination clinic to inoculate against the coronavirus. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, faith leaders … [Read more...] about World Vision Faces Pandemic’s ‘Perfect Storm,’ Seeks to Meet Us, Global Needs
Chinese Christians Held in Secretive Brainwashing Camps: Sources
(Radio Free Asia) Authorities in China are detaining Christians in secretive, mobile "transformation" facilities to make them renounce their faith, RFA haslearned. A member of a Christian "house church" in the southwestern province of Sichuan who asked to be identified by a pseudonym Li Yuese said he was held in a facility run by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s … [Read more...] about Chinese Christians Held in Secretive Brainwashing Camps: Sources
China to Launch Campaign Against ‘Illegal Social Organizations’ Including Houses of Worship
(CBN News) China launched a campaign aimed at expanding its control over "illegal social organizations" that are not registered with the government. This includes shutting down houses of worship that refuse to adhere to the beliefs of the country's communist regime. International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) is targeting … [Read more...] about China to Launch Campaign Against ‘Illegal Social Organizations’ Including Houses of Worship
China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
(The Wall Street Journal) A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar of American power. It might seem money is already virtual, as credit cards and payment apps such as Apple Pay in the U.S. and WeChat in China eliminate the need for … [Read more...] about China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy