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(Pew Research Center) Government restrictions on religion take many forms around the world. Particularly restrictive governments often limit religious expression by banning certain groups – including entire faiths, social movements or political organizations that have ties to religion. In fact, 41 countries – or around a fifth (21%) of those evaluated – banned at least one … [Read more...] about 41 Countries Ban Religion-related Groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is Among the Most Commonly Targeted

(ChurchLeaders) English taxi driver David Perry is being praised as a hero for locking a terror suspect inside his car moments before an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital, saving an unknown number of lives and narrowly escaping with his own.  In footage captured via CCTV, the taxi can be seen speeding into a traffic circle in front of the hospital before the … [Read more...] about Taxi Driver Locks Terror Suspect in Car Moments Before Explosion, Saving Lives

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) Saying a church pastor would “face the wrath from Allah” for refusing to remove his church building, Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Oct. 26 killed him on his animals’ grazing fields, sources said. Pastor Stephen Lugwire of Bunangwe estate in the predominantly Muslim area of Nangonde, Namutumba District, had gone to his fields with … [Read more...] about Pastor Slain for Refusing To Remove Church Building

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) The U.S. government has seen proof that at least some members of the group of American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti last month are alive, according to a senior Biden administration official. The official, who declined to be named, did not give further details. U.S. officials have been spearheading the efforts to safely retrieve … [Read more...] about U.S. Has Seen Proof of Life for Some Kidnapped Missionaries in Haiti, Official Says

(Premier Christian News) Three Christian converts imprisoned for their faith in Iran have released video appeals calling on the government for a safe place to worship following their release from prison. Babak Hosseinzadeh and Behnam Akhlaghi were among nine Christian converts arrested in 2019 for attending a house-church in Iran's northern city of Rasht. The men were … [Read more...] about Imprisoned Christian Converts Plead for Safe Place To Worship After Release