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By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) Mendy Moskowits, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Belz Hassidic sect in Jerusalem, doesn’t understand the uproar toward believers like him. In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews have defied coronavirus restrictions by holding big funerals for beloved rabbis who died of COVID-19, celebrating large weddings, and … [Read more...] about Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Reject Criticism, Defy Virus Rules

(Morning Star News) Arsonists set five church buildings on fire and threw feces on the charred structures from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 in a village in western Kenya, sources said. St. Monica Church’s building was burned on Jan. 20 in Otamba village, in the Nyaraibari Chache area of Kisii County. On Jan. 21, the buildings of the Worldwide Church with 100 members, a Seventh-day … [Read more...] about Christians in Kenya Fearful after Five Church Buildings Burned

(International Christian Concern) In Late-January, seven Christian families from northeast India were displaced from their village after refusing to recant their Christian faith. The displacement was the culmination of months of tensions that had been building after the Christian families constructed a small building to conduct worship services in the village. Approximately … [Read more...] about Seven Christian Families in India Displaced After Refusing to Renounce Faith

(International Christian Concern) 70 Christians have been set free from three separate Eritrean prisons, according to a Christian Solidarity Worldwide report. On February 1st, the government released 21 female and 43 male Christians who had been imprisoned without trial anywhere from two to 12 years. On January 27th, six women were released after being arrested for … [Read more...] about 70 Christians Released from Prison in Eritrea

(ChurchLeaders) Uyghur women detained in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being subjected to systematic rape and brutal torture, according to accounts told to the BBC by former detainees and a former guard. One of the detainees, Tursunay Ziawudun, said that what she went through is perhaps “the most unforgettable scar on me forever.” “They were three men. … [Read more...] about Uyghur Women Tell of Systematic Rape, Torture in New Report