New Violence Kills, Wounds Dozens of Nigerian Christians

It was a day filled with terror and violence for Nigerian Christians on Sunday, June 10, as six people were killed and dozens more injured after gunmen opened fire at a church in northeast Nigeria, while a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a second church in...

Christian Boy Beaten to Death in Egypt

CFI’s Egyptian co-worker has recently issued a heartbreaking report regarding the tragic murder of a young Christian boy. Eleven-year-old Abanoub Anwar Lateef recently passed away at a Cairo hospital after suffering severe head trauma, the result of a violent beating...

American Teacher Slain for Alleged Proselytizing in Yemen

Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, was shot to death on March 18 in Yemen for allegedly attempting to spread Christianity in the Muslim-dominated nation. Shrum, who had been a teacher at the International Training and Development Center in...

Saudi Leader Calls for Destruction of Kuwait Churches

Abdullah, the Saudi Grand Mufti, recently issued a statement declaring that “it is necessary to destroy all churches” in the region of Kuwait. The leader’s statement supported a law to be drafted by a member of Kuwaiti legislature, which calls for the removal of all...

The Secret Rise of Fundamental Islam in Turkey

Like dozens of nations around the world, Turkey’s population of minority Christians suffers from injustice and persecution.  And as in many countries that have been affected by the recent Arab Spring, Turkey’s trend of persecution is a result of the growing Muslim...