4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (868+ words) Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls are shut out of school beyond the sixth grade, and where women are barred from university. Five years into that ban, new research suggests the classroom doors closed but the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (980+ words) Christian rights activists have welcomed a resolution adopted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly calling for equal opportunities for prisoners from religious minorities to receive religious education, take examinations and qualify for sentence remission. The resolution, moved by treasury member Raheela…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (633+ words) A Muslim lawmaker in Pakistan’s Punjab Provincial Assembly on Tuesday (Sept. 1) introduced legislation seeking to establish permanent legal protections for sanitation workers, a workforce that includes a large proportion of Christians. The Punjab Waste and Sanitation Workers (Dignity, Safety, Security…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (808+ words) A U.N. panel last week cited India for discrimination against its Christian and Muslim minorities. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on Aug. 25 adopted findings that included forced reconversion campaigns against Christian and Muslim tribal and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (867+ words) About six in 10 Christian middle and high school students in South Korea say they have encountered contradictions between what they are taught in the classroom and what they hear at church, according to survey findings released by the Pastoral Data…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1058+ words) Christian rights advocates on Saturday (Aug. 29) condemned a Pakistani court’s decision to give custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying her. Warning that the ruling could expose Amber Nadeem to further…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (589+ words) "Now everything has been destroyed: food, boxes, equipment, tools, generators, vehicles," the mission wrote, adding that a large quantity of relief supplies was also lost. It described the property as an entirely civilian facility used daily to help people in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (595+ words) Looking frail after 32 months in an Israeli jail, a Palestinian Christian prisoner from the Ramallah area was released on Aug. 20. Rami Fadayel served a 32-month detention without charge or trial. While in detention, he was denied an Arabic-language Bible until…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (459+ words) A coalition of South Korean civic and Christian organizations gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on Monday to demand that Beijing immediately halt the forced repatriation of North Korean defectors, calling the practice a violation of international law and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (625+ words) YouVersion gathered leaders from major Christian organizations in Mexico City this week to announce new partnerships and highlight the Bible app's expansion across Latin America. The meeting, held Tuesday (Aug. 18) at the Más Vida CDMX auditorium, included participation from organization…...