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Muslims who turn to Christ often suffer persecution and rejection from their families and community. They are on their own, with nowhere to turn. As the number of converts in the Middle East and Europe continues to grow, Barnabas Fund is at the forefront of providing converts from Islam with aid and loving support. Will you be part of our family?
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| A young Christian girl from Iraq arriving in the Czech Republic earlier this year, with her family, as part of Barnabas Fund’s Operation Safe Havens project |
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Governments must accept some responsibility for the increasing harassment of Christians in the West
Barnabas Fund has for more than 25 years supported Christians in context of persecution around the world. However, we are increasingly concerned about the growing level of harassment of Christians in the West.
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Christian ice-cream vendor and church pastor attacked in two separate incidents in Pakistan; Senator criticises authorities and calls for an end to persecution of religious minorities
On Tuesday 17 May, a Christian ice-cream vendor in Kot Imam Din, a village in the Kasur District of Pakistan’s Punjab province, was verbally abused and assaulted by local Muslims for selling ice-cream to Muslim women and children.
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| Members of the local church in Lahore’s Fazalia Colony |
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Rising persecution in Punjab, India, alarms Christian community
On Wednesday 25 May, in the city of Jalandhar in India’s Punjab state, a Christian was severely beaten by eight Hindu extremists after he protested against Hindu desecration of a Christian graveyard. Even though a complaint was registered with the police on the day of incident, a First Information Report (FIR) was not registered Monday 13 June.
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| Arif Chouhan (centre) said, “In my 16 years of ministry as a Christian leader, I have not faced such opposition before” |
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Nigerian Christian man stabbed for not keeping Ramadan fast
Francis Emmanuel Olopko, a 41 year old Christian man, was reportedly stabbed on 7 June 2016, in the Kaduna state of Nigeria, by around six Muslim young men who were angry that he was not observing a Ramadan fast. Devout Muslims fast during the daytime throughout the month-long duration of Ramadan.
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| Governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, visited Francis Emmanual Olopko in hospital to express his sympathy as he recovered from being attacked for his faith by Muslims |
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Christians in Nepal arrested on conversion charges
On Thursday 9 June, seven Christians from Nepal’s Dolakha district, including two school head teachers, were arrested for their involvement in the distribution of Christian literature to children at two schools with an intention to convert them. The arrests were made after complaints by parents and local politicians.
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| Barnabas Fund is involved with a number of projects in Nepal, including providing aid to Christians following the earthquake in April 2015 |
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Indian fact-finding team uncover abuses meted out to Christian communities across Bastar region
A fact-finding mission to the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh between 8 – 11 June, undertaken by a team of eight representatives of the All India People’s Forum (AIPF), has catalogued a series of anti-Christian abuses including hate crimes, discrimination and violations of religious freedoms. In certain instances, this is directed at making living conditions for Christians in the villages concerned intolerable.
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| AIPF’s report found that basic freedoms for Christians are under threat from Hindu activists in the Bastar region. |
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Nigerian pastor’s elderly wife murdered over “blasphemy” claims; concern over increasing attacks on Christians in Nigeria
Bridget Agbahime, a 74 year old market trader and wife of Pastor Mike Agbahime, was murdered on 2 June 2016 by an angry mob in Kano state, north-west Nigeria. Five Muslim men were arrested and charged over the brutal attack, though according to witnesses four others remain at large.
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| President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of Bridget Agbahime and vowed that justice will be done; the Christian Association of Nigeria is concerned at a spate of attacks and killings in the north of the country CC by 2.0 by Chatham House |
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