persecution

One hundred sixty Christians were recently forced to flee their village after it was attacked by Muslim extremists.

Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election over the weekend. President Rouhani often is portrayed as being a "moderate" Iranian cleric, but because of his loyalty to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian Christians don't expect positive changes.

A Christian woman in Somalia was imprisoned recently for participating in underground Christian work.

A judge in Upper Egypt found a Christian teacher guilty of defaming Islam and levied a massive fine against her after prohibiting her lawyers from presenting a single witness during the trial.

In February, sustained night-time attacks by "villagers with the hand of the government behind them" in Vietnam's Central Highlands destroyed the homes and thousands of coffee plants of ethnic Sedang Christians. Eventually four families were forced to flee for their lives.

From January 2013 to date, Sri Lanka saw 30 incidents of persecution against Christian churches.

Religious persecution in Eritrea is at its "highest level ever and getting worse," says an Eritrean Christian leader.

Nigeria continues to own the shameful title of being the deadliest place to be a Christian. This deadly fact is characterized by the brutal murder of Rev. Faye Pama Musa, who was followed home by suspected Boko Haram militants and shot.

A pastor in India's Uttar Pradesh state was recently attacked and beaten during his church service.