The COVID-19 pandemic has initiated global lockdowns, slowing down societies but not religious persecu­tion. In the Middle East, where persecution was once defined by ISIS, the pandemic exposed a transforma­tion…

By Linda Burkle PhD Iran is a country ruled and dominated by Islam which regulates and permeates every aspect of […]

According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) 2018 Fact­sheet on Blasphemy, roughly one-third of the world’s nations maintain a law…

By Benjamin Harbuagh We are living in the midst of a geopolitical event the likes of which has not been […]

By Linda Burkle, PhD Several years ago, I had the privilege of participating in the dedication ceremony of a new […]

Algeria sits on the brink of change as it comes out from twenty years under the reign of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The new administration has the rare opportunity to address…

By Benjamin Harbaugh On June 6th, 2019, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi spoke to constituents in the coastal city of Beira. […]

The first three months of 2020 clearly demonstrate that the Nigerian government’s actions have been insufficient to curb the tide of violence, killings, and abductions…

A group of seven women in Southern India come together to talk, to cry, and to pray. They come together as Christians, they mourn together as women whose husbands were murdered right in front of their eyes.